How Can We Matter

After the lockdown, you eagerly step into a world in which many people and businesses go back to normal. You see thousands of people returning to the streets, public transports, shops, offices, work places, and consequently social-distancing measures are compromised.

There is so much talk about Aarogya Setu , Indian government's app these days, especially after PM's recent announcement. What exactly is it?

Unity in diversity of culture, language, food, dress, caste, religion, beliefs... is our strength as a nation. Our Indianness - socially, culturally, intellectually, and spiritually - was challenged five times:  in 1947, 1965, 1971, 1999 by the Pakistanis and in 1962 by the Chinese. At all times we rose as one to defend our country and proved that we are one nation. Seeing the desperate and reckless measures resorted to by Congress and opposition parties now, I doubt whether we can do it again! Has our Indianness irretrievably lost? Only time will tell whether sense will prevail!

No doubt JNU is India's most prominent liberal arts University. But why is it that there are so many left leaning intellectuals, consisting of both students and professors, in JNU as well as in many of the top social sciences universities in India today? Let me try to answer this crucial question.

Here is a brief and beautiful description of four well-known subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History.

Just as we wear different clothes for different occassions and places, we also wear, consciously or unconsciously, different face masks!

In today's context of the nation and people getting divided by the small-minded politicians and leaders with vested interests, I thought I shall share some of my personal experiences.