My grandmother was narrating one of the stories from Mahabaratha- Bheem one of the five Pandavas was highly angered over the ill treatment he received in the court of Kauravas. He was taking out his wrath by the reckless felling of trees. Seeing this Yudhishtira calmed down Bheema and said-"We should not extract from nature more than what is necessary". That indicates that knowledge about being eco-friendly was there in India so many centuries ago. Even if we regard the Mahabarath to be a work of figment by a sage, we ought to salute the wisdom and far-sightedness of the... Read Blog »

The recent socio-political turmoil in Kerala is a farce. The ruling left front introduced a revised Social Science textbook for class 7 which includes a chapter titled, Jeevan the casteless, son of inter-religious parents seeking admission in school. It is true that the children of inter-religious parents need recognition in society but does being of no caste propagate the idea of secularism and religious tolerance. Aren't there many better ways to instill secularism? When quizzed by a journalist on the issue the education minister's reply was quite interesting. "You people dont seem to have studied this... Read Blog »