Evergreen Essays

Sky Is The Limit Vivek Paul The Times of India September 19, 2005 Philosophers have long held that happiness is the ultimate goal of existe...

Sri Aurobindo passed away 55 years back, on December 5, 1950. He is perceived as a great soul but his writings have yet to earn the receptio...

A JOKE Source:Yahoo.com Question: What is the height of globalization? Answer : Princess Diana's death. Question: How come? Answer : An ...

A term more abused than used, `Corporate Social Responsibility’ camouflages the headlong rush to hoowink gullible consumers – and hook them....

A.V. Ashok Postmodernity seems a huge assault on sequence. The instantaneous hyperreality of CNN, CBS, ABC, and NBC that take us "Live...

What’s wrong with nepotism? Nepotism is a phenomenon as old as human society. And, as per evolutionary biology, it is the source of all coop...

by Naomi Klein Successful corporations must primarily produce brands, as opposed to products. A new kind of corporation began to rival the ...

VISA RAVINDRAN The Hindu Magazine Sunday, Nov 17, 2002 Mary Pijher , author of Reviving Ophelia , uses "Hamlet's" Ophelia — ...

Rakesh Shukla THE TIMES OF INDIA Tuesday, November 22, 2005 In the book For Whom The Bell Tolls , Ernest Hemingway poignantly brings out t...

Crossroads Of Religions: Quantum Resolution of Truth: Ancient Cultures Dr. Chitta R. Goswami Where does humanity stand at the end of the tw...

Dart that gnat: Battle the mosquito with genetic engineering R.P. SUBRAMANIANTHE INDIAN EXPRESS Friday, December 28, 2001 Why are we unabl...

Gurcharan Das The Times of India Sunday, February 21, 1999 The Infinite is never far in India. A few years ago I visited the Madras museum ...

If you rob the idols, you ruin the temple. Stars are key to cricket’s future, don’t knock them out LOKESH SHARMA The Indian Express Thursd...

SEVANTI NINAN Sometimes I marvel at the existentialist dilemma of the thinking Indian. By definition he is a worrier, particularly if he doe...

by Dr. Anil Wilson The Times of India Saturday, June 15, 2002 That the Indian Brain is among the finest in the world is now an acknowledge...

AVIJIT PATHAK The Indian Express Wednesday, June 05, 2002 The prevalent system of education does not inspire the child; nor does it help he...

By Suzanne Britt I’ve finally figured out the difference between neat people and sloppy people. The distinction is, as always, moral. Neat p...

Santosh Desai  The Times of India - Saturday, July 10, 2004  Paisa vasool . The ultimate Indian idea of good value; not to be confused wi...

By K.N. Panikkar The Hindu Monday, Nov 17, 2003 In recent times, Indian society has witnessed the emergence of an anti-liberal and author...

by Meera Nanda New Humanist Jan 07, 05 Unless we understand the ideological mechanism of this sacralisation of politics, we will not be ab...

A visit to Egypt can be a humbling experience. Big is really "massive" in Egypt, like the pyramids of Gizeh and the temples of Kar...

Writing seems an entirely self-contained activity, work pursued for its own sake. Actually, the writer sets out on a very personal and solit...

I see readers, and in their gestures the pleasure, responsibility and power that they derive from reading, that are common with mine. I am n...