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Kulbir Kaur

A health worker takes a swab sample of a child for COVID-19 test, at municipal corporation's testing centre at Manpada, in Thane, Saturday, January 8, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Kulbir Kaur | Covid 3.0: Help, the walls are closing in

Two Januarys earlier, Covid-19 having just spread to our enemy nation towards the north

09 Jan 2022 1:10 AM

Kulbir Kaur | From menu of faith, reason best chosen

It seems that only those who know how to exploit religion get to draw the winning ticket in the lottery of life

28 Nov 2021 12:31 AM

We gathered around the instrument and gazed at it intently as family members look at a newborn baby. Representational Image. (AP)

Kulbir Kaur | Has instant messaging killed communication?

Call it the age factor, but I so long for those simple, slow paced days

31 Oct 2021 2:23 AM

Kulbir Kaur | Animal spirits and the limits of vocabulary

Humans have only one outstanding trait — to consume. Consume, consume and consume more — that’s all we are really capable of

26 Sep 2021 1:10 AM

My 'giant mistake(s)', on the other hand, concern my continuous inability to turn myself into a Basenji. Representational Image. (DC Image)

Kulbir Kaur | The undeniable perks of being a sly Basenji

Those who dare question the powers were earlier labelled 'anti-social', now they are 'anti-nationals'

29 Aug 2021 2:30 AM

Title: A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose. Author: Samra Zafar. Publisher: Penguin. Price: Rs 499.

Once lured by Canadian dream, a ‘good wife’ grows up

As the personal journey of author Samra Zafar shows, 'real women' decide their own purpose

15 Mar 2020 4:52 PM

The Sikh Guru also writes: “Ravidas, the leather worker, praised the Lord, and sang the kirtan of His praises each and every instant. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Mystic Mantra: Bhagat Ravidas - Devotion regardless of caste

Bhagat Ravidas, an ardent devotee of the God, was a Bhakti saint whose hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib.

28 Feb 2020 2:21 AM

Guru Gobind Singh was born in 1666 at Patna. He moved to Anandpur when he was five and received his initial education in scriptures as well as in arms.

Mystic Mantra: Guru Gobind Singh - One word, one world

The Guru extols the Sikhs to fight against sectarian forces and to remain fearless in the path of truth and justice.

14 Jan 2020 4:39 AM

Bhai Mani Singh, a great warrior, was an efficient leader who guided the panth whenever any crisis arose. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Mystic Mantra: Bhai Mani Singh - A martyr for Sikh faith

Bhai Mani Singh, born in a village near Sunam in Sangrur district of Punjab, came to Anandpur Sahib when he was just a child.

19 Dec 2019 5:00 AM

Mystic Mantra: On birth anniversary, Guru Nanak’s message of hope

Through the passage or way of nam-simran, one can remove all his past sins and attain salvation.

12 Nov 2019 3:01 AM

How Jagmeet Singh, Canadian MP, failed to love his father fully

Jagmeet Singh is the first Sikh with a turban to sit as a provincial legislator in Ontario.

27 Oct 2019 3:07 AM

Mystic Mantra: The legend of Gurdwara Panja Sahib

Guru Nanak asked Mardana, who was feeling very thirsty with no access to water, to approach Wali Khandhar and request him to release water.

11 Oct 2019 5:17 AM

A man born with a religious bent of mind received khande-di-pahul (baptism) to be a member of the Khalsa and was duly initiated as Bhagvan Singh. He was a very humble person and truly following the tenets of Sikhism, would see divine light in all human beings and address them as “Maharaj”. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Mystic Mantra: Bhai Maharaj Singh – A saint as well as a soldier

Bhai Maharaj Singh was admired by a number of people and had a large following.

14 Sep 2019 7:10 AM

Mystic Mantra: Nankana Sahib has a special place in Sikh history

Gurdwara Chowa Sahib in Jhelum town, where Guru Nanak had found water in 1521, will also remain open.

19 Aug 2019 12:15 AM

Sita Under the Crescent Moon. A Woman’s Search for Faith in Pakistan, By Annie Ali Khan Simon and Schuster, Rs 599.

Exploring the Pakistani woman’s psychic legacy

Quratulain Ali Khan, known as Annie Ali Khan, dedicates her work to Qurratulain Hyder, the great Urdu writer.

04 Aug 2019 5:24 AM

Damdama Sahib, Guru ki Kashi, has emerged as a major centre of Sikh learning and is also known as the Damdami school of learning. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Mystic Mantra: Takht Damdama Sahib - Guru ki Kashi

Takht means a throne or royal seat and it symbolises authority, sacred and secular.

20 Jul 2019 12:14 AM

Mystic Mantra: Bhagat Jaidev’s bhakti based on love for God

Jaidev was born at Kindu Bilva, presently known as Kenduli in Birbhum district of West Bengal.

19 Jun 2019 5:31 AM

Nanak Singh, Khooni Vaisakhi A Poem From The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919, translated by Navdeep Suri HarperCollins, Rs 299.

Witness account of one crimson summer

The book under review is on one such major historical event that set the stage for the Independence movement to gather momentum in Punjab.

26 May 2019 6:03 AM

Sikh history is replete with innumerable examples of shahidis. The Sikh Gurus did not believe in giving only textual knowledge but rather they lived those great Sikh values to inspire the Sikhs. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Mystic Mantra: The journey to shahidi

Udham Singh was a noble soul and all the hardships of his life did not deter him from following the path of sacrifice, justice and the right cause.

16 May 2019 2:36 AM

The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Edited by Tarun K. Saintl Hachette, Rs 399

Science fiction all too preoccupied with political griefs

In the modern world driven by technology, self-interest and consumerism, even the sea can vanish overnight (Stealing the Sea by Asif Aslam Farrukhi).

12 May 2019 12:11 AM

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