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Moin Qazi is a well-known banker, author and Islamic researcher. He can be reached at moinqazi123@gmail.com

It is the people who comprise the X-factor that makes all the difference in government projects.

Horse sense, and the promise of inclusive development

Equal attention has to be paid to implementation gaps in order to achieve success.

6 March 2019 2:38 AM IST

Experts say that the effect of feeling lonely is as devastating as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Loneliness is so pervasive in todays world that doctors call it the loneliness epidemic .

Mystic Mantra: Change as a way of life

The traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

26 Feb 2019 2:17 AM IST

The poor have now become wary of investing money even in credible organisations.

Checking unregulated deposit schemes can help the poor

India has always been a fertile ground for swindles that have bilked mostly low-income households of millions of rupees.

18 Feb 2019 7:03 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana in 2014 in the presence of finance minister Arun Jaitley, principal secretary to the Prime Minister Nripendra Misra and then RBI governor Raghuram Rajan.(Photo: AP)

Financial access counts, but transactions matter most

High gender inequalities in access to formal credit have long manifested in India's scarce gender-wise financial...

13 Feb 2019 2:04 AM IST

Franciss writings overflowed with the love of God and neighbours. His Introduction to the Devout Life and Love of God and Spiritual Conferences are spiritual classics with striking sayings like: (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Healing through compassion

Compassion is often seen as a distant, altruistic ideal cultivated by saints or as an unrealistic response of the...

11 Feb 2019 6:42 AM IST

Although the data is skimpy, many of the development programmes dont appear to have a beneficiary orientation.

Development must look at the beneficiary's perspective

Throughout my early work in villages, I remained frustrated by the small scale and slow pace of change.

11 Feb 2019 12:43 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: The greatest art

One of the greatest tragedies of modern man is the alienation and abandonment that haunt him.

6 Feb 2019 7:04 AM IST

Societies that take the effort to empower women show better development indices, are better governed, more stable, and are less prone to violence.

Women's collectives are vehicles for female empowerment

Empowering women is the solution to many problems on a global level, right from poverty.

31 Jan 2019 7:21 AM IST

Pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah, during Laylat al-Qadr, Night of Decree, on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra Adhan: The Muslim call to prayer

The words of the adhan succinctly embody the basic principles of Islam and its teachings.

29 Jan 2019 12:51 AM IST

More Indian children are in school today than ever before, but the quality of public schools has sunk to abysmally low levels, as government schools have become the reserve of children at the very bottom of Indias social ladder.

Education is an asset we cannot afford to neglect in India

The fragile foundation of basic education augurs a dim horizon for India's future human capital.

28 Jan 2019 12:18 AM IST

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: The modern man's dilemma

The light of the scriptures, which was once a powerful beam that illuminated has slowly thinned out.

25 Jan 2019 12:08 AM IST

Indias ageing population is expected to grow at more than double the rate of the general population According to Census 2011, India has 10.8 million senior citizens (above 60 years of age).

Micro-pensions can boost security for India's elderly poor

Only 4 per cent households were covered under widow pension, 2 per cent retirement pension and 1.5 per cent under...

21 Jan 2019 4:58 AM IST