Come, dear sisters and brothers
Let’s rejoice on this anniversary
And celebrate our perversions Read more

And after all the heat and dust, it took a simple statement from the Supreme Court to end decades of turmoil and tension. Read more

As the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal moves from being a Hindu monarchy to a secular nation, the relationship between state and religion is changing. Read more

If Indonesia’s deputy house speaker Priyo Budi Santoso words are to be taken to their logical conclusion, we might have another religion in the offing. Read more

As the first World Interfaith Harmony Week concludes, here are some initiatives that people the world over contributed to.  Read more

If you’ve been tracking the regime change developments in the Arab countries over the past two weeks, you would know that the real heroes are the people who, with their aspirations of freedom clashing against the brute force of dictators, have hit the streets. Read more

There is an invisible pride Indians feel on the Republic Day and yesterday’s was no different. Read more

After the regime change in Tunisia and simmerings in Algeria, Jordan and Egypt, it is now the turn of the dictators of Yemen to face the people’s fury, as thousands of Yemeni activists, students and opposition groups held protests at the capital Sanaa, demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Read more

It had to come one day, and today is that day.  I had been pondering for a long time about the name of this blog. It began, as some of its early visitors know, two years ago, at 6.29 pm on January 22, 2009 as a blog that tracked the esoteric domain of Research with Is knowledge stealing our silent moments? Read more

I’ve tried hard but failed to understand why anyone would think that what couldn’t be accomplished in 61 years can be done in few days. Read more