Discourse
Joke on politicians they jest can’t take it
In 2013, our Parliament erupted in near-unanimous indignation over a 1954 cartoon by Shankar portraying Nehru and Ambedkar.
Relationship matters: Looks not the clincher
When a relationship doesn’t have issues, people inflate small problems. You can be your own worst enemy without realising it.
Relationship matters: Firewalls save relationships
The institution of marriage is designed for the fulfilment and expression of powerful needs inherent in human nature.
Computers and authority
The threat to freedom in the digital age is from the non-free, proprietor-driven software, encompassing all forms of computing.
Defeatism, enemy of freedom
Political leadership in India did not respond strongly to the revelation that they are being surveilled.
World better place now: Seven reasons why lives of people have improved and are living better today
Many people even in advanced economies do not know that the world is graduating into a much better place.
World better place now: It’s not all that rosy as data show
Undoubtedly the world has become a better place to live in when compared with the past three centuries.
Age of juvenile detention: At what age is one old enough to distinguish right and wrong
The brain matures through three decades and its development is conditioned by social underpinnings.
Age of juvenile detention: Intervention among kids in conflict with law
The Justice Juvenile Act permits a child in conflict with law, who is above the age of 16, to be tried as adult.
Muslims in time warp: Into enlightenment from blind following
Instead of the dominant blind, unquestioning obedience to religious dogma, we should teach critical thinking to our children in schools.