Bodh Gaya: Why the Mahabodhi Temple must be handed over to Buddhists
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat/Sabrang India New Delhi, March 3 -When all progressive political thought have acknowledged Bodh Gaya’s identity as a Buddhist shrine, what stops political parties from ensuring that this demand becomes a reality? Buddhist Bhikkhus, activists and various organisations have been sitting on...
Trump’s disdain for soft power opens doors to China
Soft power was one of democratic America’s most effective weapons against communist totalitarianism. But President Trump has discarded it with contempt.
“Saying Silly Things”: Centre On MK Stalin’s “Hindi Destroyed 25 languages” jab
Stalin's sharp jabs underline the friction between Tamil Nadu, and other southern states, and the centre over the three-language push in the National Education Policy.
Tamil Nadu’s fight against “imposition” of Hindi
While the world was observing the International Mother Language Day on February 21, a decades-old but simmering Tamil-Hindi conflict resurfaced in India
Evolution of the Dhakaiya Bangla
By RBR (The Daily Star) Dhaka, February 24 -The evolution of language is a continuous progression, flowing with civilisation through the ages. Languages develop and change as big cosmopolitans and metropolitan cities become melting pots of ethnicity, culture, and diversity. This mix of people gives...
Influence of Chinese Mandarin and the need for strengthening intercultural communication in global diplomacy
By Shikha Pandey/Beijing Language and Culture University Beijing, February 24 -In this increasingly integrated world, there is a need to know other cultures to have better a understanding of the “other”. The influence of the Chinese (Mandarin) language has grown significantly in the 21st...
Influence of Chinese Mandarin and the need for strengthening intercultural communication in global diplomacy”
In this increasingly integrated world, there is a need to know other cultures to have better a understanding of the “other” whether at the interpersonal, social, national or at the international level
Weddings & The Great Indian Aunty
Indu Balachandran/Sunday Herald Bengaluru, February 23 – The wedding season made me think about our Great Indian Aunty: our biggest influence on the business of briding and grooming. We have all met her. Our very first glimpse of her caused us to burst into tears,...
Bangladesh rewrites its history books to suit new orthodoxies
Last year, a student-led revolution overthrew the government of iron-fisted premier Sheikh Hasina when public anger over her increasingly autocratic rule boiled over
Pakistani army stands by Hindus, says Karachi temple priest
The Pakistan Supreme Court has ordered all properties seized from the minorities be given back
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