Beyond Patriarchy and Matriarchy: The Case for Equality If Parts I to III of this series have established anything, it is that the story of patriarchy is neither as simple nor as universal as it is often made out to be. Human societies have evolved through remarkably different arrangements of family, inheritance, authority and gender…
In the sacred tradition of the Rigveda, the sage Rishabha, illustrious son of the seer Vishwamitra, invokes the divine presence of Agni through hymns composed in the majestic Tristup chandas. These mantras arise not merely as poetic utterances, but as luminous currents of consciousness flowing from the inner realization of the rishis. Agni stands at…
King Dhritarashtra, consumed by anxiety and grief, continued his lamentation before Sanjaya. His mind dwelt incessantly upon Karna, the mighty son of Radha, who had obtained the invincible Brahmastra from the revered sage-warrior Parashurama. He possessed the formidable Nagamukhastra and numerous celestial weapons acquired through rigorous discipline and divine favor. Endowed with immense resourcefulness and…
Rampura Sri Kubera Anjaneya Swamy Temple is located in Rampura village, Srirangapatna Taluk, in Mandya district of Karnataka. The temple stands peacefully on the banks of the River Cauvery, around 8 kilometres from Srirangapatna and about 22 kilometres from Mysuru. The village considers Sri Anjaneya Swamy as its main guardian deity and the spiritual centre…
New Delhi: Traffic movement in central, south and southwest Delhi is likely to be affected for four days from September 10 as the national capital prepares to host the two-day BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam on September 12 and 13, officials said on Friday. Nearly 4,800 traffic personnel have been deployed to manage the movement…
Shenzhen (China): India’s ace men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty battled through a gruelling three-game contest against Denmark’s Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen to storm into the semifinals of the China Masters Super 750 on Friday, even as veteran Kidambi Srikanth’s campaign ended in the men’s singles quarterfinals. The fourth-seeded Indians…
New Delhi: Air India on Friday terminated the services of the pilot-in-command of Phuket-Delhi flight who had tested positive for drug use. The announcement from the airline came hours after probe agency AAIB’s preliminary report into the Phuket flight incident said the drug use by the pilot was a serious concern and asked regulator DGCA…
New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) representatives on Friday said the Delhi Police has assured that Swatantra Bharadwaj, the man accused of assaulting the father of student activist Nishu Azad during a protest at Jantar Mantar, will be arrested within 72 hours. The assurance came a day after a clip of the interview of…
Our S&T Desk Hyderabad: Ananth Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (ATL) has made significant contributions to India’s space programme through the supply of critical avionics, electronics and spacecraft subsystems for the GSLV-F17 launch vehicle and the EOS-05 (GISAT-1A) Earth observation spacecraft. The Hyderabad-headquartered company supplied 28 avionics packages for the GSLV-F17 launch vehicle, covering critical functions such…
India’s infrastructure story has traditionally been written in tonnes, horsepower and machine hours. Put enough equipment on a project, keep enough people moving and, eventually, the concrete gets poured. That model still has plenty of life in it, but it is becoming harder to rely on equipment numbers alone. Projects are being delivered in tighter…
