Why Is Abundance Not Happiness?

By Dr. Sethi K.C. This is one of the most puzzling contradictions of our modern human existence: abundance does not guarantee peace. Human beings surrounded by comfort, success, relationships, recognition, and security often experience an inexplicable inner unrest. This paradox challenges the traditional reasoning that possession naturally leads to happiness. Sethian Philosophy, a doctrine articulated […]

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मुंगेर में शिवरात्रि पर भव्य शिव बारात की झांकी, “निशा ओंकार कला कुंज” के कलाकारों ने बिखेरा भक्ति का रंग

मुंगेर: 16 फरवरी 2026 :: महाशिवरात्रि के पावन अवसर पर मुंगेर स्थित बाबा मंकेश्वर नाथ मंदिर से भव्य शिव बारात की झांकी निकाली गई, जिसने पूरे शहर को भक्तिमय वातावरण में सराबोर कर दिया। इस अवसर पर “निशा ओंकार कला कुंज”, मुंगेर के कलाकारों ने अपने अद्भुत अभिनय और सजीव प्रस्तुति से श्रद्धालुओं का मन […]

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Love as the Last Politics: From Plato to Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

Dr. Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ We just celebrated Valentine’s Day! During this celebration, we tend to reduce love to spectacle—roses, proposals, declarations. Yet, as a recent reflection in Outlook India insists, love is not a decorative emotion but a political force that shapes belonging, exclusion, solidarity, and power (Outlook News Desk, 2026). If fear can be […]

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वसंत उत्सव में मिथिला संस्कृति और सामाजिक सेवा का अद्भुत संगम

कंचन चौधरी पटना, 15 फरवरी 2026: पटना के विद्यापति भवन में दिनांक 14 फरवरी 2026 को चेतना समिति के सहयोग से सखी बहिनपा मैथिलानी समूह द्वारा वसंत उत्सव का भव्य एवं रंगारंग आयोजन किया गया। यह उत्सव मिथिला की समृद्ध सांस्कृतिक विरासत, मैथिली भाषा के संरक्षण तथा सामाजिक सेवा के संकल्प को समर्पित रहा। कार्यक्रम […]

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महाशिवरात्रि — अज्ञान से ज्ञान की यात्रा

लेखक: अवधेश झा शिवरात्रि महापर्व ज्ञान और अनंत की यात्रा है। यह वह रात्रि है जब मनुष्य बाह्य जगत् के कोलाहल से निवृत्त होकर अपने भीतर के शिवतत्त्व का साक्षात्कार करता है। प्रायः हम शिवरात्रि में व्रत, उपवास, रुद्राभिषेक और रात्रिजागरण तो करते हैं, लेकिन यह शिवदर्शी बनने का भी दिन है। उपनिषदों की वाणी […]

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2026 Elections: Are they game changers in contemporary Indian Politics?

By Dr Tamanna Khosla New Delhi | February 2026 :: The forthcoming 2026 elections across five Indian states—Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal—and the Union Territory of Puducherry, along with key local body elections in Gujarat, Punjab, and West Bengal, are poised to significantly influence the trajectory of contemporary Indian politics. With approximately 824 […]

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From Partner to Property: Taliban Law Labels Wives as Husband’s “Ownership”

By Reema Kumari In many cultures, marriage is described as a partnership — a bond built on trust, shared responsibility, and mutual respect. Yet under the Taliban’s interpretation of law in Afghanistan, marriage has increasingly been framed not as a partnership, but as a structure of control. Policies and decrees introduced since their return to […]

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Spirituality in a VUCA–BANI World: A Common Ground for Ethics, Work, and Politics

Dr. Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ* Our modern world does not suffer from a lack of information. It suffers from a lack of orientation. Our systems are faster, more interlinked, and more opaque than the moral habits with which we try to manage them. The language of VUCA—volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity—was popularised to describe precisely this condition: […]

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Supreme Court Permits Termination of 30-Week Pregnancy, Upholds Reproductive Autonomy

By Vaishali Shree New Delhi : In a significant and compassionate ruling, the Supreme Court of India has permitted the termination of a 30-week pregnancy of a young woman who had conceived as a minor, reinforcing the constitutional principles of bodily autonomy, dignity, and mental well-being. The case involved an 18-year-old petitioner who had become […]

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