...............contd. from previous issueOne can, I will repeat time and again, make critical analysis of ideas and actions –works of Gandhiji on solid grounds. A critical analysis of one’s ideas cannot weaken them or shrink their significance. Rather, a critical analysis of one’s thoughts, or...
Gandhiji’s life was indeed multi-dimensional. No one can deny this fact. He had built up his own concepts and principles worth considering in almost all walks of life, especially in cultural, economic, educational, political and social fields. He also led a life founded on these ideas, which he fo...
Musaib Nisar, a post-graduate student of environmental science from the volatile Pulwama district of South Kashmir, has used social media for promotion of his furniture business at a time when security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir are repeatedly cautioning against the negative use of social media.M...
Chanakya was a great practical thinker of India. He devised result-oriented ways to administrative, military and political strategy for good governance in his seminal work, the Artha Shastra. We may implement some of his prescriptions to tackle one of the most pressing problems facing the country wh...
The Indian state of Sikkim has recently been awarded the prestigious ‘World Future Policy Award 2018’ by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for becoming the world's first totally organic agriculture state. The award recognises this remarkable achievement and the UNFAO believes that t...
"Indian culture is the basic source of Indianness. Indian culture has been developed from the fundamentals of the eternal –Sanatana Dharma. Firm belief in the reality of universal unity, commitment to do (always) anew, adaptation, cooperation and coordination in mutual practices –behaviours, kee...
It is a well known fact that democracy is for the people and also by the people. In the past in India, it has been observed that because of the temptation of votes, the elected governments are not in a position to take unpopular and hard steps, especially before the elections. Sometimes steps are al...
The clash of civilisations is a much debated hypothesis propounded by the American political scientist Samuel P. Huntington that states people’s cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world. Huntington argued that future wars would be fought n...
Pawan Kumar Chamling, the Chief Minister of Sikkim has been included in the World Book of Records for being the longest serving Chief Minister of any Indian state by the World Book of Records, London. Chamling was bestowed with the Certificate of Record by the World Book of Records. The visiting del...
According to the Bhagwat Puran, Kaliyuga is characterised by unauthorised, uncivilised and corrupt men ascending to positions of power. Going by published governmental statistics, the general elections of 2014 saw the highest number of politicians with criminal records being elected to the Indian pa...
