Guest Column

Are faith and rationalism mutually exclusive entities? The line of thought insisting on it makes it categorical that both don't mix. If one is faithful, one has to be irrational....

Every year on World Diabetes Day, there are numerous initiatives (walkathons, camps, offers) and social media messages from myriad doctors and healthcare companies alike. That syncopation of the sector is...

The evening of November 19, 1997 was like any other. Except that my boss, who usually leaves office after the prime-time news bulletin, left early that Wednesday. The sun had...

How do you deal with an unusual surname? Our family name 'Garabadu' evokes curiosity each time it is mentioned to someone hearing it for the first time. Everyone with this...

When Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud recently said that the structure of legal profession is “feudal, patriarchal and not accommodating of women” and that there is a need...

'Bhakt' is a maligned word in our world. In the current definition, the word refers to a person prone to expressing excessive devotion to the subject of adoration. The devotion...

Nine years ago, I had my first brush with layoffs. The company I work for decided to restructure its operations and as part of the exercise, a large number of...

At the Rio Olympics, 2016 PV Sindhu became the first ever Indian shuttler to reach the final and Sakshi Malik became the first female wrestler from our country to win...

When the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently announced equal match fee for both female and male centrally-contracted players to promote gender equality by implementing a pay...

In conservative Dhenkanal, the fascination for tipples among the young population stands out as odd. Once the staple of the social deviant, alcohol appears to have been normalised through gradual...