Bhutan and its people

Where Happiness is a Measure of Governance: What Bhutan’s Democratic Consolidation Can Teach Global South Nations

As democracies around the world confront public dissatisfaction, Bhutan reminds us that the health of a democracy cannot be measured only through the ballot box.  It must also be evaluated through the well-being, dignity, security, and trust experienced by citizens.

India's Education Deficit: Real Reforms Lie in Making Coaching Redundant

India's digital infrastructure can certainly deliver free coaching to millions. But an even greater achievement would be to build an education and employment system in which families no longer feel compelled to buy coaching in the first place. Making bottled water cheaper is useful. Making the water from taps trustworthy is the real solution.    

India’s Education Report Card: Student Retention, not Enrolment is Key to Success

The message is clear. India needs not merely more children entering classrooms, but more children staying, completing and learning. Achieving the ambitions of NEP 2020 and SDG 4 will require sustained public investment, stronger secondary-school retention, better support for vulnerable learners and a sharper focus on completion.

For a Developed India, Its Young Need to Be Instilled with Civic Values First

The virtues like civic discipline or gender sensitivity in India are not at premium. Basic civic sense is conspicuous by its absence. It gets manifested as indiscriminate littering, spitting, traffic indiscipline, vulgar or derogatory comments against women etc. Such attitudes find manifestation in foreign destinations as well.

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Remembering Albert Einstein: He changed the course of human history

March 14 is the birth anniversary of Albert Einstein. He has been one of my heroes and I have been inspired by his work and his life. So I thought of paying him a small tribute

Gentle Words Are Like The Zephyr

Words that flow from a gentle heart

India’s vaccine diplomacy: Earning global accolades, serving humanity

The grave impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have been so humongous that it has caused massive human sufferings across the globe

India's campaign for gender parity: The riveting history of women's empowerment in India

While celebrating International Women's Day, it is worth pondering over India's historic contribution in pioneering women's empowerment that has its beginnings in the early 19th Century

Pakistan’s darkening shades of grey

In its Plenary held on February 22, 24, 25, 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)  decided to retain Pakistan in its listing of Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring – the ‘grey list’ – along with 18 other countries

The Candle of Hope Must Never Die

Live in the present with no thoughts of the morrow 

Doubt, Life’s Eternal Song

Reveal Yourself, O Lord, to me

Women’s empowerment: Synergise them to energize India as a nation

Indian civilization, undeniably, is one of the oldest civilizations in the world

There Is No Fighter Like A Hungry Fighter

There is no fighter like a hungry fighter

Oh! My Valley, Was A Deep Green

I see the Valley, a Deep Green

The Song of Life

The song of Life, is not a sad song

Are our bureaucrats lacking in the human touch?

The constitutional institutions and bodies in India are being destroyed one by one. This process is far more dangerous and insidious than at the time of former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s emergency

India balancing ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran

India is navigating the shifting sands of Gulf politics with caution

The Weight of the World On My Shoulders

No, the weight of the world is not on my shoulders

A Strange Dilemma

Cruelty thy name is Man