The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
Globally, the deaths from the Corona pandemic have risen to over 300,000. That is a large population which is now gone forever.
Today , we will begin with a poem by Sri Aurobindo. A poet, spiritual being, freedom fighter and above all a genius! This poem, shares Aurobindo’s invitation to live a life that COVID-19 may be pushing us to live now.
audere est facere
“to dare is to do”
Some people are born for great brave lives. Colonel Ashutosh Sharma who laid down his life on May 2 during anti-terrorist operation at Handwara, was one such being. Just 2 months before that, he had won the Sena Medal for gallantry.
“He had alpha grading in all courses which is the highest grade. He was a commando instructor eligible to train officers and did the prestigious staff college. He twice won the Sena Medal and two commendations. His men admired him,”
Said Col. Sharma’s elder brother, Piyush Sharma. Check out the complete story.
‘A tiger knows his territory in and out.’ 'A tiger demarcates his terrain and never lets anyone enter.’ 'Similarly, Ashu knew the trees, houses, rivers and rocks of the Rajwar jungles.’ 'He didn’t allow any militant to come into his territory.
The infections from the virus are increasing. Maharashtra has crossed 1000 deaths figure. Here is a nice comparison between India and the world and Delhi in spotlight from Hindustan Times.
Some far reaching changes have been announced by the Indian Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman Announcement: Nirmala Sitharaman also announced the implementation of “One Nation One Ration Card” benefiting 67 crore people in 23 states covering 83 per cent of PDS population
While allowing ‘azaan’ during the lockdown, the Allahabad (Prayagraj) High Court said, it may be an essential and integral part of Islam but its recitation through loudspeakers or other sound-amplifying devices cannot be said to be an integral part of the religion
Bali officials used the village committees and Hindu beliefs to push residents to stay at home. No outside visitors were permitted to avoid wider infections
In the wake of the pandemic, Popcorn predicts a big spike in divorces; it’s already happening in China. Dating scene will be different due to fear and yet the need for intimacy. So, health passports may be in the in-thing.
“Deep-speare”, an AI computer, has crafted Shakespearean verse that most readers couldn’t distinguish from human-written poems. Verse seems nonsensical but it “scans well,” as an English teacher would say—its rhythm, rhyme scheme, and the basic grammar of its individual lines all seem fine at first glance
The I.N.D.I.A alliance has clearly expressed its election plank - annihilation of Sanatan Dharma or Hinduism. In order to dismantle the Modi government. It is not an electoral battle anymore but a civilizational battle now.
Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven wrote about disruptive militant protests in 1966. Movements like Occupy, Woke protests were its offsprings. Even in India, anti-Modi government protests bear its imprint. An analysis.
'The Vaccine War' is a beautiful story of very complex times. Vivek Agnihotri has weaved together a masterpiece dealing with a subject very few would have touched. The pandemic and the triumph of India.
Chandrayaan-3 landing on South side of moon was not just the triumph of scientists at ISRO today but a tradition and history of science that looks at exploration as a spiritual path. It is a story of a battle against all odds and challenges!
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