Opinion

Devdutt Pattanaik The symbol of India in Indian passports and Indian currency notes has been a lion and a spoked-wheel or chakra, both from the Ashoka pillar. Now the government has introduced the lotus on the passport, as part of security measures, we are told,...

Santosh Kumar Mohapatra Targeting those who resorted to violence and damaged public property during protests against new citizenship law, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said they should “ask themselves if their path was right”. He said emphasis should not just be on citizen rights but also...

Mihir Bose I am one of Midnight’s Children born just a few months before India won her freedom. I grew up in Nehru’s India, he died the same day in May 1964 as my SSC results were published. Throughout that period, we worried about India...

Devinder Sharma Another year passes by. While there were a lot of expectations for a better future for farmers, but as 2019 fades into history, the farming community is still grappling to recover the cost of cultivation. With prices dropping across the spectrum, barring a...

Debashish Mitra December 23 was Farmers’ Day. But between the Jharkhand elections and anti-NRC/CAA protests there was practically no coverage of the day on any mainstream medium. It was as though farmers exist in urban media only when loan waivers are discussed, or become unfortunate...

Nikunja Bihari Sahu A rare celestial spectacle is going to unfold with an annular solar eclipse looming large December 26, 2019. While the annularity will be passing over a broad belt stretching from Saudi Arabia to Guam, it will be visible to parts of Southern...

Santosh Kumar Dash, Kiran Kumar Kakarlapudi, & Balakrushna Padhi The University Grants Commission (UGC), through the National Testing Agency (NTA), conducts the National Eligibility Test (NET) twice a year, mainly in June and December. The exam is preliminary screening for aspiring teachers or lecturers. Over...

Charudutta Panigrahi Not many would realise that Goa gives India the intangible value of individual and social freedom that keeps societies and communities bonded despite their own peculiarities. Goa has given India the internationalism that makes our country the melting pot of moods, colours and...

Jayakrishna Sahu Amid controversy and conflict, opposition and agitations, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, has become an Act, with the President signing it December 12. The Citizen (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) has made some additions to the Citizenship Act, 1955. The most important of these...

Santosh Kumar Mohapatra Rape is a shame on humanity. What is reprehensible is that with the growth in human numbers and ‘civilisation’, crimes against women are also rising by leaps and bounds. Rape is one of the fastest growing crimes in India. It is affecting...