In the digital age, we’ve grown used to identifying revolutions by their tools: the computer, the internet, AI, and now quantum. But a quiet shift is underway, less obvious than a new device or algorithm, but exponentially more powerful. We are entering the Age of Knowledge.
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Imagine if India had never adopted its family planning program, today our population would be between 2.5 to 3 billion. The pressure on land, water, and food resources would have been catastrophic. Agricultural expansion is already limited, while water resources are projected to shrink by nearly 50 per cent by 2030. Such a scenario would have led to widespread hunger, mass migration, and chaos.
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The political temperature is soaring — slogans fill the air, enthusiasm has gripped the streets, and hearts are aflame. From Patna to Purnea, one question echoes everywhere — “Who this time?
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Student uprisings once shook Nepal, Bangladesh, and, decades earlier, Egypt. Governments toppled, but democracy never quite found its footing. Why then does democracy endure in India and the United States, while faltering elsewhere? The answer lies in one word… diversity.
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Suppose one were to judge the Narendra Modi government solely on statistics, data, and comparative rankings. In that case, the past eleven years might easily be hailed as a golden era in India’s development. No other political system in millennia has offered such a large population hope, support, and opportunity for mainstream inclusion, and not just that.
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She stood in the courtroom, not with questions in her eyes but with a quiet fire burning in them. Her ‘crime’? Choosing to live with the man she loved. For society, she was ‘immoral’; for herself, she was nothing less than a freedom fighter. With trembling defiance, she asked: “Must love carry a certificate to be legitimate?”
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In the summer of 2011, a small news item in a Bangalore daily caught my attention. It said the world’s only Sanskrit daily, ‘Sudharma’, published from Mysuru, was on the verge of closure due to financial difficulties. I was intrigued. How could anyone dare to publish a daily newspaper in a language often dismissed as 'dead'?
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“Boys and girls together? Arre baba, there will only be trouble!”—the grandmothers, the aunties, and the WhatsApp uncles of India chant this like a holy mantra. For them, co-education is the gateway drug to doom: a ticket from ‘innocent schooling’ straight into the moral ICU.
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For over a month now, Karnataka has simmered under the weight of an explosive rumour: a whistleblower alleged that hundreds of women and girls were sexually assaulted and murdered, their bodies secretly buried around the sacred Manjunath temple in Dharmasthala. The accusation electrified the state. Overnight, a revered shrine became the alleged backdrop of unspeakable crimes.
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Once upon a time, the newspaper editor was a formidable institution. A single line from his desk could rattle the very foundations of power. Today, many readers can't even recall the name of their preferred paper’s editor. The values that elevated journalism and gave it its luminous purpose are now fading rapidly, eclipsed by the shadow of market pressures. News, once a badge of integrity, is now just another commodity, its worth measured by sales, ratings, and clicks.
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Ask any unemployed youth in India today, “What are you doing?” and chances are the reply will come pat, “Preparing for the IAS.” As if there’s only one sacred route left…
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सियासत का पारा चढ़ चुका है, हवा में नारे हैं, गलियों में जोश है और दिलों में उबाल! पटना से पूर्णिया तक, हर नुक्कड़ पर एक ही सवाल गूंज रहा है, “अबकी बार कौन?” नवंबर की ठंडी हवाओं के बीच…
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बरसों से हम सुन रहे हैं कि भारत की राष्ट्रीय सब्ज़ी कद्दू है। लेकिन, यह एक भ्रम है। कद्दू सिर्फ़ अफ़वाह के भरोसे गद्दी पर बैठा हुआ है। ज़मीनी हक़ीक़त देखें। कौन है जो सचमुच भारतीय रसोई को रोज़ाना…
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