Anjan Roy

Muslims May Resort To Gandhian Mode Of Satyagrah To Fight Hindutva

Istana Negara ready for tomorrow’s coronation ceremony

Tomorrow, April 24, 2017, Malaysians will once again witness a historical event on the coronation of the country’s sovereign, the Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V, who replaces Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong. It will be the second coronation ceremony of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to be held at the throne room or Balairong Seri of the Istana Negara, Jalan Tuanku […]

Editorial: The Untimely Death of an Iranian Pragmatist

Photo Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in 2016. Credit Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency, via Getty Images Relations between the United States and Iran, which improved under President Obama to the point where the two sides were able to strike a nuclear deal, were already facing an uncertain future under Donald Trump, who has taken a tough line against Tehran. The death on Sunday of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi […]

HOW TO CURB FARMER SUICIDES?

MADHYA PRADESH EXPLORES AVENUES

From L.S. Herdenia

BHOPAL: Psychiatrists can play a major and decisive role in checking suicides by farmers. This claim was made at the conference of Psychiatrists held in Bhopal. It was suggested that governments should seek the help of Psychiatrists and use a holistic multipronged approach to prevent farmers from taking such an extreme step.

The four-day conference of Indian Psychiatric society discussed various issues relating to mental problems of the people, the lack of doctors, social stigma attached to mental disease, absence of research and effect of internet over use and mobile in triggering mental problems. Shortcomings in the Mental Care Bill pending in the Rajya Sabha was yet another item which was discussed at the conference.

The World Psychiatric Association’s first-ever Indian-origin president