India’s great mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was a globally acclaimed genius who made unforgettable contributions across various branches of mathematics, giving the subject a new dimension. His discoveries, such as the “Ramanujan Theta” and “Ramanujan Prime,” inspired researchers worldwide for further study and development. About a decade ago, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while paying tribute at Ramanujan’s 125th birth anniversary in Chennai, remarked that such in

Asha Tai’s singing held intensity, grace, playfulness and rebellion. It was full of longing, mischief, boldness, and the restless spirit of life itself. I will deeply miss Asha Tai. Yet I know her songs—deeply and personally. They remain with me; they have not gone anywhere, and they never will. Those songs are my only connection with her, and that connection is eternal. I have lived with them, grown with them, and leaned on them through every phase of life. I listen to them

To me, the demise of Asha Bhosle signifies the "Hope of my Elder Sister." In this war-torn world, she spreads hope through her eternal longing for love in "Salona Sajan." Amid the darkness engulfing West Asia and the Middle East, Asha Tai evokes Macbeth's words: "Let not light see my dark desires." Through her melancholic and lustful "Tanha Tanha," she illuminates humanity's dark desires, while in A.R. Rahman's "Kahi Aag Lage," she cries out in fiery defiance. To imitate huma

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is widely celebrated as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. However, to confine his legacy solely within constitutional limits would be to overlook the vast depth of his intellectual brilliance and social contribution. He was not merely a legal luminary but a visionary nation-builder who believed that true democracy must be anchored not only in political rights, but equally in social equality and economic justice. At a time when many leaders

Dr Hedgewar believed that only an organised and united Hindu society could rebuild the nation. Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar’s vision and mission come into full view in the RSS centenary year. This year marks the prime of the Hindutva era and the beginning of a new phase in rebuilding a new India. Its success rests on two foundations. First, the RSS organised a vast section of India’s middle class, which became the backbone of Indian democracy over the decades, and gave democrac

Kishore Kumar was the complete artist. What made him great also made him misunderstood. Had he lived, Kishore Kumar would have turned 96...

Mohammad Rafi’s life offers lessons not just in melody but in grace, grit and reinvention. On July 31, admirers of Mohammad Rafi marked...