Humans are, by nature, programmed not to look squarely into the face of a tragedy. Gloom is unpopular and, as such, people have perfected the art of “out of sight,...

Living in today's ‘mediatized’ societies, the physical and political boundaries have lost their significance, at least in the sense that within no time information travels from one part of the...

Of the many developments that have become a fad thing here is the mushroom growth of residential colonies, shopping malls and other such business centres. As has always been the...

When East India Company started consolidating British imperial domain over India by the mid-eighteenth century, it was directly pitted against the Muslims who had been ruling India since the eleventh...

With elections round the corner, the security noose around the Srinagar city and all the major towns has tightened further. Particularly after the Pulwama (Lethpora) suicide attack on a CRPF...

Every manufacturer, the simple business logic goes, constantly tries to come up with goods that are in great demand. Personal likes and dislikes doesn’t matter much, as every business is...

It has always been like this. Each time elections are round the corner, people and politicians review their loyalties and switch-over to groups wherein they see better political fortunes for...

Those who have read about the world’s political and economic history stand witness to the fact that power paradigms have been shifting continuously. What used to be seen as lever...

Ludwig Boltzman once wrote, nineteenth century will be remembered as the century of Darwin, in much the same way as the twentieth century is remembered as the one belonging to...

Not a single day passes here without people protesting against the government, or some of its agencies for something or the other. In fact protestors taking to streets and blocking...