Vignette of a true India

‘Jaan’ and ‘zindagi’ are two Hindi synonyms for the single word “LIFE’ in English, The so-called honour killings now rampant in India turn down the very concept of ‘zindagi’ which badly needs ‘jaan’ to sustain. When caste-purity dominates over individuality, ‘jaan’’ is being taken out so as to ...

Absolutely different from today’s run-of-the-mill tales of teenage rebellion, Rajashri Iyer tells a tale of a group of youngsters and their MAD drives  along the length and breadth of India, to make  at least  a minimal difference in the current turbidity that ...

In Hindu concept, Shakthi is the feminine counter part of God in His all tri-level manifestations. Unlike the female gods of other Semitic religions, Shakthi is worshiped as the Supreme Being of Power and Energy all over India. Pinning hopes on this aspect, Anagha ...

Being the wife of a real Communist is synonymous with walking through the fire. Savitry Aryan, an 80 year old Brahmin lady from Kerala, talks with Ajitha Jeevan, about her life of endurance after being wedded ...

"Imprisoned in every fat man, a thin one is wildly signaling to be let out”. Dr.Anandam Gopinath is here to help that thin one to be out from you, with some tips of diet and habits to be followed in order to ...

Is there any festival which has born out of jealousy? Indeed, it is here right in India. It is nothing but Holi, which is being celebrated today wherever an Indian community lives…Rajshri Iyer talks about the symbolic and transgressing aspects of the ...

At a time the world redefines the word ‘adultery’ and perceives women just as skirts, it is significant to know about Akka Mahadevi, a Kannada seer-poet whose whole life was the denial of all the yard sticks to gauge and tag. Gayatri Sundaram narrates ...

Depression is the most noxious disease, next only to cardio-vascular diseases, that grapples the modern world today. Dr.Dhanya Girish, analyses the gravity of the disease and the need of timely attention to be provided “Wither is fled the visionary gleam.. Where is it now, the glory and the dream..” Scribbled Wordsworth, in a ...

(Debunking the crumpled bibliographies and the most wanted websites, Srilaja Prazad unveils the real face of today’s Indian woman, through a cross section of the peninsular landscape)