The most-talked about book on the subject of time, unarguably, is the publication A Brief History of Time by British Physicist Stephen William Hawking (1942-2018). The book, first published in 1988, became a best-seller and sold more than 10 million copies in 20 years. The legendary scientist is said to have written the 256-page book,…

A rule of the game of happiness stated as a philosophical expression in just four words, Don’t worry, be happy is attributed to the Indian mystic and sage Meher Baba (1894-1969). Like virtually all other rules of life prescribed by administration to the people at large for compliance, the aforementioned rule for happiness doesn’t seem…

The goings on in the country as well as across the world are marked by tough times to different degrees of dealing with them. The inter-country scenario is currently witnessing the top brass of one country challenging its counterpart in another country in respect of economic superiority as well as military might, drawing themselves to…

The public image of most persons whose names create a sense of awe, given their stellar role in India’s freedom movement, triggers thoughts on the dismal public image of the land’s current netas, barring a few exceptions. The mass following that the leading lights who confronted the ruling class of the erstwhile British Raj commanded…

The hardships bugging the residents of cities and towns across the country, as they have emerged so far, are being talked about in different circles of citizens who have to bear themselves the charge of creating the irksome urban situation. The hard times that the rural residents are currently experiencing are more prominently due to…

The world has witnessed many leaders featured in the chronicles of various countries, including India. Some of them have steadily climbed the rungs of life’s ladder to earn the distinction of being recognised and respected as leaders. While a select few among them retained their perch at the top not only during their lifetime but…

Biologists favour the view that every living species is marked by the feature of sustaining its own progeny by the process of reproduction, either sexual or asexual. Human beings, unarguably, do so consciously for reasons far different from the rest of the species on planet Earth, the latter mass resorting to proliferation by instinct of…

World Women’s Day was observed, nay celebrated this week witnessing spirited calls in the cause of welfare of the girl child as well as women by people in high posts in the government and others who counted in society at large across the country. The air has already been abuzz in many regions of the…

By way of a disclaimer, the various issues appearing in this column, remarks made and points raised do not include in their ambit any or all of the idols, figures, statues, images and figurines of divinities worshipped by devotees of various faiths, taking care not to hurt their sentiments and beliefs. The monolithic figure of…

The idiom Better late than never, attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages achieving fame as an author, philosopher, astronomer and bureaucrat, who also composed a scientific treatise on the astrolabe (an instrument used by astronomers to study celestial bodies), is often used to acknowledge (perhaps begrudgingly) that…