Why the generation that invented YOLO is eating its future — one impulse purchase at a time. In 1972, a Stanford psychologist named Walter Mischel sat four-year-old children down in a room, placed a single marshmallow in front of each of them, and made them an offer: eat it now, or wait fifteen minutes and…
At a time when the global economy is wobbling under the weight of war, energy shocks, and deep uncertainty, one question has triggered both curiosity and political discomfort: Why do institutions like the IMF and the United Nations still project India to grow at 6.4–7 percent? The answer lies not in political rhetoric, but in…
Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants batters, led by their mercurial skipper Rishabh Pant, let Mohammed Shami’s brilliant bowling effort go down the drain with an embarrassing 40-run defeat at the hands of an equally profligate Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match here on Wednesday. Chasing a target of 160, LSG huffed and puffed before being shot…
Dantewada: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Wednesday hailed the visit of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar to the Bastar region, once a Maoist stronghold, saying his tour was a matter of pride for the state and a strong source of inspiration for children and youth. The Mumbai-based master blaster, a Bharat Ratna awardee, made…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius in Berlin on Wednesday to bolster the strategic partnership, and the two sides inked an agreement for a defence industrial cooperation roadmap, officials said. In his remarks, Singh said that the menace of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations must…
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “terrorist”, saying the remarks were “highly objectionable” and amounted to prima facie violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in place for the ongoing Assembly elections. The EC asked him to…
If there is one constant in India’s political theatre, it is this: corruption scandals erupt with thunder, dominate headlines with moral outrage, and then quietly dissolve into procedural fog. The Kaleshwaram project—once showcased as an engineering triumph and later exposed as a multi-crore controversy—now risks becoming another case study in how India’s political class and…
Today is World Earth Day There is something profoundly symbolic about Earth Day coinciding with Ganga Saptami—a reminder that what the modern world now rediscovers as “environmental consciousness” has, in India, always been a way of life. Long before climate summits, carbon credits, and sustainability reports became fashionable, this land quietly nurtured a civilisation that…
Tradition, Market, and Changing Identity The place of festivals in India’s cultural fabric is not limited to mere joy and celebration; rather, they are deeply intertwined with society’s historical memory, economic structure, relationship with nature, and human sensibilities. Here, festivals touch every aspect of life—farming, seasonal changes, family ties, and faith. But today, the question…
When this Atman, which dwells in the body, gets detached and is freed from the body, what remains here (in this body). This is verily that. There is a direct reference to death, and it says that Atman leaves the body. We must understand that it is the conditioned consciousness, the jiva, which leaves the…
