Mangalaprathaban Murlidharan

Policy conundrums and quagmires of social inequality

May 6, 2023

Social inequality has caused penury across the ages. We are aware of how to shift focus on what is essential now rather than what has to be done in order to accelerate egalitarian ethos of our social life. It is pathetic to see how the poorest of this country could...

Traversing beyond familiar limitations of our education

February 11, 2023

Children love to play games and enjoy being with their little companions at play schools. Instead, most of them are hooked to online games as a large number of working parents may not find adequate time to spend with their children. It is vital to make children play team games...

Western supremacy over Indian system of knowledge

January 21, 2023

Our indigenous systems of education, medicine and law have been considered supreme over a period of time when we deal with the epistemological renaissance of the Indian Civilization compared to the recently evolved notions of the Western epistemology. India has become a colonial baby born to the East and the...

SABARIMALA PENANCE AND PILGRIMAGE: A SPIRITUAL COMMUNION OF MILLIONS

December 27, 2022

Sabarimala pilgrimage is one of the rarest spiritual communions of all types of devotees from various parts of the world beyond race, religion, caste and class. The conspicuous absence of divisive politics in this part of the world ought to be celebrated by everyone, as the Lord Ayyappa is known...

Leading the legacy of change: Intellectual currency of multiculturalism

October 8, 2022

Culture remains at the core of our social and political discourse with innumerable instances of sweeping changes orchestrating plurality beyond the familiar domains of traditional canon. Our local products and traditional occupations have started to disappear with the sudden hysteria of a few global brands and their innovative but refurbished...

Digital Leviathan: A reality or myth?

August 11, 2022

Midas has been known for his golden touch. Our mythological figure is not so relevant anymore but the horrible changes of our modern life are quite the same. The path of golden touch is all that most of us are caught up with, as we don’t have any time to...