The Second Crusade (1147–1150) was the major crusade launched from Europe. It was launched as a response to the fall of the county of Edessa

The tragic consequences of religious divide need to be countered effectively

On the morning of June 18, I woke up to read a horrible news-item in two Malayalam dailies.

Aisha Sultana, a native of Lakshadweep’s Chetlat island, is today one of India’s visible faces in the cry for justice!

Ever since the BJP came to power at the centre in 2014 judicial activism in India slowly became feeble.

Using ballot, we end up handing over the baton to would-be autocrats. This is the bane of present-day democracy

It is not enough to experience positive energy within us, we need to become transmitters of the same to all those around us

After the untimely death of Rasila Wadher’s father, her mother in Bhanduri village laboured hard to feed and educate Rasila and her younger brother.

Racists! That’s what the two have been branded as! Two writers, Enid Blyton and Rudyard Kipling,

It was the virtual ‘midnight knock’! The irony was that the knock took place in broad daylight, and expectedly in a blatantly unjust, uncivilised and unconstitutional manner.

The BJP was once known as a party with a difference. What was meant was that its leaders were committed to their ideology of Hindutva

At a time when India is facing huge challenges to its pluralistic democracy due to the erosion of democratic institutions and processes,

Our ancient scriptures elevated Satya or truthfulness above every other value not just in speech but in action.

The new Administrator’s negative steps have shattered the peace and tranquility of the placid waters of the islands

Entire attention of the ruling dispensation is capturing the support of the people, by hook and by crook, in view of perpetuating the chair of power

Right to privacy is part of life written in golden letters in international documents. The new IT rules seem to be violative of these rights and freedoms

That night he had a dream. Stojan Adasevic saw a ground full of beautiful children and youngsters, playing and laughing merrily.

With the state of the economy plummeting, and money needed to handle the running of the country, rumour has it that everything under the sun would be taxed,

The NHRC cannot but play an adversarial role. Are you equipped to play that role?

“Strike while the iron is hot” is applicable to the current political scenario from the perspective of the opposition parties.

We require the support of every other species to survive, but all other species would benefit seven-fold if humans perish

People remember how during the Communist regime in Eastern Europe, when public criticism of the Government was impossible,

Among the many blessings that the curse of corona has brought to our drawing rooms, and I believe it has been a basket full of blessings,

So many of India’s sons and daughters floating as unclaimed body bags is a blot on the Indian nation!

Simply put, schools are considered to be temples of learning and a place where children are imparted with education as well as human values.

As he took up a new post, the bureaucrat placed on his office door: “Reject bribes. Hold your head high.”

And as the second wave that mercilessly killed thousands in the country, exhausted the logs of wood in crematoriums, had bodies lying in queue,

Mohammed Faizal objects to Praful K Patel's ‘anti-democratic and anti-people’ working style. He says people are unhappy over the Administrator’s decisions

Freedom of Religion in India Hauled up by the US State Department

The Yoga guru was forced to withdraw his remarks on allopathy as ‘Stupid Science’

Recently a network of Chinese social media showed a humiliating picture of an Indian crematorium side by side with another showing the proud launching of a Chinese space-rocket.

Amidst discord and allegations between the Centre and the states on the supply of oxygen, availability of Covid vaccines and other issues related to the pandemic

We are now living through an inferno fanned by a man totally obsessed with consolidating power even amidst cataclysmic loss of life.

Nation wants Prime Minister Modi to use his 56 inch chest

With third wave fear of covid-19 lurking large on everyone's minds, it would be unfair to conduct offline CBSE school examinations.

Amidst the country’s largest COVID-19 vaccination efforts which are underway, the writing on the wall is clear.

Sikkim is a mesmerising north-eastern state due to its natural beauty, mountainous terrain and its unique flora and fauna.

With patriotism being questioned, sedition being defined and slogans being the criteria for motherland loyalty,