M.S. Sparsha Ask any Indian who made the country’s first motion picture and the answer, almost instinctively, is Dadasaheb Phalke. And rightly so. His Raja Harishchandra (1913) occupies an honoured place in our cinematic history as India’s first full-length feature film. But history sometimes forgets its earliest dreamers. Twelve years before Phalke ever bought a…
The Supreme Court’s directive asking the Centre to extend relief to those below 18 years of age identified by the police for inclusion in the FIRs being prepared in connection with the recent Jantar Mantar agitation by the social media-based Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is welcome. More importantly, however, is the apex court’s unequivocal observation…
Political criticism is intrinsic to parliamentary democracy. So is the Opposition’s right to question the government of the day. But when political rhetoric begins to overshadow facts, particularly while discussing individuals whose professional accomplishments are a matter of public record, it deserves closer scrutiny. The controversy erupted during the parliamentary debate on the Public Examinations…
(……..Contd.) Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam once remarked that dreams are not those which we see while sleeping, but those that do not let us sleep. Dreams become meaningful only when they disturb our conscience and compel us to act. Perhaps, that is where Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s dreams differ from Dr. Kalam’s…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula The venerable sage Śaunaka Gṛtsamāda, one of the illumined seers of the Ṛgveda, invokes the mighty Lord Indra in majestic Triṣṭubh metre, the rhythmic cadence most often employed for hymns of heroic power and spiritual exaltation. In the Vedic vision, a mantra is not merely poetry; it is a vibratory force perceived by…
As the mighty Kaurava host beheld the swift advance of Arjuna and Krishna, a strange mixture of fear, reverence, and foreboding arose within their hearts. The two heroes, sounding their resplendent conches, moved with effortless majesty through the field, as though the very currents of destiny bore them onward. Princes and warriors rushed to obstruct…
॥ ॐ नमः प्रणवार्थाय शुद्धज्ञानैकमूर्तये । निर्मलाय प्रशान्ताय दक्षिणामूर्तये नमः ॥ गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥ Sri Govinda Bhagavatpada Cave and Adi Shankaracharya Shrine Temple is nestled on the sacred Mandhata (Shivapuri) Island amidst the holy waters of the River Narmada, just below the revered Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga…
New Delhi: The NEET paper leak controversy dominated proceedings in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday as Opposition leaders targeted the government over examination irregularities and accountability during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi criticised the government over the appointment of the education minister, alleging that the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to change his “dil ka angle” instead of camera angles if he wants to win over the Gen Z, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi told Parliament on Tuesday in a sharp barb over his Instagram outreach to student protesters last week. Priyanka Gandhi also launched a stinging attack on…
New Delhi: An official record of the police action taken during the July 20 ‘Sansad Chalo’ march by protesters on the NEET issue has stated that the RAF fired multiple rounds of non-lethal munitions, including two rounds of plastic pellets, while controlling the mob at one location near Jantar Mantar, officials said on Monday. The…
