As a teacher who has spent considerable time nurturing and grooming young minds, I welcomed the Orangenews9 Editor’s invitation to share my experience of how Bharat has travelled over the last eight decades, particularly in the field of education. Education has always been close to my heart, and my interaction with successive generations of students…
Lakshmanrao Upayadhyayula In the sacred corpus of the Rigveda, Sage Śaunaka Gṛtsamada composed a profound hymn to Savitṛ in the majestic cadence of Triṣṭubh metre. This celebrated hymn presents Savitṛ not merely as the visible Sun that illumines the heavens, but as the divine Impeller, the cosmic Messenger, and the unfailing Ordainer who sets all…
Having recovered his strength, the valiant Sātyaki once more turned his wrath upon Somadatta. With a torrent of arrows he struck the aged warrior so fiercely that Somadatta became bewildered and fell senseless upon his chariot. Observing this development, Duryodhana resolved to curb the growing pride and irresistible prowess of Sātyaki. Yet before he could…
Sri Nagchandreshwara Temple is situated in the holy city of Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, within the famous Sri Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple complex. Located on the third and uppermost storey of the temple, it is one of Ujjain’s most unique shrines. The temple remains closed throughout the year and is opened for darshan only once a year,…
Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused the Congress of insulting the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ and demanded that the party apologise to the people and to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay who wrote the song. Addressing a public meeting in Chittorgarh, Shah alleged that during the Independence Day programme at the Congress headquarters, party…
Kochi: ‘Athachamayam’ celebrations, heralding the start of the 10-day ‘Onam’ festivities in Kerala, saw a colourful rally of caparisoned elephants, floats and folk-dance performances at Tripunithura here on Sunday. The celebrations were officially inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan, who said that since the time of the royal era, the Kochi kingdom and…
Bhubaneshwar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a ‘red warning’ for extremely heavy rainfall in parts of Odisha as a fresh low-pressure area has formed in the Bay of Bengal. It advised fishermen not to venture into the sea along and off the West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh, Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh…
Ranchi: Students protesting alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations announced they would burn effigies of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in all 24 districts of the state on Sunday, alleging that the ruling JMM-Congress alliance “failed to take concrete action” on their demands. The protest under JPSC-JSSC Reforms Manch entered its…
Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) appears to have reached a stage where merely changing office-bearers, issuing fresh circulars or seeking judicial intervention may no longer be enough to restore confidence in its administration—and, more importantly, in its player-selection system. For years, allegations of corruption, nepotism, favouritism and the emergence of a ‘pay-to-play’ culture…
Shrikant Rao A few months ago, in April, standing on the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower for the ninth time in my journalistic career, looking out over the grey slate roofs of Paris and the rise of Montmartre in the distance, I felt a familiar tug of history. But this time, the emotion wasn’t…
