Santosh Kumar Mamgain

Oct 20, 2024 | countercurrents.org | T Vijayendra |zeenat khan |VladislavB Sotirovic |Santosh Kumar Mamgain

It was the early nineties. Things were normal. kids played in the backyards. Butterflies would be spotted and named. Kites would be flown in the spring. Children knew the flowers and plants by their common names. Plastic animals were gazed upon for hours as Discovery had not been yet discovered. Huge fascination for the concept of the Jungle was found among kids. How do lions spend their days in the jungle? We would day dream of the castles far away where everything was beautiful.  Friends met each other.

Sep 5, 2024 | countercurrents.org | zeenat khan |VladislavB Sotirovic |T Vijayendra |Santosh Kumar Mamgain

Zeenat KhanThere was a time I would reject thosewho were not my faith. But now, my heart has grown capableof taking on all forms. It is a pasture for gazelles. An abbey for monks. A table for the Torah. Kaaba for the pilgrim. My religion is love. Whichever the route love’s caravan shall take,that shall be the path of my faith. –Ibn Arabi, Sufi poet and philosopher, 12th century.

Aug 22, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Thomas Klikauer |Arun Mitra |Yanis Iqbal |Santosh Kumar Mamgain

One might need to issue a warning on conspiracy theories that are, as a matter of fact, rather mad fantasies and hallucination. Such conspiracy fantasies tend to link things that are not connected and imagining patterns where there are none. Such an introductory warning, for example, should focus on investigative journalism, intellectuals, those with a critical mind, and academics to keep a straight face when dealing with the hallucination of conspiracy fantasies.

Aug 22, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Yanis Iqbal |Tehzeeb Anis |Sumanta Banerjee |Santosh Kumar Mamgain

IntroductionWorld Health Organisation says that 8% to 38% of health workers suffer physical violence at some point in their careers. Recent surveys show that the percentage of doctors who experienced violence in workplace was 85% in China, 75% in India, and 47% in the US Assailants are mostly patients and their relatives.

Aug 22, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Santosh Kumar Mamgain |Yanis Iqbal |Gideon Polya |Neeraj Jain

IntroductionRakshabandhan is one of the most celebrated festivals in India, it has immense historical, cultural, and social value in India. Different people ascribe the origins of the festival to different events, ranging from the mythological stories to the quasi-historical narrative of Humayun and Queen Karnavati, which is heavily disputed by actual historians. Nevertheless, most of the people of the nation project Rakshabandhan as a symbol of love between brothers and sisters.