By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Today, as societies become modern, cultures are becoming completely “body cultures.” The body has become the most dominant part. As we evolve, other aspects should become more significant but unfortunately, the body has become more important than anything else. It is all about the body. The way society is…
Garbage Dump!
May 15, 2025Building debris & domestic waste menace overwhelm Hebbal Industrial Area By S.N. Venkatnag Sobers Industries are the backbone of a nation’s growth, and while they contribute significantly to the exchequer through annual taxes, they expect the Government to provide at least the basic amenities required for smooth operations. However, the grand promises made by authorities…
Bharat’s Mercantile Heritage
May 15, 2025By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist India’s oldest civilisation was the Harappan civilisation, which was a merchant civilisation. Over 4,000 years ago, in the Bronze Age, several planned brick cities stood along the Indus, the now-dry Saraswati, and the coasts of Gujarat. They traded tin, copper, lapis lazuli, carnelian and cotton with…
The importance of Information Warfare
May 14, 2025By Maj. Gen. (Retd.) S.G. Vombatkere With the rapid advances in science and technology for military use, contemporary warfare is multi-faceted. This was observed in Operation Sindoor, which is India’s strong and uncompromising response to Pakistan’s State-sponsored terrorist attack on tourists at Pahalgam on 22nd April. Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave India’s Armed Forces full…
The Daily Spectacle: My never-ending quest for my glasses
May 14, 2025By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam They say rituals bring order to life. Some meditate, some drink herbal tea, some do yoga. Me? I begin every day with a frantic, borderline hysterical search for my glasses. Now, you might assume I would put them in the same place every night, like a responsible, organised adult. That would…
Trump Effect in Australian Polls
May 12, 2025By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist I am in Australia during the country’s recent general elections. Just across the street from where I am staying on Blackburn Road in Glen Waverley is the Office of Labour MP Dr. Carina Garland. She represents the Division of Chisholm, part of Monash City in Melbourne. Glen Waverley is a…
Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor: The Ceasefire and its Aftermath
May 11, 2025By Ravi Joshi – Joint Secretary (Retd.), Cabinet Secretariat Yesterday, on 10th May, the Government of India (GoI) declared a ceasefire on the Operations that it had launched on 7th May into Pakistani territory across the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB). There has been a lot of dissatisfaction across the country…
A justification to be a Vishwa Guru!
May 10, 2025By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy Title: What The West Should Learn From India Author: Walter J. Lindner Year: 2024 Pages: 279 Price: Rs. 799 Publisher: Juggernaut Books The year was 1977. A tall, young, lean man with a backpack arrived in New Delhi from Germany. He loved Indian music, particularly Ravi Shankar’s sitar. He…
Bhagini Sangeethotsava 2025 concludes
May 10, 2025On the last day of the music series of Bhagini Sangeethotsava, well-known vocalist T.N.S. Krishna gave a vocal concert at BSS Vidyodaya in Krishnamurthypuram on Apr. 29. He was accompanied by veteran violinist H.N. Bhaskar on violin, Sumesh Narayanan from Chennai on mridanga and Bharadwaj Sathavalli on morching. The concert showcased Krishna’s deep-rooted classical training…
The ability to look without motive
May 9, 2025By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation One of the major problems in the world today is the fact that every sphere of our lives — from the intellectual to the religious — is governed by conclusions. When I speak of the spiritual journey as ‘quest’, the immediate assumption is that I am encouraging people to…
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