# Chhotebhai We are familiar with the Sadhu, usually a saffron robbed ascetic or mendicant. Till not so long ago most Sadhus had little or no worldly possessions, living simple and frugal lives. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi may have been the first to break the stereotype with his Rolls Royces andContinue Reading
By Virginia Saldanha The revelation that 110,333 cases of rape were registered in the country from 2014 to 2016, and 338,954 cases of crime against women were registered in 2016, by federal Minister Kiren Rijiju, does not come as a surprise. In fact, we should remember that these statistics areContinue Reading
There is an unequal power equation between priests and nuns and also women in generalContinue Reading
The government has to make it clear that lynching and mobocracy will not be toleratedContinue Reading
Don Aguiar Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is riding broad support from a selected populace that is happy with the country’s direction. Despite the optimism, however, new data shows the nation is veering dangerously away from democracy. Why has India’s index declined? The main reason is that the legislature isContinue Reading
By Dr. Rosalin Hansda Life is not merely to be alive but to be well, says Marcus Valerius Martalis. In the era of BETI BACHAO AND BETI PADHAO, women empowerment, we find the contrast of women dying because she has been ignorant of many things regarding access to medical treatmentContinue Reading
Chhotebhai What the Dickens? This is not the tale of two cities, but a study in contrast of two of the seven sisters of the North East (NE); specifically Arunachal Pradesh (AP) and Manipur, where I spent a few days recently. My wife, Meera, and I, had been invited byContinue Reading
An urgent measure to be adopted should be the immediate implementation of rules concerning garbage segregationContinue Reading
The biggest challenge for feminist men and women is to change entrenched patriarchal structures and mindsetsContinue Reading
Dr. Salikyu Sangtam Nationalism is one of the most misunderstood terms. Perhaps, it is no wonder that the terms “Nation” and “Nationalism” are rampantly used and abused by scholars, politicians, journalists, armed groups, government, and the mass multitude in general. The purpose of this article, however, is not to rectifyingContinue Reading
