It was a Sunday morning. I felt like holding my son Pragyan in my lap, and we both should read an interesting story from the newspaper, so that he could enjoy the sweetness of words even in the modern screen age. But to our regret, we found that there was not a single story, comic…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a medium of new creativity today, but it is a matter of debate whether this innovation is based on the theft of the hard work of the creators. In America, the courts considered the content ‘learned’ by AI as fair use, but the creators are dissatisfied. In India, news agency…
Disintegration of real life in the reel world, life getting tired in the race of show off Today’s society has come to a turning point where on one hand technological advancement has made life easy and fast, on the other hand, the same technology is slowly and silently hollowing out the social fabric. Social media,…
The Nari Shakti Vandan Act, passed in 2023, i.e., the 106th Amendment of the Constitution, is a historic attempt to increase the representation of women in India’s democratic structure. This Act ensures 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, but its success will not be determined by merely being inscribed in…
A new writer has arrived – and the vultures of the market have woken up With the emergence of new female writers, the way their body, age, and smile are traded in the literary markets instead of their creativity is a deep and shameful truth. Stage, criticism, role, respect – everything becomes a trap. This…
New Democracy? (Editorial space is empty) During the Emergency, newspapers left their editorial columns blank in protest. Today, there is no formal censorship, but self-censorship, fear, and stifling of ideas in the name of ‘patriotism’. Asking questions has become treason, and editorials have now become spokesmen for the establishment. At a time when every word…
In this country, when someone meets with an accident on the road, the first question asked is not how deep the injury is – first, the question asked is “Do you have an identity card?”, “Do you have insurance?”, “Is the hospital registered?” and then finally – “Will we be able to save him or…
The battered mind of the father and the Western preoccupation of the sons A retired colonel from Lucknow committed suicide after writing a heartfelt letter to his sons. Both sons were settled in America and could not show full sensitivity even on the death of their mother. The father wrote in the letter that he…
Our Caste HAU: Student Movement in Haryana Agricultural University and Raising Voice against Caste Injustice Haryana Agricultural University (HAU), Hisar, is counted among the prestigious agricultural institutes of the country. But today, this institute has become a center of caste-based humiliation and administrative silence for the students. The slogan “Hamari Jati HAU” is not just…
One of the biggest revolutions of the 21st century is the increase in women’s participation. Yet, when the World Economic Forum released the Global Gender Gap Index 2025, India’s 131st position indicates that despite all claims of development, women’s empowerment has remained confined to slogans only. There has been a slight improvement in the field…
