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In recent years, some Shia clerics have been discouraging the bloodletting, instead encouraging people to donate blood to patients in need.

Mystic Mantra: Ashura The passionate mourning of Shias

The death of Hussein is considered by Shias as a symbol of humanity's struggle against injustice, oppression and...

9 Sept 2019 1:08 AM

Virginia Woolf began writing at an early age, having her first piece published in December 1904, and writing for the Times Literary Supplement from the following year. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: In order to connect, we need to disconnect

We are exposed to more information now than ever before. But we must learn to disconnect in order to get connected.

27 Aug 2019 7:37 PM

A man sleeps at a night shelter for poor and homeless people. (Photo: AFP)

Providing shelter is a powerful weapon for banishing poverty

The apathetic approach of successive governments is symptomatic of the disease that ails India's housing system.

26 Aug 2019 8:12 PM

Yoga is the journey from A to B. A, is where you are, B is the finality. Guru, is someone, who has already walked that path and has the experience of finality. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Patient people exhibit more social virtues

A truly God-loving individual will never allow the strain of suffering and adversity to overwhelm him.

23 Aug 2019 10:25 PM

A popular teacher of Buddhism once spoke about the ease with which one is able to generate feelings of loving-kindness and compassion in solitary retreat, when there is no one around. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: The strength of humility

Many of us are mistaught by society that humility symbolises weakness, but that's not the case at all.

20 Aug 2019 7:54 PM

A rapid GDP growth which involves faster growth in agriculture, and especially in rain-fed areas where most of the poor live, will be much more inclusive than one driven entirely by mining for exports.

Focus on growth process that is most inclusive

GDP simply totals up everything made within an economy in a year, from widgets to whizzy financial products, at their...

13 Aug 2019 7:57 PM

A family buys goats from a livestock market in Kolkata on Thursday ahead of Id-ul-Zuha.(Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: Id-ul-Zuha The Muslim festival of sacrifice

There are minor differences between how the episode is narrated in Islam and how it's told in Judaism and Christianity.

11 Aug 2019 7:31 PM

State-owned banks in developing countries have an important socio-economic objective to meet the needs of the most vulnerable sections of the economy.

Privatise, but don't let public sector banks wither

The philosophy of social controlâ€ over banks and other financial sector institutions was being already discussed in...

8 Aug 2019 6:05 PM

A Muslim worshipper prays during Laylat al-Qadr, Night of Decree, on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan as pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque

Mystic Mantra: In Islam, prayer is directly to God alone

There is a direct relationship between every man and his Creator.

30 July 2019 8:13 PM

Digital finance also offers major technological and infrastructure challenges. Sparse populations, inconsistent network coverage, insufficient capital for building new business models and customers lack of trust and comfort with technology can stand in the way of success, particularly in remote or undeserved communities.

India is making rapid strides in digital finance

In contrast to digital financial systems, physical channels are prohibitive for even low-income populations.

23 July 2019 8:25 PM

I touch the floor, thanking Mother Earth for another day on this planet. It is another chance to show gratitude for every little thing Im blessed with and another chance to live my life in a better way.

Mystic Mantra - Human values: Candles to the flame of civilisation

The aggregate of these values can perhaps be said to constitute the culture of a society.

23 July 2019 8:15 PM

Tolerance has an odour of superiority, and its implication is that one is impacted and bothered about the conduct of others but chooses not to mind.

Mystic Mantra: The virtues of tolerance

Tolerance helps us understand humans and build trust with people.

16 July 2019 8:58 PM