Birmingham: Battling painful blisters on his foot and severe cramps, a gritty Lakshya Sen overcame Canada’s Victor Lai to storm into the final of the All England Open here on Saturday, moving within one win of ending India’s 25-year wait for the prestigious title. It turned out to be one of the finest matches of…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar confirmed on Saturday that India permitted an Iranian ship to dock in Kochi on humanitarian grounds following a request from the Iranian side on February 28 as the vessel faced some problems. Permission was given for the vessel to dock on March 1, and the warship, IRIS Lavan,…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the TMC government in West Bengal hit a new low in its “anarchic behaviour” by “humiliating” President Droupadi Murmu with its glaring disregard for protocol. This lays bare “the rot in the TMC government”, Shah said in a post on X, hours after Murmu expressed…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of development projects worth around Rs 33,500 crore, including two new Delhi Metro corridors, giving a major boost to the national capital’s infrastructure. The prime minister will also address a gathering on the occasion. Before the programme, Modi will visit…
As a media practitioner and, more importantly, as a concerned citizen of this country, I write this with deep anguish. India’s democracy rests on three pillars—politics, the judiciary, and institutions that regulate public life. When one pillar weakens, the system trembles. When more than one begins to lose credibility, the tremors become impossible to ignore….
Last week, a mother of a young man came in anguish to my clinic and asked me, “My son, aged about 21 years, once goes to the toilet, he won’t come out for an hour or so, disturbing all of us as we are four members in the house and only one toilet. When I…
Women’s Day Special Dr. Priyanka Saurabh’s journey is a story of moving from the heat of the kitchen stove to the flame of consciousness. Despite marriage during her graduation, limited resources, and societal expectations, she persisted in her studies. Following a double M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D., she secured five government job selections and became a…
International Women’s Day Special Looking at Dr. Anukriti, one might not imagine that this ordinary-looking young woman is the prestigious Dr. S. Anukriti, holding the important position of Senior Economist at the World Bank, Washington, D.C. (USA). But it’s true. Upon joining the World Bank as an economist, Dr. Anukriti also became a member of…
On the eve of International Women’s Day, India finds itself at an important crossroads in the journey toward gender equality. For decades, women’s empowerment remained a powerful slogan in political speeches, campaign manifestos, and policy declarations. Yet, meaningful representation of women in India’s legislative bodies remained limited. Despite forming nearly half of the country’s population,…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the www.specialthoughts.com section. Continuing on with the hierarchy of Devata-s, let’s look at the venerable Devata-s in Level 12. Soorya Just from a physical perspective… To see… we need light. While Fire…
