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Honour Gandhi for message, not publicity

The Mahatma laid the greatest stress on inter-faith harmony, and respect for all faiths.

12 Jan 2020 1:56 AM IST

There is a technique called meditation that we can try in our lives.

Mystic Mantra: A reminder of your mortality

This is why it is said that Shiva constantly spent time at cremation grounds.

11 Jan 2020 1:20 AM IST

Protesters participate in a rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Guwahati on Sunday. (PTI)

How a republic dies: Democracy faces crisis

The end of 2019 has seen one of the most bizarre events in Independent Indiaâ€™s history.

11 Jan 2020 1:17 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru University campus. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

After JNU attack, bring on the black bands

The biggest and most significant takeaway of the widespread response to the JNU attack is this: Citizens have got their...

11 Jan 2020 1:10 AM IST

That place free of sorrows is within you. Its a place where you can connect with the peace of your soul.

Mystic Mantra: How can I find the purpose of my life?

Those who have tapped into their soul look at life from a refreshing perspective.

10 Jan 2020 1:04 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Nothing is more dangerous for world peace than a bully in the White...

US President Donald Trumpâ€™s threat to destroy cultural heritage, which includes religious places in Iran, gives a more...

10 Jan 2020 1:03 AM IST

The temptation of many of the fanatical followers of the Modi-Shah BJP is to repeat the empty canard of tukde-tukde gang against the youth. (Photo: PTI)

Protests a test: Can govt not read signs of times?

The Modi government and the BJP have the responsibility to respond with nuance if not with sensitivity to the protesting...

10 Jan 2020 1:01 AM IST

The Moso bamboo does not show any growth at all for five years, despite careful watering and nurturing. Then, as if by magic, it begins growing at the rate of over two feet daily, reaching an incredible 90 feet within six weeks. (Photo: ANI)

Mystic Mantra: Choose to bloom rather than to survive

At a basic level, plants symbolise life.

9 Jan 2020 2:24 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo:AP)

Trumpâ€™s call for dance of death in Middle East should go unrewarded

The general is routinely described in the Western media as a shadowy figure, but in recent decades he had operated...

9 Jan 2020 2:13 AM IST

There are still so many wonderful shy people with us; but their frail sense of self-worth has been eroded. (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: A quiet cheer for silence

Seekers have regularly practised the vow of silence for mastering their speech.

8 Jan 2020 3:06 AM IST

A 2015 file photo of the commander of Irans Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, praying in a religious ceremony at a mosque. Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike at the Baghdad international airport on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. (AP)

Who wants war? Next few weeks will test rationality of US, Iran

Syria is now a Russian protectorate and Iran looks set to advance its interests.

8 Jan 2020 3:05 AM IST

Earlier this month, Railways had formed a task force to draw a blueprint for developing 50 railway stations with world class standards. (Photo: Representational)

The message is loud and clear: No more fiefdoms for railway officers

These measures made rail travel a lot safer, as there were zero passenger deaths in FY 2019-20, till now, for the first...

8 Jan 2020 3:03 AM IST