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Green fireworks norms go for a toss in Kolkata even before Diwali day

India, Oct. 20 -- Kolkata, once known as a 'model city' for controlling the menace of fireworks, witnessed large scale violations even before Diwali day arrived this year. Pockets of the city had a b... Read More


Patience is Passion Tamed

India, Oct. 20 -- The eminent Greek philosopher Socrates cracked a joke when his disciples sat around him on the pyal of his house. Nobody knows to this day what joke it was that set the house rocking... Read More


Rising Impact of Right-Wing Politics

India, Oct. 20 -- Advocate Rakesh Kishore hurled his shoe at the Chief Justice of India, Mr Gavai. The background was that while delivering his verdict on a PIL filed by the advocate seeking the resto... Read More


Religions Commercialised

India, Oct. 20 -- Just recently, I hired an autorickshaw in Bengaluru. While travelling in the autorickshaw, I noticed a printed caption above the driver's seat. It read: "Price the Lord." My mind tol... Read More


Sonam Wangchuk: A Hero or a Threat?

India, Oct. 20 -- Sonam Wangchuk, a renowned Indian engineer, education reformer, and environmental activist from Ladakh, has undergone a striking transformation-from being a celebrated national icon ... Read More


Open Letter to Rajasthan CM Are You Scared of the 0.14 Per cent?

India, Oct. 20 -- Dear Shri Bhajan Lal Sharma Ji, Last fortnight, I travelled to Sihora in Madhya Pradesh to attend the 83rd Christa Panthi Ashram Day. It was my third visit to that tranquil village,... Read More


Sr Amala's Mission Among Rickshaw Pullers' Children

India, Oct. 20 -- As dawn broke over the busy streets of Muirabad, a little boy named Bikash tugged insistently at his father's shirt, reluctant to climb into the rickshaw. "I want to go to Sister," h... Read More


Compassion and Vision-Driven Leadership: The Need of Today

India, Oct. 20 -- The theme of the recently held 56th National Convention of the All India Association of Catholic Schools (AINACS) was "Compassion and Vision-Driven Leadership." A leadership model ro... Read More


The Age of Hollow Thrones

India, Oct. 20 -- There was a time when leadership meant taking responsibility rather than focusing on performance. Today, it is theatre. It is blatantly obvious that globally, there are no exemplary ... Read More


NHTTI celebrates Int'l Chefs Day with grandeur

Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- National Hotel and Tourism Training Institute celebrated International Chefs Day through grand festivities at its premise in the capital on October 20. The institute's Department of... Read More