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No matter, if we're Black or White

Why am I White not Yellow, Brown or Black

Indian Navy undertakes ecological conservation programmes

On World Environment Day, June 5, 2020, the Indian Navy announced how it has maintained a steadfast focus on a sustainable future while integrating energy efficiency and environment conservation within its operational and strategic roles

Hypocrisy

If love of Self is, indeed, supreme

Life in the time of coronavirus in Bangladesh - and elsewhere

Humanity has been suffering from an unprecedented attack from coronavirus. From beggar to billionaire, everybody is affected in myriad ways. Every country has stretched its full resources and energy to combat COVID-19

Why terrorism eludes definition

Indeed the word terrorism is one of the most frequently used terms like any other common offenses

Can we return to the times of harmony and love?

'When our minds want to languish in the  forever And, our souls in the search for the elusive truth,'

'How healthy this soil is today is how healthy we will be': Sadhguru at Global Landscapes Forum

Speaking on the need for urgent action to restore degraded soil and accelerate the impact of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, Sadhguru, Founder, Isha Foundation delivered his video message at the GLF Bonn Digital Conference 2020 here today

India's opposition has a duty to save its institutions from disempowerment

Delivering a special message in August 1950 to the US Congress, then President Harry S. Truman said, “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.”

'Lockdown should prepare us for the next global crisis, including climate crisis'

There is a strong linkage between climate change and global peace and governments and society should introspect during the present pandemic to change not only unsustainable lifestyles but move steadily towards a carbon-neutral living and all aspects of human activity, noted environmentalist and climate-change activist Rajendra Shende, said

How a sustainable lifestyle can help overcome COVID-19 pandemic

Almost 45 years ago, when I was a student in the US at the University of Florida, I wondered whether because of rampant use of modern medicine mankind was doing a disservice to itself by hindering the evolutionary process

Fake news is spreading faster than coronavirus

As the mortal coronavirus infection is spreading rapidly in India and other parts of the world, the spread of fake news is even faster

No crisis can determine India's future

A year ago, a golden chapter was added to the history of Indian democracy. After decades, the people of the country gave a second opportunity to a government elected with a full majority

The Tirupati man and understanding strategic deterrence

The COVID-19 lockdown ruminations continue.  There are some concepts in the world of international power play that are difficult to comprehend, even for us normal adults

The Beauty of Open Spaces and Open Minds

Away from grey walls, the green is good

Nehru helped in spreading Swami Vivekananda’s thinking

May 27 was Jawaharlal Nehru 56th death anniversary.  There was hardly any mention in the mass media marking the anniversary.  It is really sad to see that one of the founding fathers of India has been virtually forgotten