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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Why didn't we listen to Maulana Azad's warning?

The crucial role it is playing today in the CAA-NRC discourse is not surprising.

31 Jan 2020 2:22 AM IST

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Mystic Mantra: Remembering Gandhian non-violence on Martyrs' Day

The world was wonderstruck at how Gandhiji, then armed with nothing but potent non-violent armaments.

30 Jan 2020 4:24 AM IST

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (Photo: AP)

Jair's repertoire: Racism, misogyny, climate change

Bolsonaro's penchant for crudity is reminiscent of Rodrigo Duterte, but he wears with pride the tag Trump of the...

30 Jan 2020 4:21 AM IST

I keep advising the girls to talk to their parents, even if its not easy for them to do so. Indian society remains conservative even over 70 years after Independence.

Parents, don't hold back girls, stand by them

The girl didn't feel comfortable sharing her problem with her father.

30 Jan 2020 4:19 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi

Foreign triggers that spurred rise of Modi

It was a long hard-hitting poem on the grand betrayal of the Indian people, an acerbic version of Faiz's plaint about...

29 Jan 2020 2:36 AM IST

Shutting down the Internet seems to have become standard operating procedure. Not different in essence from the lockdown enforced by the daroghas fearful bamboo cane and shouting the orders: Bandh karo .

Regulating the Internet: A darogha is a total misfit

Section 144 of the Indian Criminal Procedure Code is one such instrument used to lock down a potentially troublesome...

29 Jan 2020 2:33 AM IST

ut just by thinking about relaxing things, we are not going to feel relaxed. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Of balance between awareness and pain

I think most doctors would calibrate it to numb the system only to the extent that the pain is taken away.

29 Jan 2020 2:32 AM IST

The philosophical outlook and beliefs underpin attitudes in corporations. It is honing intuitive instincts; gut feeling, as personal radar that is being built up over the years. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Religion is the sine qua non of human success

Despite its detractors, religion remains firmly embedded in our universal consciousness.

28 Jan 2020 2:38 AM IST

Someone once said, The best thing about books is that sometimes they have pictures. As children get used to powerful visuals on digital media, this statement rings even more true. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

For spirit of inquiry, children should identify with texts

Most non-fiction texts often appear boring unless the child is interested in that particular topic, such as the world of...

28 Jan 2020 2:31 AM IST

Gen Naravane also said the Army will enhance combat capabilities along the border with China so that it is fully prepared to deal with any challenge. (Photo: PTI)

Does an oath ensure the rule of law, or honesty of purpose?

When Subhas Chandra Bose refused to join the ICS, his brother Sarat Chandra Bose wrote to him that his father was...

28 Jan 2020 2:23 AM IST

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

Nothing but hospitality for a Sikh in Lahore

The next morning, I visit Nankana Sahib. I am very impressed by the care that has been lavished on the gurdwara.

27 Jan 2020 2:04 AM IST

ut just by thinking about relaxing things, we are not going to feel relaxed. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Beyond the law of the reversed effect'

It will be easier to understand if you comprehend the two layers of mind, namely the conscious and the unconscious.

27 Jan 2020 2:02 AM IST