Indology, that lies at the heart of all oriental philosophies is quintessential to Indian ideology as well. Hence affirming Indology as the Substance, Salt and Soul of Our Soil –India, is not only significant, but it is truth-based also. It is indeed Satya-adharit. The reason is quite simple. The ...
Rakhi (18), who hails from a village near Bakrahat, South 24 Paraganas, West Bengal was married off to Bhanu (31). It’s a matter of disgrace that Rakhi’s parents couldn’t afford her daughter’s education but could readily marry her off to a man who is 13 years elder than her and could readily...
Achintya Bhattacharya is a promising Pakhawaj player of the present generation who has received global accolades for his outstanding performances. He is also a graded artiste of All India Radio in both Pakhawaj and Tabla. Kaushik Chattapadhyay caught up with him at the sidelines of his performance a...
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister, Women & Child Welfare, GoIThe first known xenotransplantation was done by the god Shiva. Daksha, the father in law of Shiva, organized a yagna. He insulted Shiva and his daughter. Sati, Shiva’s wife, immolated herself in protest. Daksha’s head was cut of...
Rashika Singh (22) is fond of her Jio mobile connection. She says, “Jio is student-friendly. It is affordable. It has offered us free mobile data for around five months and I don’t think any other company would have offered the same. Surprisingly, I get the Jio network even while travelling in t...
Recent reports suggest that Brexit will open up a vast €10.2billion (£8.99bn) hole in the European Union’s coffers when Britain permanently quits the bloc in 2021 – leaving bigger bills for other European Union nations.Richard L. Gosling, a prominent UK-based businessman, spoke to BE’s Shah...
The access to clean drinking water was declared a human right by the United Nations (UN) in 2010 and yet, the World Health Organisation (WHO) lists it as one of the top 10 global needs. A large section of the population in India is yet to have access to clean drinking water.A Delhi-based company, Bh...
The RBI has been imposing PCA (prompt corrective action) in carrying out banking activities against several Public Sector (PSBs) banks to recover their financial health and improve their book values. As of now there are 11 banks on which restrictions have been imposed. What are the bases of impositi...
A recent KPMG report titled ‘India’s gold loan market: Is the glitter fading?’ says that the organised gold loan market in India is expected to grow to over Rs 3 lakh crore by 2020 at a three-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.7%. The report further cites the World Gold C...
It is often the case in India that big entrepreneurs do business with the help of public money borrowed from banks and other financial institutions. They expand their business, borrow again and use it for some other businesses. Their names feature in the list of top billionaires but when it comes to...