Having immovable property as one’s asset, first in the form of a residential site and then a dwelling to live in comfort without any hassles, including the burden of rent steadily soaring, is an important agenda of every urban resident, triggering the buzz in real estate business in cities of all classes, including many towns…

Happenings being reported by the media across the world, particularly heated exchanges among heads of their respective countries, protest demonstrations marked by anger by various outfits including youth at large as well as students, criminal acts taking lives of innocent people and so on don’t seem to be biased with respect to different regions. The…

The poet wrote long back the line water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink to convey the helpless plight of the thirsty sailor in the wilderness of the sea. If the poet were to describe the present state of the world, he is justified in modifying the above line as information, information everywhere,…

The  saying All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, meaning that without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. The exact origins of the phrase remain unclear. It appeared first in a book of proverbs in English and other European languages published in 1659. Later, some writers are…

The age of the universe, of which planet Earth is but a speck of dust in volume when compared to all the celestial bodies in toto is believed to be not only infinite but also endless. The age of Earth, as determined by scientists, also called its chemical age, is accepted to be about 4.5…

The blame-game currently at its peak with the land’s people in many vociferous circles confronting the top brass in the Governments both at the Centre as well as in the State seems to have resulted in both parties side-lining the onerous task of getting on with the agenda of the nation’s continued progress and welfare…

In an imagined exchange of pleasantries between countries to the expression commonly heard “How are you?”, India may in all likelihood respond saying “So far so good” in an apparent intent not to make the dialogue turn gloomy by unloading the multitude of woes bugging the country. What the other party, engaged in the exchange,…

Internal unrest and external threats of skirmishes across borders of countries in many regions across the globe is the order of the day. India takes the cake as it were among the countries currently witnessing both social disruption within its territory and proxy war at the so-called Line of Control (LoC) by an unfriendly neighbour…

Self-image of the nation visualised in the backdrop of happenings across its territory, reported by media and that expressed by external agencies, both subjectively and objectively, during the 365 days of 2019 may be said to conform to the optimum spectrum in the sky, familiar to all as the rainbow, comprising violet, indigo, blue, green,…