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We aim at building Ram Rajya, not another temple

Diaspora

A politician, social leader, author and thinker, Dr Ram Madhav is currently president of India Foundation, a New Delhi-based Think Tank, which saw major national and multilateral initiatives in decade of its existence like the Indian Ocean Conference, the Dharma-Dhamma...

Diaspora

Heralding a new era, the magnum opus Mughal-e-Azam play made a dazzling debut in the US, with soulful melodies and beautiful Anarkalis’ performing to the tune of ‘jab pyaar kiya to darna kya’ By PI BUREAU Based on K. Asif's...

Freedom means differently to different people

Cover Story

BY Sarita Shandilya (Twitter: @saritashandilya) As we are approach 15th August, 2023, it’s important to know what freedom means to young India and young diaspora as they will be the architects of the nation’s future. 15th August marks the anniversary...

Cover Story

SARITA SHANDILYA captures the Indian diaspora's journey so far which has been the saga of trials and tribulations. Being the world’s largest, the Indian diaspora, who Prime Minister called India’s Brand Ambassadors, serves as a vehicle for India's soft power...

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Paradise on Earth

Travel

By Subhasish Chakraborty Necker Island had been a little-known destination until Sir Richard Branson stumbled across this speck of paradise way back in 1970s and to put it succinctly in his own words, “I had no idea where they were...

Israel’s ‘Curry Queen’

Diaspora

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman 2023 awardee Reena Pushkarna has an intriguing feather in her cap. The Indian chef’s restaurant in Tel Aviv, Tandoori, was the place where Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu met his wife, Sara. And a few years later, it...

Semiconductor Superpower

Editor’s Note

Ajit Kumar Jha On July 10, when Foxconn announced breaking off a $19.5 billion joint-venture plan with Vedanta, scheduled for Gujarat, a pall of gloom descended on India's digital circles. The withdrawal by the Taiwanese giant Foxconn from the JV...

विकास और महंगाई में सामंजस्य

Perspective

शशि कुमार झा भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक द्वारा पिछले महीने नीतिगत दरों में कोई बदलाव न करने का फैसला एक ही साथ विकास को बढ़ावा देने और महंगाई दर को एक तयशुदा सीमा के भीतर बनाये रखने की कोशिश है। होम...

Perspective

By सरिता शांडिल्य @saritashandilya जब से ओ.टी.टी.आया है, मैं आसानी से फ़िल्म देखने नहीं जाती , रात में सोने के पहले कुछ देख लिया, बस । केरला स्टोरी के वहाँ आने का इंतज़ार कर रही थी । मगर कश्मीर फाइल्स...

Environment

Nallamala Hills in Andhra Pradesh with their thick forests, thundering waterfalls and wondrous nature are a perfect getaway for adventure...

Environment

Exclusive interview with Joginapally Santosh Kumar, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Member of Parliament, who is spearheading a massive campaign to...

Musings

The International Day of Yoga (IDY) was celebrated globally on June 21 to emphasize the importance of Yoga in the...

Musings

In India, specific materials and processes have intricate links with rites—clay fashioned into an idol acquires divinity until the celestial...

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Business & Economy

Greenback reign waning

Business & Economy

As more countries show an inclination to move away from using the US dollar for international trade and other transactions, it’s an opportunity for the Indian rupee to become a globally accepted currency By Kumud Das Quite a while back,...

PM departs from Abu Dhabi Airport, in UAE on June 28, 2022.

Business & Economy

Finalised in 88 days, the 320-page India-UAE CEPA is a template for India-GCC free trade agreement BY AJIT KUMAR JHA The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and the UAE stands out as a model among all free trade...

Paradise on Earth

Travel

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway offers one of the most unique train journeys in the world. Seeing the ‘Toy Train’ gracefully winding around the Batasia Loop, known as one of the most photographed railway sites globally, would fill any visitor’s heart...

Welcome aboard India’s maiden flight to London!

Special Feature

Ironically, India made its maiden international flight on June 8, 1948 to London, capital city of the country which kept her in fetters for almost 90 years By PI BUREAU June 8, 1948 marked a historic day for Indian aviation,...

Special Feature

By Subhasish Chakraborty As a one-time native of India’s remote northeast, a few impressions are still very fresh in my mind, like for instance those endless stretches of tea gardens in Assam, the world-famous Kaziranga National Park, exotic tribals dressed...

VINTAGE VISIONARY

Soul Connections

If cinema is the muse, I’m not worthy enough of its love: Sudhir Mishra With career spanning decades, acclaimed film director and screenwriter, Sudhir Mishra is by now one of the vintage visionaries in the industry. While he never officially...

Hare Krishna guru

Books

Historian Hindol Sengupta’s latest biography traces Srila Prabhupada’s journey from modest Calcutta environs to the shores of 1960s counterculture America where he amassed a following, founded ISKCON and continued his lifelong mission to spread the message of Chaitanya By Dr...

