Commentary

The world is facing dramatic changes in global weather scenario for the last couple of years. The effects are also visible in India as Gujarat which is otherwise a drought-prone state is actually battling floods this season, while the northeast which is usually battered by heavy rainfalls is facing a drought like crisis. Compared to the mean average monsoon rains, Assam has received about 30 percent less rainfall this year. ... [full story]

Educational Institute with a Difference?   By Rooma Mehra * I have known for sometime now that public school education in the capital of this country no longer constitutes the value-oriented pearls of wisdom that used to be imparted in our days. However, what one had learnt and absorbed through second-hand experiences, came as a bolt of lightening would, when one had the opportunity to look beneath the tip of ... [full story]

In today's Indian society is the Anti-Dowry Law really helping people or have marriages today becoming another extortion racket? Laws against domestic violence like Section 304B (pertaining to dowry death), Section 498A (wilful, mental and physical cruelty) and Section 460 (criminal breach of trust) have created quite a few controversies since their inception. Unfortunately, it is the educated masses of our society who always misuse certain Laws for ... [full story]