Writings

13 March 2026 / The Central Chronicle

Parental Thoughts Shape a Child's Mind and Future

What psychology and neuroscience say about how parents' attitudes, words and expectations shape a child's confidence and character.

12 February 2026 / Dainik Tribune

सेवा के साथ संतुष्टि से भरपूर पेशा

A profession of service and satisfaction

Careers as a child counsellor or special educator: why schools now need them, the qualifications required and where to study.

c. December 2025

Treatment or Trade? – The Urgent Need for Public Awareness

After reports of unnecessary heart stents, a call for patients to seek second opinions, know their rights and question costly procedures.

13 November 2025 / Dainik Tribune

अवसरों से भरपूर आयुर्वेद चिकित्सा क्षेत्र

Ayurveda: a field full of opportunity

Courses, fees, leading colleges and careers in Ayurveda — as a doctor, pharmacist or nurse.

6 November 2025 / Dainik Tribune

कैरियर मार्गदर्शन की दिशा में सुनहरा अवसर

A golden opportunity in career guidance

NCERT's Diploma Course in Guidance and Counselling: who can apply, what it covers and the careers it opens in schools.

23 October 2025 / Dainik Tribune

वैज्ञानिक के रूप में कैरियर संवारें

Build a career as a scientist

A guide to the AcSIR–CSIR Integrated Dual Degree Programme: eligibility, admissions, fellowships and careers in research.

16 October 2025 / Dainik Navjyoti

त्योहारों की मिठास सेहत पर भारी न पड़ने पाए

Don't let festive sweetness weigh on your health

The Hindi version: how to enjoy the festive season without adulterated sweets and excess sugar.

14 October 2025 / The Central Chronicle

Let the Sweetness of Festivals Not Turn Bitter for Health

Adulterated sweets and festive overeating during Diwali, and simple precautions for families and for people with diabetes.

c. September 2025

Ramlila: Our Spiritual Heritage and Declining Public Interest

The English version of the argument, with practical suggestions for schools, technology and community committees to revive interest.

26 September 2025 / Dainik Navjyoti

रामलीला आस्था और चरित्र-निर्माण का मंच

Ramlila: a stage for faith and character-building

Ramlila as more than a performance — a living lesson in moral values for families, and why it deserves support.

10 June 2025 / Dainik Navjyoti

महिला भागीदारी की अद्भुत गौरवगाथा

A remarkable story of women's participation

On Prof. Madhavi Latha's work on the Chenab rail bridge, and women meeting the toughest challenges in Indian engineering.

20 May 2025 / Dainik Navjyoti

भारत की उदार नीति: एक ऐतिहासिक दृष्टिकोण

India's generous policy: a historical perspective

India's long tradition of giving refuge and help to others, and how that generosity has at times been used against it.

28 April 2025 / Hindi Milap

मृत्यु नवजीवन का एक सोपान है

Death is a step towards new life

A reflection on death not as an end but as a transformation, to be met with awareness rather than fear.

27 April 2025 / Dainik Uttam Hindu

सच्ची श्रद्धांजलि

A true tribute — a poem

A poem written after the terrorist attack at Pahalgam, mourning the victims.

22 April 2025 / Dainik Uttam Hindu

धर्म की सार्वभौमिक, स्वीकार्य परिभाषा की खोज में मनुष्य

Man's search for a universal definition of dharma

What the Vedas, the Gita, the Puranas, the Buddha, Sikhism, Islam and Christianity say dharma is, and why it differs from ideology.

15 April 2025 / Dainik Navjyoti

पारंपरिक व्यवसाय को निगल रहा है ई कॉमर्स

E-commerce is swallowing traditional business

E-commerce has brought a revolution to Indian retail, but it is also eroding small shops and traditional trade.

11 April 2025 / Dainik Navjyoti

फूड डिलीवरी में अतिरिक्त सावधानी जरूरी

Food delivery needs extra care

Online delivery platforms must take more care over the food they deliver and over their customers' health, faith and trust.

1 April 2025 / Dainik Uttam Hindu

भगवद गीता की प्रासंगिकता : कल, आज और कल

The relevance of the Bhagavad Gita: yesterday, today and tomorrow

Why the Gita's teaching on balance, self-discipline and purpose speaks to modern life as much as it did on the battlefield.

31 March 2025 / Hindi Milap

सहानुभूति नहीं सम्मान की है दरकार

What is needed is respect, not sympathy

For International Transgender Day of Visibility: the community's place in Indian history, and transgender Indians who have broken barriers.

26 March 2025 / Jansatta

आभार की अनुभूति

The feeling of gratitude

For the Duniya Mere Aage column: in a hurried, digital world, the habit of giving thanks brings calm and warmth to relationships.

1 March 2025 / Dainik Navjyoti

क्या स्कूली शिक्षा मोबाइल फ्री हो पाएगी

Can school education become mobile-free?

UNESCO's 2023 report found 60 education systems restricting phones in schools; what India's schools, parents and teachers should do.

14 February 2025 / Dainik Navjyoti

अभिभावक ही बच्चे के अच्छे शिक्षक बनें

Parents should be a child's first good teachers

Children learn values the way the body takes in food; the lessons and example they get at home shape their mental and moral growth as much as school does.

