Chandigarh: Two people died after a two-storey building collapsed in the Industrial Area Phase-2 here on Saturday, officials said. Four people were pulled out from the debris and taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Sector 32. Later two more people were brought out and rushed to the same hospital, they said….
MS Shanker Once, politicians feared journalists. Today, many honest journalists fear being mistaken for impostors carrying the same press card. Nothing illustrates the decline of a noble profession more painfully than this. That painful transformation did not happen overnight. It is the consequence of a profession gradually abandoning its highest ideals in pursuit of influence,…
Temple autonomy without financial transparency would merely replace one custodian with another. The time has come to make every rupee offered to God fully accountable. If the first battle is about liberating Hindu temples from excessive governmental control, the second—and perhaps even more important—battle is about protecting temple wealth from every possible avenue of misuse….
The title of the new Telugu film Idupu Kayitam (ఇడుపు కాయితం) has triggered an entirely avoidable controversy. For many in Telangana, the title is perfectly ordinary. Idupu Kayitam means exactly what vidakulu (విడాకులు) means elsewhere – divorce. Yet, social media has predictably split into camps. One insists the title is ‘wrong Telugu’. The other is…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Let’s continue to ponder over Shiva’s form and Shiva Parivaara from where we left off earlier. Shiva is depicted as Shashidhara, Chandra Shekhara, and Chandra Mauli. We learnt…
Most of us have a surprisingly simple relationship with cough. We ignore it. A few days of coughing during a viral infection rarely worries anyone. A cough syrup is purchased, warm fluids are advised, and life moves on. when the cough lingers for weeks, many people continue to wait patiently for it to disappear on…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao In the contemplative stillness of Vedic life, where austerity and inward vision shaped the rhythm of existence, the sage Agastya, his devoted consort Lopamudra, and the disciplined disciple Brahmachari stand as embodiments of the eternal dialogue between restraint and fulfillment. Their invocation to the divine principle of Rathi, expressed through the measured…
Dronacharya, beholding the peril that pressed upon Duryodhana, raised his commanding voice and declared that the prince stood within the fierce sight of Abhimanyu. He urged the assembled warriors to hasten without delay, to support their lord with unwavering skill, and to restrain the youthful hero by every means at their command. He enjoined them…
Punaura Dham Surya Mandir is located at Punaura Dham, around 5 km southwest of Sitamarhi town in Sitamarhi district, Bihar. The temple stands on the eastern bank of the sacred Janaki Kund within the famous Punaura Dham complex, which is traditionally revered as the birthplace of Goddess Sita. It is one of the oldest and…
New Delhi: Heavy rains threw life out of gear in several states on Saturday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing red alerts in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha and Kerala, and stating that conditions were favourable for the advance of the southwest monsoon into the remaining parts of Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan in the next…
