Articles [Customs and Culture]

There has been a huge debate on whether a dress code should be imposed for women, in schools and colleges, particularly the colleges, including arts and science colleges. In fact, the Anna University, Chennai, has imposed one such dress code,...

Culture is one of the most misunderstood terms.  Even within India, there are so many cultures and sub-cultures.  Each and every State has its own culture.  And within each State there are customs, norms of behavior, language...

As Indians we have a careless attitude towards fellow Indians. We simply do not care about offending or causing inconvenience to our neighbours, fellow travelers, and others. In our turn we also accept similar offensive behavior from them. In the...

The beautiful valley of Kashmir was in splendid isolation from the mainland due to the mighty mountains surrounding it. This led to the evolution of a number of practices which are different in nature and peculiar to the valley. One such area which...

The Government of any country plays a very important role in the development of a country. Irrespective of  the type of government style, it acts as a catalyst or a dampener in the progress a country and its people make. However the...

Indians who have migrated to greener pastures abroad are popularly known as Non Resident Indians (NRI). They have removed themselves from India but have not been able to remove India from themselves. This aspect comes out in many forms when the...

The state of our society today forces us to think about its ability to move India to a position of leadership in the committee of nations. Commensurate with the size of our country, its gigantic population, its antiquity, its economic clout we...

The world's largest electoral exercise is underway at the moment in India. The largest democracy holds elections after every five years to elect a new government. A staggering number of 814.5 million of voters are registered with the election...

The corruption in India is oppressive and severely affects the poor at all stages of their living. The lower and middle class are also affected but are able to bear it. The upper middle class uses it as a weapon to get its jobs expedited and does...

The issue of corruption keeps getting highlighted especially during elections. All parties say they are committed to its eradication but in reality we find it is more of a lip service then concrete action. It can only be hoped that with increased...