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Supreme Court’s verdict is out and we, the common people, breathe a sigh of relief that our privacy is restored. The newspapers devoted many columns on this subject, welcoming the move.  The analyses clogged the pages and we were assured of the cover, the privacy, which we always wind around in the name of saving humanity, inner space, liberty and anything that being lost makes you feel humiliated, strips you off the basic right. Privacy is our fundamental right. Of course it is. How much I let you know and what I don’t is solely within my discretion – PLAIN and SIMPLE.  Privacy is the word we encounter so often, and now it’s being reinstated gives us immense comfort. Well, there’s another instinct too that dominates many of us. To tantalise….to permit to intrude and then bang the door on the face. This tells the story of success by social sites. We are so visible, audible, we open our heart, we flirt, we strike a friendship, we fight and abuse all on these platforms that ...

It happened with me! Sudden thought of spending the day in cool composure as the Vedic commandments prescribed struck me once. The thrill of waking up at  brahma mahurta  had an embedded sense of purity. A thought engulfed that had something to do with cleansing regime as if that very moment a button will get pressed to flush out the agents of detoxification and adulteration to lift my health condition. One discovery I made on that holy (as I felt and in the true sense) and unique day ­– how the entire span of time is calibrated by the sounds of myriad characteristics, which are unique and so delicately suggest the activity that usually takes place in that very particular moment of the day. It was a heartening discovery. The silence and peace within gave way to enjoy the sounds of universe. The serenity in the early morning was painted by the torn clouds with golden border, the grey- reddish hue in the sky, the cool breeze, rustling of leaves and awakening of birds t...

Can we come out of suspicion please? A recent post on social media caused a stir and earned applause from countrymen for its sheer patriotic fervour. As usual the day of 15 th August was marked by the seasonal nationalism rising along the scale, commemorating freedom from British Raj and the struggle to achieve it, TV channels allocating prime times for programmes laced with the flavour of patriotism and social media inundated with Independence Day greetings. And   here is this post that has striking, taken-aback features to make it viral within a few hours. I myself received the post on couple of Whatsapp groups besides my Facebook account.  The picture stands out for showing indomitable spirit of those who fight all odds to celebrate Independence Day.  It is one of Independence Day celebration at a school, but only recognisable when there is a note of description added to it. The accompanying surroundings is nowhere closer to usual ethos of this national...