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The Heart of a Jnanavatar

“I give you my unconditional love” with this eternal promise of his taintless love, the ‘Embodiment of Wisdom’ Jnanavatar Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri welcomed young Mukunda (later known as Paramahansa Yogananda, the founder of Yogoda Satsanga…

Inequality: Mind the gap  

By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra* Public policy experts call income and wealth inequality one of the defining challenges of this century. Overcoming inequality is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals. Over the past few years…

Ambedkar and his philosophy 

By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra* The caste-based discrimination has given a rise to a low-caste group called the Untouchables. Ambedkar was a ferocious critic of caste-ordained social inequalities. His attempts to remove social ills like…

Ambedkar: Ahead of his time

By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*  Over the decades, Ambedkar Jayanti has become a commemoration with several meanings— a celebration that captures the ecstasy, frenzy, unwavering love, aspiration, assertion, inspiration and pleasure of…

Gender gap persists

By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra* As the world marks this year’s International Women’s Day 2024 on March 8, it is clear that there is still a huge global gender gap as reflected in different World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap…