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A Spark Already Lit: The End of Sonam’s Fast Won't Quench the Fire
A Spark Already Lit: The End of Sonam’s Fast Won't Quench the Fire
It is the 18th day as of 16th July 2026. For eighteen days, Sonam Wangchuk the visionary engineer, the educator who taught an entire generation that learning could be joyful, the man who inspired millions to think innovatively has been lying on a makeshift bed at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. He has consumed nothing but salt water. According to medical bulletins released by the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), his body weight has plummeted by nearly 9 kilograms, dropping dangerously to 57.15 kg.
Khushboo Jha | July 18, 2026
Mandela Day (18 July): How Gandhi’s Spirit Unites Mandela and Martin Luther King?
The winter mist enveloped Delhi as anti-apartheid icon Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at Rajghat on 10 February 1959 to pay homage to his inspiration, Mahatma Gandhi. Thirty-one years later, on 18 October 1990, another champion of the cause of blacks, Nelson Mandela, visited the same sacred site. Though the two leaders never met in their lifetimes, India’s capital became a common spiritual ground where both drew deep inspiration from Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence, truth, and human dignity.
Vivek Shukla | July 18, 2026
India’s Highway Dream Is Costing Us a Fortune — And Nobody Is Asking Why?
There is a photograph that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways loves to circulate. A freshly laid six-lane expressway stretches into a golden horizon. Smooth asphalt. Clean white markings. The kind of road that makes you believe, for a brief and generous moment, that India has arrived. Minister Nitin Gadkari has built an entire political identity around such photographs — and to be fair, he has earned some of it. When I began my career as a cost engineer on national highway projects in 2010
Ashok Bharti | July 18, 2026
Our Campuses Cannot Afford to Lose Their Moral Compass
The true measure of a university is not the number of degrees it awards or its position in national rankings. Its real worth lies in the integrity it upholds, the values it nurtures, and the public trust it commands. When individuals facing serious criminal allegations or charges of academic misconduct are protected or promoted within university administrations, the issue extends far beyond individual appointments. It strikes at the very heart of institutional ethics and raises uncomfortable questions about the direction in which higher education is headed.
Prof. Dev Prakash Mishra | July 18, 2026
Wangchuk’s Health Deteriorates on Day 18 of the hunger strike!
Concern over climate change activist and Ladakhi Sonum Wangchuk’s wellbeing grows as his indefinite fast demanding Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over exam paper leaks is growing entered the 17th day of the Ladakhi activist’s protest with concerned civil society appealing him to terminate the fast. In between, support for the CJP and fasting Sonum Wangchuk is constantly growing as more and more opposition parties are expressing support and solidarity for the movement and its cause.
EW•NN | July 18, 2026
Mandela Day (18 July): How Gandhi’s Spirit Unites Mandela and Martin Luther King?
The winter mist enveloped Delhi as anti-apartheid icon Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at Rajghat on 10 February 1959 to pay homage to his inspiration, Mahatma Gandhi. Thirty-one years later, on 18 October 1990, another champion of the cause of blacks, Nelson Mandela, visited the same sacred site. Though the two leaders never met in their lifetimes, India’s capital became a common spiritual ground where both drew deep inspiration from Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence, truth, and human dignity.
Vivek Shukla | 1 day, 8 hours ago
India’s Highway Dream Is Costing Us a Fortune — And Nobody Is Asking Why?
There is a photograph that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways loves to circulate. A freshly laid six-lane expressway stretches into a golden horizon. Smooth asphalt. Clean white markings. The kind of road that makes you believe, for a brief and generous moment, that India has arrived. Minister Nitin Gadkari has built an entire political identity around such photographs — and to be fair, he has earned some of it. When I began my career as a cost engineer on national highway projects in 2010
Ashok Bharti | 1 day, 8 hours ago
Our Campuses Cannot Afford to Lose Their Moral Compass
The true measure of a university is not the number of degrees it awards or its position in national rankings. Its real worth lies in the integrity it upholds, the values it nurtures, and the public trust it commands. When individuals facing serious criminal allegations or charges of academic misconduct are protected or promoted within university administrations, the issue extends far beyond individual appointments. It strikes at the very heart of institutional ethics and raises uncomfortable questions about the direction in which higher education is headed.
Prof. Dev Prakash Mishra | 3 days, 1 hour ago
Wangchuk’s Health Deteriorates on Day 18 of the hunger strike!
Concern over climate change activist and Ladakhi Sonum Wangchuk’s wellbeing grows as his indefinite fast demanding Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over exam paper leaks is growing entered the 17th day of the Ladakhi activist’s protest with concerned civil society appealing him to terminate the fast. In between, support for the CJP and fasting Sonum Wangchuk is constantly growing as more and more opposition parties are expressing support and solidarity for the movement and its cause.
EW•NN | 4 days, 11 hours ago
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