Sat, Chit, Anand

Spaces

By Priya Sankhla Gulecha Sri Siddheshwar Brahmrishi Gurudev, Tirupati (Siddh Guru) personifies the essence of truth, enlightenment, and eternal bliss. As a divine incarnation possessing transcendent spiritual powers, he stands as a beacon of wisdom and guidance in our modern...

आदिपुरुष

Young and Restless

सरिता शांडिल्य (Twitter : @saritashandilya) हमारे आदिपुरुष राम हैं . हमारे दिल में बसे हैं . राम के लिये हमने कचहरी में मुक़दमा जीतकर मंदिर बनवाया है. राम सरकारें गिरा सकते हैं, सरकारें बना सकते हैं. राम चुनावों में घोषणा-पत्र...

British Takeover of India: Modus operandi

Mixed Bag

The author in his magnum opus took up the painstaking task of documenting the major treaties that were instrumental in the British takeover of India and detailing years which saw the British consolidate their ‘control’ over the sub-continent. BY DR...

Mixed Bag

फिजी में आयोजित विश्व हिंदी सम्मेलन में शिरकत कर लौटे दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय में अंग्रेज़ी के सह-प्राध्यापक एवं युवा साहित्यकार डा. वेद मित्र शुक्ल, जिन्होंने अपनी सुखद स्मृतियों को साझा किया दैनिक जागरण के मुकेश पांडेय के साथ। पेश है बातचीत...

Mixed Bag

By सरिता शांडिल्य @saritashandilya जॉब्स क्राइसिस के इस ज़माने में कहीं किसी एक पोस्ट के लिए इंटरव्यू हो रहा था । इंटरव्यू देने वाले टेंशन में थे । लेने वाले मुस्कुरा रहे थे । जो बाहर निकलते थे , उनसे...

Mixed Bag

3 अप्रैल को निर्मल वर्मा 94 वर्ष के होते, यदि हमारे बीच होते, मगर उनका लेखन तो हमारे पास है । मुझे उनका डायस्पोरिक लेखन याद आता है । मेरे एक मित्र निर्मल वर्मा का बिना रूके गुणगान करते हैं...

Mixed Bag

Focusing on improving the female economy, and not the heteronormative economy, should be the way forward for India for it will release productivity with relatively less effort BY SHINJINI KUMAR Let’s do a thought experiment. Just assume there are enough...

Mixed Bag

Unfortunately, there is an increasing incidence of Indian women getting trapped in fraudulent NRI marriages BY PROF. MEETA NARAIN The report of the Committee on Empowerment of Women – 2006- 2007 of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and Ministry...

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The concept of International Women’s Day goes back over 100 years, but the United Nations (UN) started celebrating International Women’s Day in 1977. It aims at promoting a gender-equal world – a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A...

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New Delhi, 20th December 2022: With an aim to boost the knowledge on mental well-being and enable the people to cope with stresses in life, a mental healthcare web portal is all set to be launched in New Delhi at...

Mixed Bag

BY PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR Geetanjali Shree’s Ret Samadhi makes for delightful reading as the language meanders like a river in spate, intermingling past and present, and breaking the social and political boundaries It is unfortunately true that we would...

Mixed Bag

The other side of the diaspora experience is loneliness and neglect, particularly for the elderly. Attention and sensitivity can go a long way in ensuring love and care for those who have raised you to adulthood and provided the stepping...

Let’s Not Glorify The Gloom

Arts & Culture

An Extravaganza of Artistic Fusion

Arts & Culture

The Gallery Dotwalk achieved yet another artistic milestone with the preview of ‘Polyphonies in Distance’ at Golf Course Road in Gurugram Amidst relaxed camaraderie over cocktail, various connoisseurs, art collectors, and many from diverse walks of life admired the rare...

Arts & Culture

Though a qualified doctor, Dr. Ravidarshan Vyas carried forward the legacy of Saurashtra’s rich historical and cultural heritage and furthered them to an unprecedented height through his paintings By PI Bureau Saurashtra in Gujarat holds a captivating history and boasts...

वक्त के साथ बदलते रिश्तों और परिवेश की मार्मिक गाथा

Books

माधोपुर का घर एक अपेक्षाकृत समृद्ध, खेतिहर पृष्ठभूमि वाला यह अपर कास्ट हिन्दू परिवार के तीन पीढ़ियाँ, खास कर विकास के दौर में, अलग-अलग पेशें में जाने और विस्थापन की वजह से सोच, सामाजिक-आर्थिक, जीवन-शैली और मन-मिज़ाज में आए बदलाव...

Journeys to inspire and motivate

Society

The book serves as a compelling source of inspiration and motivation. It highlights that what distinguishes achievers is their ability to overcome obstacles and to convert negativity into positivity. By Amarjit Singh Batth The word ‘success’ captures the attention of...

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