Divya Delhi:  Persian New Year is called Nowruz, which means "new day" in Persian. According to the Iranian calendar, today is the first day of the year and the start of spring. It typically occurs on or near March 20th or 21st, depending on when the spring equinox occurs. Though it has its roots i...

Divya Delhi:  India is hosting New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon for a statement-making visit. Luxon is ambitious and prioritizes India in his leadership. Visits focus on trade, tourism, and strategic alignment, but there's more. Luxon is serious about this first formal visit by a New Zealand PM in...

Divya Delhi:  The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting on 22 March to discuss Lok Sabha and state assembly seat delimitation seems like a hypocritical divided house. Two things strike out: Congress' strange duplicity and the DMK's unusual timing in raising delimitation. Sev...

Divya Delhi: I start my laptop in the morning. When I log in, I receive a flood of emails. Many reeked of verbosity, flowery phrasing, and pointlessness! I saw one proclaiming the March 20 ‘International Day of Happiness’. It made me think about workplace happiness. Skimming through my emails, I realized w...