O x·y·mo·ron is a noun, referring to a rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined. For example: deafening si...

P lastics have reigned our surroundings for more than a century now. From pens, slippers,drinking water bottles, cups, mugs, plates,toys to ...

W hile the indifferent have lived pretty happily till now, quite ignorant of the damage their apathy has lead to, it will no longer be possi...

I happened to watch a documentary film titled “Children now”. It depicted the vulnerable condition of the children at their workplace. I wa...

C orruption, a pervasive putrescence used to describe a malaise in the human body, has a different but equally troubling impact on the body ...

D owry is one of those social practices which no educated Indian would own up with pride, although many of us still adhere to this much depl...

I n the super-busy life we lead, seeking the ever-so-perfect dream we don’t stop, because stopping is hazardous, the person next to you migh...

E verything around us tells us that we have stepped into the 21st century. Until you see a 10 year old bride on the TV screen. Around two mo...

O ur country is developing. We are driven to change the view of India as seen from the eyes of those dwelling elsewhere in the world. Thus, ...

I heard a crash and then a loud cry “Fire! Fire!” I was eight years old. The apartment in front of my house had caught fire. A pandemonium ...

W hen you see a blind man crossing the street, what are the first thoughts that come to mind? It’s rather a flurry of emotions. A 5-minute l...

I have a dream for the Invisible Indians. The Invisible Indians who are starving every moment, who are committing suicides due to prolonged...

M y exams concluded recently, and the whole process, apart from making me dizzy, led me to think about the issue which stares us in our face...

T hough India has made progress in social sector, but our success story is still stagnant compared to what other contries have done. The Uni...

APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India, a person who saw the dream of making our country developed among other developed nations by 202...

I happened to visit a drug de-addiction and rehabilitation center named Muskaan Foundation in Dwarka courtesy Leaders for Tomorrow, an NGO ...

I go to school. I go to college. I go to management institutes. I occupy the top positions in the corporate world. I am modern. I am indepe...

I ndian media, which is considered to be the fourth pillar of the democracy and the watch dog of the government, has become more of a circus...

W e all talk, read, write, hear and walk. What about the ones who can't talk? Hear? See? Walk? 60 years since Independence, we say Indi...

I t was Friday morning and I reached my college late that day. There I saw a group of my friends discussing something really smartly and the...

I t’s the mother of all paradoxes plaguing India’s corporate sector today . Our nation has 40 million unemployed people but still there’s a...

T wo the most important and dormant problems of the country are scarcity of resources and increase in pollution. These issues although of gr...

I n the era of global economic interdependence, where international relations and technological break through are the issues of utmost impor...

C ommunication is a significant component in discourses on development. Daniel Lerner a renowned development theorist once observed that;”no...