In the poem ‘Idylls of the King,’  poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) wrote “The old order changeth, yielding place to new. And God fulfils himself in many ways, lest one good custom should corrupt the world.” The subject of this column namely, the time-honoured custom of practising the last rites of the departed people in many…

Debates on issues of availability and requirement of energy, in knowledgeable circles, particularly for heating both in industry and homes are bound to bestow focus on its renewable and non-renewable sources with greater concern than so far in days ahead. The plight of economically deprived sections in the land’s population, even as it expands, with…

Lines from the land’s ancient scripts convey messages that are eternally relevant in the matter of safeguarding harmonious relationships among members of society. One such line, namely  Yatra naari poojyanthe tatra ramanthe devathaah, which translates to: Where women are respected, the divine beings experience delight, may be appropriate to be cited in today’s column. Women…

Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855-1897) popular throughout the English-speaking world during the years of late 19th Century for her light romantic works of fiction is said to be the first person to have used the expression beauty is in the eye of the beholder in one of her books published in 1878. The quote…

The boundless field of bringing information to the doorstep of the literati through literature produced in a hurry as it were at daybreak as well as time slots all the way upto fall of night is familiar to all as journalism. After centuries of informing people about happenings in writing, the world has moved into…

Thanks to the rapidly advancing features in the all-conquering field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) the ongoing surge in knowledge seems to have led to a scenario witnessing a dilemma in taking up issues and resolving problems bugging different sections of both human populations and other life forms in a proper order of priority….

The idiom Marriages are made in heaven is cited by many occasionally. Interestingly, it fits into two contrasting situations namely, when the married couples live happily ever after and also when the marriage goes on the rocks sooner than later. The government’s stipulation of minimum age for girls and boys continues to be not complied…

The stipulation for admission to the primary first year class, namely “not less than five years and ten months” followed in the State has recently witnessed a cosmetic change as it were, enabling parents to admit their offspring to pre-primary class at the age of three-plus, a measure that the urbanite parents have grabbed. Thus,…

The caption for today’s column is a less publicised quote attributed to the renowned monk Swami Vivekananda (1862-1902). The prescription, sounding almost like a diktat, sounds simple but is loaded with message that breaks out into the vast area of preparing oneself to lead a life of satisfied feeling as well as a feeling of…

The issue of distinguishing countries as developed and otherwise, being addressed based on economic parameters seems to have overlooked many time-honoured customs and beliefs with their roots in spirituality, thanks to the sway of science and technology over life of people and confrontation among the literati focused on the respective faiths followed by them. While…