Guest Column

It’s autumn and the nights are getting colder so time to swap out the light blanket for a thick duvet. Given that it had not been washed since last year’s...

Freeing the country from non-performing officers (NPOs) would free the country from the shackles restricting its quantum leap in quality of life and GDP indicators. Growth is directly proportional to...

On a corner of the busy market street in front of Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar, 75-year-old Debaraj Barik has been running his small hair-cutting saloon since 1959. In fact, his...

Winter is here. You feel it in the early morning nip in the air, the dryness of the skin and the lengthening duration of darkness. It's just the other day...

Sapota or chikoo is a winter favourite in India. The sapota tree is an evergreen plant and bears fruit towards its fourth year. It is known for its distinct smell...

This unprecedented situation, caused by COVID-19, calls for much-needed attention to psychological health. A bombardment of news on social, electronic, print and digital media regarding illness, death, social distancing and...

As we pray to Maa Durga, the symbol of power and wisdom for our health, prosperity and happiness, maybe we should take a few minutes to also think about the...

The mother joins the family, the mother binds and the mother protects the family. These days, I see the last embers of the warmth of a joint family, a large...

Twelve years ago, Carolina Prada from the South American country of Colombia landed in Delhi with a scholarship from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to learn Odissi. Soon...

Trollocracy. Some call it the anarchist's utopia. A few would prefer the word dystopia. But everything in the universe is a matter of perception, isn't it? Actually it's democracy, post-modern...