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The mass shootings at sheesha bars in Hanau, Germany, and the stabbing of the muezzin of Londons Regents Park mosque have put far-right extremism back in the headlines.

Defining extremism is a complex matter, and it comes in many forms

The difficulty of defining extremism does not, however, detract from the importance of doing so.

25 Feb 2020 3:00 AM IST

Montek Singh Ahluwalia

If divisiveness doesn't end, it will deter growth'

India moved from being a slowly growing economy to one of the faster growing emerging market economies.

25 Feb 2020 2:55 AM IST

The allure of prayer is so strong that people are not willing to get over it. There is certainly a bio-energetic reason why humans resort to praying in the hour of crisis.

Mystic Mantra: A prayer is a thank you' to existence

Therefore, Osho has changed the whole connotation of prayer. He says that prayer is the last stage, the culmination of...

24 Feb 2020 3:27 AM IST

Surely its time to recall how appeasing terrorism culminated in the horrific disaster of 2007. Thats when Islamabad became a battlefield above which thick smoke filled the sky for days. (Photo: ANI)

Lal Masjid: Is Pakistan's govt beginning to appease terror again?

The mosque's clerics had attracted around them a core of banned militant organisations including Al Qaeda and...

24 Feb 2020 3:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

India, US can work closely, but there are limits

What might further encourage such Opposition aspirants as Rahul Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee is that the economy is in the...

24 Feb 2020 3:18 AM IST

Pinarayi Vijayan (Photo: ANI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Collector' to be history?

The panel has been tasked with giving recommendations after consulting all stakeholders, including members of the...

23 Feb 2020 12:31 AM IST

People carry a 350-foot-long Tricolour during a rally in support of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg district of the Konkan region on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

A ruling that allows protest, teaches the BJP a lesson

The court noted that one of the clauses of the order prevented raising slogans, singing and beating drums.

23 Feb 2020 12:25 AM IST

Modi with Donald Trump at the Howdy Modi event in Houston last year. (AP)

Modi stands to gain if Trump returns to power

Donald Trump since becoming President has visited 20 countries of which the majority are in Europe.

23 Feb 2020 12:17 AM IST

An Aam Aadmi Party worker, dressed as party chief Arvind Kejriwal, celebrates along with others the partys success in the Delhi Assembly polls, at party headquarters in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Delhi polls a defeat for BJP's polarisation

It must also be borne in mind that the BJP did not fight this election as though it was a routine state election.

23 Feb 2020 12:13 AM IST

One of the Indian mystics who celebrated divine love and syncretic devotion was Maulana Hasrat Mohani. In his own words, he was a Sufi momin (Sufi believer), ishtiraaki Muslim (secular Muslim), Aashiq-e-Rasool (lover of the holy Prophet) and at the same time, a Krishna bhakt (devotee of Krishna). (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra - Waris Piya: Our collective spiritual consciousness

Before Holi comes, invoking the blessings and significance of such mystics is vital to our collective spiritual...

22 Feb 2020 3:25 AM IST

Of hate speech, misfits, weirdoes and thought police' in Boris'...

The boast of modern democratic societies is that they uphold the principles of freedom of speech.

22 Feb 2020 3:20 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Treating Trump better may be good for India; but let's not forget...

Look no further than enjoying at Ahmedabad a grander version of the Narendra Modi-Donald Trump event in Houston last...

22 Feb 2020 3:18 AM IST