The ferocity of the good ol’ sun
The serenity of the moon,
Where Happiness is a Measure of Governance: What Bhutan’s Democratic Consolidation Can Teach Global South Nations
As democracies around the world confront public dissatisfaction, Bhutan reminds us that the health of a democracy cannot be measured only through the ballot box. It must also be evaluated through the well-being, dignity, security, and trust experienced by citizens.
India's Education Deficit: Real Reforms Lie in Making Coaching Redundant
India's digital infrastructure can certainly deliver free coaching to millions. But an even greater achievement would be to build an education and employment system in which families no longer feel compelled to buy coaching in the first place. Making bottled water cheaper is useful. Making the water from taps trustworthy is the real solution.
India’s Education Report Card: Student Retention, not Enrolment is Key to Success
The message is clear. India needs not merely more children entering classrooms, but more children staying, completing and learning. Achieving the ambitions of NEP 2020 and SDG 4 will require sustained public investment, stronger secondary-school retention, better support for vulnerable learners and a sharper focus on completion.
For a Developed India, Its Young Need to Be Instilled with Civic Values First
The virtues like civic discipline or gender sensitivity in India are not at premium. Basic civic sense is conspicuous by its absence. It gets manifested as indiscriminate littering, spitting, traffic indiscipline, vulgar or derogatory comments against women etc. Such attitudes find manifestation in foreign destinations as well.
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The Cycle of Life
My Name Is Pretty Winter
Why do you look at me disconsolately,
When warmth is all I provide?
Someone Keep Me Company
Someone keep me company,
Someone share some thoughts with me,
The Game of Life
Life is a game,
Light-hearted stuff:
The Eyes Will Not Your Secrets Keep
Those with secrets in their hearts,
Have no place to hide,
O, for the Ecstasy of not knowing
O, for the ecstasy of not knowing
That which would rend my heart,
The Beauty of the Unknown
Ripples in the pond and waves in the sea;
Little steps, giant strides of an unknown destiny.
The natural intelligence of Man
The natural intelligence of Man
Ensures that we, as Humans
Ordinary People Are Extraordinary People
Sailor, tinker, tailor, et al,
Ordinary people at one's beck and call,
The Beauty Of Silence
How blank the mind
Neither thought nor word penetrating enough
Artificiality or Reality - Choose
Let the Sun fill you and your days with its rays
Let Darkness too feel its warmth and its light,
‘Indiaspora Forum for Good’ to be held in the UAE to address global challenges
The Indiaspora Forum For Good (IFG) promises to be a landmark gathering where vision meets action. From pioneering CEOs to philanthropists, this unprecedented assembly harnesses the collective wisdom and inuence of the Indian diaspora for global advancement.
Salutes to the Women of India and the World
Rise, O ladies and show us the way
We, the faltering, blundering, ‘male’, play
New GOPIO International team takes office; community Leader Prakash Shah is new president
Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) conducted its election last month and the new team was sworn in on January 31 at a virtual Zoom ceremony with veteran community leader from New Jersey Mr. Prakash Shah as its president.
The Ship of Life
On the sands where I now stand
The grains can bear my weight no more,
