From sanskritisation to backwardationIndian society's caste system, rooted in ancient texts and practices, has evolved from a rigid varna model to a modern categorization influ...
06 Jun, 2025, 11.56 PM IST
View: Overturn cultural practices and dogmas to spur our companies to spend on R&DWhatsApp showcases tales of ancient glory, while global reports highlight India's rankings in hunger, press freedom, and sustainable develo...
28 May, 2024, 10.54 PM IST
View: Actual artists created our ancient artFor all our collective national pride in the greatness of Indian art, especially that belonging to a remote and 'glorious' past, there has ...
02 Dec, 2023, 11.24 PM IST
The stories of India’s many women rulers are finally beginning to take centre stageThe abundance of daring, brave, clever, resolute, scheming, politicking women in Indian history truly belies the oft touted cliche that the...
03 Dec, 2022, 12.16 AM IST
Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchyThe dispute - the first U.S. employment lawsuit about alleged casteism - has forced Big Tech to confront a millennia-old hierarchy where In...
16 Aug, 2022, 04.02 PM IST
Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchyApple confirmed that it "updated language a couple of years ago to reinforce that we prohibit discrimination or harassment based on caste."
15 Aug, 2022, 01.38 PM IST
CJI Ramana says passing legislature laws without assessing their impact leads to big issues"Another issue is that the legislature does not conduct studies or assess the impact of the laws that it passes. This sometimes leads to bi...
27 Nov, 2021, 07.18 PM IST
For 21st century democratic cities: Debates over plans for Delhi should be part of a larger discussion on reimagining urbanismWith the debates currently raging about the city’s Central Vista Project (CVP) and the newly unveiled Draft Master Plan 2041, therefore, it...
21 Jun, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
View: The Scindia lesson - a democracy without democracy is no longer viableJyotiraditya Scindia’s defection has made many things clear, one of those being that the viability of this political system has reached its...
11 Mar, 2020, 02.08 PM IST
View: Soft Hindutva approach can prove disastrous for CongressHindutva certainly has a definite meaning, unmistakable to those at its receiving end.
28 Nov, 2018, 07.03 AM IST
How conversation on food and food culture helps us connect with business partnersHindus venerated food as anna-brahman, acknowledging food is God, which is very different from grace before meals in Christian and Muslim f...
16 Jun, 2018, 11.56 PM IST
Cultural leadership: hierarchy in the east and individualism in the westBoth myth and history play a key role in shaping culture. North America is shaped by Protestant Christian myth that rejects papal authority...
20 Apr, 2018, 11.09 PM IST
Staying rooted, IIMC journos to be trained in Bharatmuni’s NatyashastraThe new course is titled Indian communication theories: Concept and process(sahridaya and Sadharanikaran, Natya Shastra and Vasudhaiva Kutu...
02 Sep, 2017, 12.24 AM IST
NTT Docomo-Tata spat: Why trust is a big deal for the JapaneseR Gopalkrishnan, a former Tata Sons director, says the Japanese spend a lot of time on relationship-building. "Time is not of essence, a re...
16 Mar, 2017, 12.16 AM IST
When women safety hinges on social values, no point blaming just the policeThe protesters raging against the police and the politicians in the name of women’s safety are completely missing the point.
22 Apr, 2013, 10.32 AM IST
Indian universities should emulate Nalanda: Lord Swraj PaulIndian universities, which failed to make it to the top 200 World University Rankings, should draw inspiration from ancient academies like ...
27 Sep, 2012, 03.35 PM IST
UP Assembly Election 2012: Rahul Gandhi reduces celebrated technocrat Sam Pitroda into a caste mascotThe avowedly caste-averse Rahul Gandhi has stunned many by reducing celebrated technocrat Sam Pitroda into a caste mascot for UP polls.
02 Feb, 2012, 05.48 AM IST