Modi’s eloquence represented entire India

Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, on Sunday (September 28, 2014) addressed a crowd of over 19,000 NRIs with his rousing speech, which made many reminisce about the 1893 speech of Swami Vivekananda in the same month of September. Throughout his speech, some 19,000 NRIs was constantly cheering him and their applause rent the

Will Jayalalithaa’s case verdict have impact in other DA cases?

In India, corruption is the foremost issue that adversely affects its economy. According to a study conducted by the Transparency International in 2005, more than 62% of Indians had firsthand experience of paying bribes or influence peddling to get jobs done in public offices successfully.   As far as India’s rank in the global corruption

Konda Lakshman Bapuji remembered on his 99th birth anniversary

Konda Lakshman Bapuji, more aptly known as the Father of Telangana was born on the same day in 1915 at Wankidi village in Adilabad district of erstwhile Hyderabad State in Padmashali community. He was a great freedom fighter who participated in the Telangana upheaval. During freedom struggle Konda Lakshman Bapuji participated in the Quit India

World Tourism day today

September 27 is celebrated as the World Tourism Day since 1980 by the United Nations. This date was chosen in as early as in 1970 by the UNWTO. For obvious reasons, the adoption of these Statutes is considered a milestone in global tourism. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the role

Isn’t Narendra Modi’s outlook correct?

Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, on Wednesday (September 24, 2014) morning has witnessed the historic event of success of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), prestigiously undertaken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), at ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bangalore.   Soon after the successful placement of the satellite into

ISRO’s MOM is amazing birth anniversary tribute to Satish Dhawan

Satish Dhawan, the first generation Indian aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India was born on the same day in 1920 in Srinagar. He was educated both in India and in the United States. Dhawan succeeded Vikram Sarabhai, the founder of the Indian space programme, as Chairman of

Telangana’s Bathukamma festival: What it signifies?

Bathukamma is a ten day festival that begins on the closed moon day of the Telugu Bhadrapada month, which is far and wide celebrated in Telangana state. This festival just falls before the festival of Dushera or Dasara. Significantly, this festival begins soon after the ending of monsoons. During this festival, Goddess Gauri is worshipped

Arthur C Clarke remembered!!

Everyone knows more or less about satellites – or at least might have heard the name of a Satellite. But, I wonder how many of us know about Arthur C Clarke. With the successful missions of NASA’s MAVEN and ISRO’s NASA, the entire world is talking about the satellites and allied issues. Before 1945, nothing

Telangana state: Importance of September 17

The erstwhile Hyderabad state consisting of 16 districts (8 Telangana districts, 5 Marathwada districts and 3 districts of Karnataka) had been under the rule of Nizam from 1724 to 1948, accounting for a period of 224 years. While India got its independence on August 15, 1947, the people of Hyderabad state got their independence on

Ethics of journalism Vs contemporary mass media

Every journo who got formally trained in the mass media studies is familiar with the ethics of journalism. As part of the academic curriculum, it turns to be one of the important topics. In fact – something becomes imperative in academic curriculum – only because of the significance it is coupled with. But, when it