Perspective Opinion EDITORIAL
Feature : Prayer for Peace – The Power of One Voice Concert
By Mabel Pais “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before,” Leonard Bernstein “The significance of this concert is that people of all religions […]
Readers Write :“Vedic Yagnas were pure Satvik deeds”
Dear Sir, In reference the mischief-laden comment by the author Audrey Truschke, Beef Eating and Horse sacrifice in Vedas is a deliberate abuse of Vedic religion. The fact however, is the Vedic Yagnas were pure […]
Guest Comment :Terror strikes NY, again; City mourns while politicians posture
The worst terrorist attack in New York after the 9/11 tragedy came on Tuesday. Eight persons were killed and 12 injured when a rented pickup truck ran them down in a bicycle lane, in Lower […]
Guest Comment : Taj and bigotry
Hinduism can reasonably be seen as a long religious tradition that stretched back 3,500 years to the Vedic period and has encompassed many ways of life over the centuries. But much about ancient Hindu traditions, […]
Perspective : I am Not a Non-Reliable Indian
“Even faraway from our land our efforts and fortunes were inextricably linked to our country and our identity as Indians.Our minds thought for our country and our heart beats for our motherland. We eagerly waited […]
ONE NATION, OVERDOSED!
America’s Opioid Crisis “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer […]
As I See It : No second coming for Anna: A bogus morality is dangerous
“Granted, his movement attracted honest, idealistic souls to his corner at the Ram Lila ground, those who thought that a ‘change’ was possible. Well, a kind of ‘change’ did take place. Simply put, Anna Hazare […]
Perspective : Standing Up against Sexual Harassment
“The men and women ought to be ashamed of themselves who blame the woman for the wrong doing. Stupid comments like, “She should not have been there,” “She should not have been dressed up like […]
PERSPECTIVE: A NEW DAWN FOR THE CONGRESS PARTY IN PUNJAB
“For a change this time, there was complete unity in the ranks of the Congress, which was surprisingly missing throughout in the past ten years. This is a pick-up for the Congress party and a […]
Guest Comment : The Gujarat Battle – BJP has to defend its claims
On Monday, October 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was at his vitriolic best in Gandhinagar. It was a revealing performance. For a man who for more than three years has been the Prime Minister of […]
Celebration of Diwali in America
Diwali, the festival of lights, is the best known of Hindu festivals in the United States. The legends connected to the festival are different for different religions. According to Ramayana, one of the most important […]
Perspective : Why is Modi silent on the Jay Shah case?
“If the PM raised a finger at Vadra’s wealth having increased due to the suspicion that his mother-in-law is Congress President, shouldn’t he question if Jay Shah’s sudden rise in fortune is connected to his […]
AS I SEE IT : Put three heads together: India, Bangladesh and Myanmar must find a way out of the Rohingya crisis
“In a larger perspective, it would only be natural if diplomatic efforts to stabilize our Northeastern borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh were undertaken with cooperation with powers which share our interests. Most importantly, India, Myanmar […]
Perspective : Is Trump a Game-Changer?
“Mr Trump’s attempts to clean up the Augean Stables of Washington DC, as in his tax reforms, and the Pentagon have just begun. His clear warning to Pakistan, in particular, and the Islamic world, in […]
Time to Review Gun Policy
We are in to the sixth day since Sunday’s shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas, and still at a loss to know why Paddock took to massacre of people who had come […]
As I See It – Why we need bullet trains
By R. Srinivasan Mega projects, like mega mountains, shape the environment around them. “You need vision to think up mega projects, and indomitable will to drive them through. Dubai’s sheikhs have it. They are pumping […]
The activist and the intellectual
When the moral temperature of a society falls, as it has globally in recent times, activists will arise. “ Activists working with a variety of marginalized groups often believe that scholarship and ‘theory’ is of […]
Annihilating North Korea: Trump in a China shop
US President Donald Trump lived up to his reputation as America’s most volatile and impulsive President ever during his maiden address to the UN General Assembly. Even the most clairvoyant analyst would not have predicted […]