Leveraging folklores to educate the new generation

Leveraging folklores to educate the new generation

Monday, 28 October 2024 | BIJU DHARAMAPALAN

The ancient art of storytelling remains a vital medium for teaching values and fostering cultural understanding Folklores, the traditional stories, myths, and legends passed down through generations, have long been a source of fascination, serving as much more than mere entertainment. Folklores often centre on ordinary people who face adversity yet...

RSS centenary: A legacy of service and cultural revival

RSS centenary: A legacy of service and cultural revival

Friday, 25 October 2024 | KAMALESH KUMAR TIWARI

During the hundredth year of its existence, it is a relatively rare occurrence for an organisation to reach its pinnacle, writes KAMALESH KUMAR TIWARI The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is widely acknowledged as the largest non-governmental organisation in the world, began its centenary year this month. The group has built...

Kerachakka unpaved road to development

Kerachakka unpaved road to development

Thursday, 24 October 2024 | Chotu Singh Rawat

It is home to 80 tribal families struggling for basic infrastructure. With impassable road access to education, healthcare and essential services remains a distant dream Kerachakka village, located about 50 kilometres from the district headquarters of Sarangarh-Bilaigarh in Chhattisgarh, is struggling with a lack of basic infrastructure. Home to 80 families, primarily...

A diplomatic push for peace

A diplomatic push for peace

Thursday, 24 October 2024 | Pioneer

During his visit to Russia for BRICS Summit, Prime Minister Modi once again roots for peace Prime Minister Narendra Modi  met President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan to discuss wide ranging issues. The meeting highlighted India’s continued advocacy for peaceful resolutions to conflicts, particularly the...

Israel challenges the UN ahead of UN Day

Israel challenges the UN ahead of UN Day

Thursday, 24 October 2024 | SANTHOSH MATHEW

Israel’s unprecedented declaration of UN Secretary-General António Guterres as persona non grata has challenged the very foundations of global diplomacy The United Nations was not created to take mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell. These words from Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), resonate...

Seeking validation: A necessity more than an add-on to our vanity

Seeking validation: A necessity more than an add-on to our vanity

Wednesday, 23 October 2024 | Asha Iyer Kumar

Though contentment offers a deep sense of inner peace, validation serves as a crucial motivator Much to the contrary of the popular belief about happiness being commensurate with the degree of material success, my late father asserted that the key to happiness lies in contentment. Both views have their share of...

Breathless in Delhi

Breathless in Delhi

Wednesday, 23 October 2024 | Pioneer

Delhi’s air quality has once again plunged into the ‘Very Poor’ category, marking the beginning of the dreaded annual pollution season As the Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 312 on October 21, 2024, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) announced the activation of Stage 2 of the Graded Response...

Trump tries hard to win the second term

Trump tries hard to win the second term

Wednesday, 23 October 2024 | Bhopinder Singh

The traits Trump exhibits on the golf course serve as a metaphor for his approach to life and politics: a willingness to bend the rules and win at any cost American sportswriter Rick Reilly wrote a book called Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump, to explain Donald Trump’s incorrigible ways....

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