4 February 2025 / Dainik Uttam Hindu

रथ सप्तमी : विज्ञान और आस्था का संगम अनुष्ठान

Rath Saptami: where science and faith meet

The festival of the Sun God, and the health sense behind it — morning sunlight, vitamin D and Surya Namaskar.

1 February 2025 / Dainik Navjyoti

धार्मिक उत्सवों में स्व-अनुशासन की भूमिका

The role of self-discipline at religious gatherings

Written after deaths in crowds at religious gatherings: safety depends on good arrangements, but also on the self-discipline of every devotee.

16 January 2025 / Dainik Navjyoti

नैतिक शिक्षा का स्वरूप और भारतीय शिक्षा पद्धति

Moral education and the Indian system of education

How moral education changed from the gurukul through the Mughal and British periods, and why it must return to the centre of schooling.

3 December 2024 / Dainik Uttam Hindu

हिंदू सनातन संस्कृति को वैज्ञानिक आधार प्रदान करने वाले देव गणपति बप्पा

Ganpati Bappa, who gives Sanatan culture its scientific basis

The symbolism of Lord Ganesha's form — the large head, small eyes, trunk and ears — and the reasoning behind immersion in clay.

2 December 2024 / Jansatta

जीवन को दिव्यता प्रदान करती है दिव्य ध्वनि

The divine sound that gives life its divinity

On the inner, divine sound — nad, shabd, divyavani — as described across faiths, and its place in meditation.

30 November 2024 / Dainik Navjyoti

सोशल मीडिया का बढ़ता दायरा

The widening reach of social media

How reels and short videos have taken over daily life across age groups, and what this is doing to family relationships.

12 November 2024 / Dainik Uttam Hindu

तुलसी विवाह से दिव्य वनस्पति के संरक्षण और संवर्धन का संकल्प

Tulsi Vivah: a pledge to protect and nurture a sacred plant

The festival of Tulsi Vivah, its legend, and how tradition has kept the medicinal tulsi plant in every home.

6 September 2024 / Dainik Tribune

इमारतों के पुनरुद्धार से पर्यटन को बढ़ावा

Reviving old buildings to promote tourism

A case for turning disused rest houses and circuit houses into weekend-tourism destinations, through public–private partnership.

6 June 2024 / Dainik Navjyoti

बुजुर्ग बोझ नहीं ईश्वर की अनमोल धरोहर

The elderly are not a burden but a priceless gift of God

The Hindi version of the argument: emotional support for ageing parents costs nothing, and their experience is a resource for the family.

c. May 2024 / The Central Chronicle

Embracing the elderly: A precious gift of god

India's growing elderly population, the loneliness that follows the break-up of joint families, and why the young and old need each other.

23 April 2024 / Dainik Tribune

शिक्षण के साथ ही जहां हो माहौल बहुमुखी विकास का

Choose a school that offers all-round development, not just teaching

Advice to parents choosing a child's first school: caring teachers, a safe environment, emotional development and joyful learning.

c. March 2024

Peaceful & Prosperous world and philosophy of Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa

On his 188th birth anniversary: the life of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, his influence on Swami Vivekananda, and the Ramakrishna Mission's work in value education.

22 February 2024 / Dainik Tribune

बिन कहे बहुत कुछ समझाए बॉडी लैंग्वेज

Body language says a great deal without words

For the Nai Dishayen careers page: eye contact, posture, handshake, voice and other non-verbal signals that decide how a job interview goes.

c. February 2024

DEEP FAKE: A new attack in the cyber world

What deepfakes are, how they are made and misused, how to spot them, and six steps to protect yourself.

2 February 2024 / Dainik Navjyoti

शिक्षा पाठ्यक्रम को सड़क सुरक्षा से जोड़ने की जरूरत

Road safety needs to be part of the school curriculum

With road deaths rising, a proposal to teach and examine traffic rules from Class 6 through graduation, and to include them in teacher training.

c. January 2024

Challenges and Progress in the Global Fight Against Poverty

India's progress in lifting people out of poverty, set against global figures on hunger, informal work and inequality, and the misuse of welfare schemes by those who are not poor.

c. December 2023

अटल तो अटल थे……

Atal was Atal — a poem

A poem in tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee: his resolve at Pokhran, his oratory and his poetry.

c. February 2023 / Human India

बढ़ती वृद्धों और अकुशल युवाओं की जनसंख्या, एक चिंतनीय विषय

A growing elderly and unskilled young population: a matter of concern

The same argument as published in Human India: an ageing population at home while skilled youth leave for work abroad.

c. February 2023

कुशल युवाओं का पलायन, एक चिंतनीय विषय

The emigration of skilled young people: a matter of concern

Using the Youth in India 2022 report and Canada's immigration targets, an argument for employment programmes that keep educated young Indians in the country.

2 December 2022 / The Central Chronicle

When will human civilization be free from the clutches of slavery?

Written for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery: the history of the trade and its modern forms — trafficking, bonded and child labour.

10 November 2022 / Dainik Navjyoti

बच्चों में कुपोषण और मोबाइल संस्कृति

Malnutrition and mobile-phone culture among children

Children who are handed a phone to keep them quiet lose their physical strength and their place in family life; what parents can do about it.

22 October 2022 / The Central Chronicle

Why is biodiversity important?

Starting from the WWF finding of a 69 per cent fall in wildlife, a biologist's explanation of food chains and ecological balance, and a warning about what follows when species disappear.