Human Beings - Different Truths

December 31, 2016
Dr. Amit Shankar Saha
Criticism, Events

Virtual Reality: The Literature of Suspending Disbelief

‘Virtual Reality’ is a poetry anthology born out of interactions between eight poets (Aakash Sagar Chauhan, Anindita Bose, Daipayan Nair, Geethanjali Dilip, Gauri Dixit, Sunila Khemchandani, Fatima Afghan and Lily Swarn) in...

December 29, 2016
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Sankhya Yoga – VI

In the sixth part, Nilanjana tells us few wonderful stories about the three sons of Brahma, who were asked to populate the world by the Creator. Here Narayana says how...

December 13, 2016
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy

Of the Human Rights Day, Dalia Lama and the Tibetan People

The Human Rights Day, celebrated world over, on December 10, is the day when the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded. This year marked the 27th year of the Nobel Peace Prize...

December 10, 2016
Amit Singh
Advocacy, Cover Story, Human Rights

The Right to Life, Liberty and Security: Has India Failed to keep its Human Rights Obligations?

The growing number of extra judicial killings, rampant discrimination against vulnerable groups, tribal and Adivasi, including minorities and legal immunity (of perpetrators) Custodial torture, inherent in daily police practice, still remains...

November 18, 2016
Nikita Goel
Relationship & Lifestyle

Is Divorce better than an Unhappy Marriage?

There’s an increasing number of divorces in India, which was unheard of in the past centuries. Our parents and grandparents were united through arranged marriages and they still manage to be...

November 13, 2016
Archana Sharma
Religion, Travel & Food

Badruddin, a Muslim, Composed the Badrinath Arti of the Hindus!

Jugal Kishore Petshali, of Chitai, in Almora district, of Uttarakhand runs a museum called Uttranchal Lok Kala Evam Sahitya Sanrakshan Trust. He showed us one of the rare manuscripts of Badrinath...

July 1, 2016
Urooj Murtaza
Conflict Resolution, Cover Story, Gender

Transgender in Pakistan: A Fatwa and Courts Grant Greater Rights and Dignity

Like elsewhere in South Asia, the transgender people in Pakistan, were discriminated against, before 2009. Despite education, Riffie Khan with a double Masters’ degree was unable to get meaningful...