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Paris, prince of Troy, stole Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. Menelaus led a war against Troy, killing Paris. Helen’s beauty inspired Christopher Marlowe to gush “Was this the face that launched a thousand ships...Sweet Helen make me immortal with a kiss.” Whether Helen wished to return to her husband is a matter of conjecture, but the romance of waging a war to

This seemingly inane question is loaded with great implications for the six million-strong IT industry workforce in terms of their access to labour rights. Therefore, it is a question that deserves the attention of and examination by all concerned.

In the journey of human civilisation, cosmologies came to represent the distilled wisdom of humankind, accumulated over millennia in its quest for survival in the face of the adversities of nature and the basic human need to relate to fellow beings. Indeed, for thousands of years, cosmologies guided human thought and action concerning nature and the human and the non-human

Several decades ago, a young, talented, wealthy prince on the cusp of greatness, nurtured with passion, discipline and hard work, was abruptly, and for no apparent reason, seized by the State. After 68 long years, the return of the Maharajah to his original home – but now emaciated, impoverished, and a shadow of his former self — is bittersweet! Little wonder, that Ratan Tata

Delhi University enjoys the stature of an ‘Institute of Eminence’ in the Indian educational set-up. In less than a year from now, the university, established in 1922 with just four colleges, will celebrate its 100th Foundation Day. Its motto is “Nishta Dhriti Satyam”, which translates to mean dedication, steadfastness and truth. With some 6.5 lakh students (conventional and

With the exit of US troops from Afghanistan and its takeover by Taliban, the three Sunni Muslim-majority countries — Pakistan, Qatar and Turkey — have initiated engagement with Kabul’s new dispensation.  The proximity of the Pakistani military establishment to the infamous Haqqani clan, who are from Loya (meaning ‘big’ in Pashtu) Patika, in the eastern part of Afghanistan, is

For more than a fortnight, a popular Afghan TV journalist did not step out of the safety of his house after the Taliban walked into a defenceless Kabul. Fearing that his past will bring grief to him, he furiously erased all his social media posts on the Taliban. And then he did what everyone who had worked closely with the Afghan government has done — run to the airport.