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It takes time to hone and propel a higher purpose in life, just as much it takes leisure to mature, or mellow.

Mystic Mantra: Strive to be go-givers, not just go-getters

Trees give fruits, hens hatch eggs, animals give milk and the fields birth rich harvests.

3 Dec 2019 4:28 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Kowtowing to US, India at losing end in Afghan

New Delhi's considerable economic assistance has been seen by Afghans as being selfless.

3 Dec 2019 4:25 AM IST

In addition, the deepening of the Indo-US partnership on bilateral as well as Indo-Pacific fronts is poised to transform all aspects of bilateral relations.

US, India need to work together on innovation for mutual prosperity

Today, the relationship is extremely friendly, thus expanding the scope for stronger cooperation across the spectrum,...

3 Dec 2019 2:08 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Nouns are a fiction created by man

If you just close your eyes and look within, you will find everything that has been, is still there, flowing.

2 Dec 2019 1:03 AM IST

The rage of the middle classes against sexual violence is selective and is in most contexts directed against public violence and not domestic violence.

If society doesn't respect all women, it's hard to stop rape, sexual...

The demand to kill the accused publicly contradicts the democratic nature of the nation itself.

2 Dec 2019 12:51 AM IST

Cops chase away angry mobs who threw stones and slippers at the van carrying the four rapists-murderers of Priyanka Reddy in Shadnagar on Saturday. (Photo: P. Surendra)

Will police keep us safe? Cops, leaders must learn citizens' safety is...

It was like any other day going to work and back for the young doctor who left home that day.

2 Dec 2019 12:46 AM IST

Did Abdus Salam get Chinese help for Pakistan nukes?

The Sun-Yin paper reveals Salam's effort to seek China's help for Pakistan's nuclear weapon programme.

2 Dec 2019 12:43 AM IST

The direction from the Ministry of Home Affairs comes as a follow up to a 2009 notification. (Representational Image)

Dilli Ka Babu: Finance Ministry may get new faces

The IPS officers, however, blame their IAS colleagues in the ministry for their alleged bias and creating controversy.

1 Dec 2019 7:21 AM IST

During the emergency , a euphemism for dictatorship, Indira Gandhi rushed through parliament the 42nd constitutional amendment when top Opposition leaders had been put in jail without trial in June 1975. (Photo: PTI)

Indian majoritarianism subtle, but deadly

The damage caused by constitutional majoritarianism is dependent on the individual.

1 Dec 2019 7:17 AM IST

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray after the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance won the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly in Mumbai on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Maharashtra shows Modi will bite dust if Oppn unites

As a senior NCP leader, Pawar was entrusted most unwisely with a paper containing the signatures of all NCP MLAs.

1 Dec 2019 7:07 AM IST

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray after the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance won the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly in Mumbai on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

We are marshal, Indian-style!

The two Chavans are a bit cut up in Maharashtra having missed the chance to be either deputy chief minister or Speaker...

1 Dec 2019 7:00 AM IST

In Indian culture, there was a time when there used to be a festival every day of the year 365 festivals in a year because a festival is a tool to bring life to a state of exuberance and enthusiasm.

Mystic Mantra: Why do we celebrate festivals?

Nowadays, unfortunately, a festival means they give you a holiday, and you wake up only at 12 noon.

30 Nov 2019 7:41 AM IST