Every nation carries its identity not only in its Constitution or its Parliament but in the music that stirs its people. India is unusual in that it celebrates two such...
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For the first time since the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, Sanskrit, the classical language of ancient India, has formally found its way back into Pakistani university...
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In every civilisation, gods have been imagined with imperfections. They were powerful yet fallible, capable of anger, jealousy, error, and repentance. These flaws never reduced...
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The closure of the Maithili Academy in Patna has triggered serious concern among scholars, writers, and cultural institutions, exposing a troubling gap between Bihar’s...
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For generations, the heartbeat of Indian democracy was often filtered through language. To be heard in the Lok Sabha—the nation’s House of the...
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Life does not come with instructions. Most of what we learn comes from experience—often uncomfortable, sometimes painful. The saying “Don’t let the same dog...
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Friendship, in its truest form, is not built on fear, obedience, or submission. It is built on trust—the kind that allows a person to speak freely without the anxiety of...
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In a world that celebrates the harvest but ignores the planting, we have become obsessed with the "bloom." We live in a culture of the visible: the promotion, the vacation photo,...
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In our current culture, we celebrate "originality" as if it were a spark that appears out of a vacuum. We praise the "self-made" billionaire or the "singular" artist. However,...
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In the history of Indian society, few figures have challenged injustice as courageously and as quietly as Savitribai Phule. Remembered as India’s first woman teacher, she...
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