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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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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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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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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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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By P. Shravan Kumar Recent events involving a false accusation in Kerala and the tragic loss of life that followed have ignited a fierce debate online and in homes across the country. Yes — what happened was wrong. A human life was lost, and false accusations are a serious crime that must never be taken […]
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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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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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By Mr. Shreekant Prasad New Delhi, February 14, 2026: The Union Budget 2026–27 outlines a calibrated path toward fiscal consolidation while accelerating reforms across infrastructure, industry, finance, and social sectors. With a strong emphasis on capital expenditure, tax rationalisation, and structural policy initiatives, the Budget seeks to balance growth momentum with macroeconomic stability. Key Budget […]
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By P. Shravan Kumar, CEO, SK A&G* New Delhi, India — India’s historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union, concluded after nearly two decades of negotiations, represents a watershed moment in the nation’s trade diplomacy and opens transformative opportunities for exporters and importers alike. Covering a combined market of nearly 2 billion people […]
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