Guest Column

This is the season of honouring and invoking the power, divinity and grace of the Goddesses – from Durga and Kali to Lakshmi. In most of our homes, it’s mostly...

A cousin of mine who works in a school for children with special needs was recounting an experience of hers. A senior retiree, who stayed alone in their community with...

How do you choose a doctor if you don’t already have one? I go online and check both the ratings and reviews. Two years ago, I looked up Practo for...

In 1986, an international agency provided two computers to Wildlife Wing of Odisha Forest Department -- one for Simlipal Tiger Reserve and the other for Nandankanan Zoological Park. Computers were...

India has achieved significant agricultural, industrial and socio-economic developments since Independence. But, considering the resources and opportunities available, the developments could have been much more to achieve the status of a...

Soon after the ghastly Nirbhaya gang rape and murder, several videos and articles documented the way boys and young men, especially from India’s hinterland, viewed women and their place in...

When I started writing poetry in the late eighties, I confronted a vast tract of death and alienation. The poets of my time and my language were talking about something...

Is democracy dying? The answer to this depends on whom you ask. The diehard supporters of the current dispensation in India would say it is very much alive and kicking,...

Ever forgotten your lines on stage in front of a large audience? Have you been embarrassed, unable to recollect even after racking your brain unsuccessfully? When you wished it were...

Minerals are very important natural resources. These are mined from the earth's crust and are used as raw materials in various industries including thermal power plants, iron and steel, aluminium...