by Mahendra Ved | Oct 19, 2025 | Blogs
Maharaj Is Dead, Long Live Maharaj The title Maharaja is one of the most evocative symbols of India’s princely past. It carried both political and cultural weight for over two millennia, if not more. Found in early Sanskrit inscriptions and royal charters around the...
by Alok K. Shrivastava, IAS (R) | Oct 17, 2025 | Blogs
A TOPSY TURVY WORLD : FRANK REFLECTIONS If you have inclination, I had time and some reflections on world affairs, on the birth anniversary day of Mahatma Gandhi & Lal Bahadur Shastri as also the pious day of Vijaya Dashmi. We burn effigy of Ravan without fail...
by Simran Sodhi | Oct 16, 2025 | Blogs
The Sari Story It is a piece of history, culture and identity all wrapped up in nine or six yards. The sari, a seamless garment, has travelled from the Indus Valley civilization of 3200 BC to 2000 BC, to the present. The word sari comes from the Sanskrit word, “strip...
by Mahendra Ved | Oct 11, 2025 | Blogs
MONKEYS’ SOMERSAULT WE need to take note of two monkeys who are adept at rapid somersaults because they affect us directly. There is a saying in Gujarati that the three most unpredictable things in the world are raja, vaja and vandra, which translates to king, musical...
by Simran Sodhi | Oct 7, 2025 | Blogs
India in the middle of a diplomatic bind between Iran and Israel After the 2023 horrific attacks by Hamas on Israel, the war clouds in the region have only gotten worse over time. Israel and its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seem to be in no mood to go in for a...
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