The land’s system of several centuries vintage, namely temples and vast areas of agricultural fields to be under the management of informal sets of local individuals enjoying trust of their respective societies, ended a few decades ago, closing the flow of food grains in substantial quantities which the devotees partook in what is familiar to…

Every government makes it a point to inform the country’s masses that it has done this-done that to make their life comfortable and even better than the government managed by a different party when it got its perch at the top. The incumbent government at the Centre is taking its turn, in the august company…

Teachers of elementary schools during the years not too long ago used to explain to their pupils that the range of Himalayan mountains were not only insurmountable but also served  to protect the land and its people from invaders beyond the massive mountains, eternally covered with snow. However, that assurance was falsified in early 1960s…

Pages of the land’s history, given the portrayal of various issues and events by chroniclers during centuries of past rulers, big as well as sundry kings, have generally sidelined describing the connect between aam janata and authorities in the matter of the former expressing discontent in their day-to-day life and the latter responding satisfactorily or…

The British author noted for his satirical writings, Samuel Butler (1835-1902), is credited with the proverbial statement ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child,’ also sourced by many to the Bible. The now-out-of-fashion interpretation of the proverb used to convey the message “If a parent refuses to discipline an unruly child, that child will grow…

Demographers, keeping track of the changing numbers of human populations, both globally and country-wise, have said that the present count having reached 7.5 billion (750 crore) in April this year is estimated to increase to 11.2 billion (112 crore) in the year 2100. The annual rate of rise in the global population, peaking to 2.06…

We learn from scholars that Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras, composed during the middle period of first millennium BC place emphasis on all four stages of Ashrama system comprising Brahmacharya (bachelor, student), Grihastha (married, householder), Vanaprastha (retiring into a forest, handing over household responsibilities to the next generation, taking an advisory role and gradually withdrawing from the…

The ratio of all adults in the land willing to work, whether employed or unemployed, to its total population is being tracked by a private agency monitoring Indian economy. That index juxtaposed to unemployment rate, namely the ratio of unemployed to total labour force in the population of the land. The two ratios, according to…

A  case is being made by speakers of all hues with or without acceptable credentials relating to grooming the growing children into adults for facing the challenges of life that the surest option is educating them. However, we also hear voices from knowledgeable circles berating the goings on in schools and colleges across the country…