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My Sikh friends who have visited Pakistan have told me of the love and respect they received during their travels; yet, I am humbled by the reception I receive. Within a few hours of my arrival, I visit the Lahore Fort, which I am very eager to see as it features prominently in my book. The fort, a popular tourist site, is teeming with visitors, mostly Pakistani. (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

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

Iran’s victimhood after Soleimani

Both countries envisage a fraternal global role of sectarian guardianship that invariably cross-pitches interests against each other.

27 Jan 2020 2:00 AM

Haryana’s home minister Anil Vij (Photo: Videograb)

Dilli Ka Babu: The CRPF’s new boss

Before this appointment, Mr Maheshwari was serving as special secretary (internal security) in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).

26 Jan 2020 2:30 AM

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s message and the state police’s conduct “perhaps were best appreciated” by the Bengal president of BJP “who was happy that they shot the protesters like dogs”. (Photo: File)

Police excesses need to be checked

The people’s tribunal was set up in Delhi to expose the trend of excesses that swept the Indian capital and western Uttar Pradesh.

26 Jan 2020 2:26 AM

Let us turn to whether this abstention of the Opposition harms the anti-CAA movement.

Anti-CAA protests about people, not parties

By any account, this is a huge success, especially against a government with a large majority and with a positive media behind it.

26 Jan 2020 2:17 AM

This Republic Day has dawned in the midst of a nationwide agitation against the CAA-NPR-NRC combine.

Stand up for the Constitution on Republic-Day

The right to peaceful protest is guaranteed by the Constitution, which believes that dissent is an essential part of a vibrant democracy.

26 Jan 2020 2:14 AM

Regarding the physical body, it is rare that someone’s physical body cannot take this.

Mystic Mantra: Learn to handle your physicality, karmic nature

When your karma sits so tight on you, if your energies expand, you will feel like you are being ripped apart.

25 Jan 2020 6:01 AM

The photographers said they were actively seeking old Parsis and would put their portraits in a book. Gosh, I thought, at last fame is just one phone call away. (Representational image)

Selfies will archive ordinary Indians

Parsis came to India in numbers around the eighth century from Persia, after that homeland was invaded by the Arabs in 641.

25 Jan 2020 5:58 AM

For the three days that I spent in the City of (limited) Joy, I passed the venue of the ongoing protests against the CAA and NRC.

Conversations by women, about women

Delhi’s “Shaheen Bagh model” is being efficiently cloned from Lucknow, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Prayagraj to Kolkata.

25 Jan 2020 5:52 AM

Protestors during a rally against CAA. (Photo: PTI)

CAA: Why is there so much mistrust?

The police’s entry in JMI without permission and using tear gas shells inside students’ rooms was inexcusable.

24 Jan 2020 1:58 AM

Likewise, God is the master operator of the network of creation and our souls are the individual computers.

Mystic Mantra: God hears our thoughts and words

To begin to comprehend this reality, let us take the example of a computer network.

24 Jan 2020 1:54 AM

World is drifting down a slippery slope that leads to ghosts of Hitler, Stalin

The sounds of war had by then resonated for weeks, reviving the optimism of inmates who had abandoned hope long ago.

24 Jan 2020 1:52 AM

Mystic Mantra: Seeking harmony in being humane

Catholics versus Protestants; Shias versus Sunnis; one sect or panth against another, and so on.

23 Jan 2020 1:54 AM

Work-related stress is a big problem: Give people some relief

The cause of depression is often an inability to properly manage stress, and the police service is a high-stress job.

23 Jan 2020 1:48 AM

Be it Shaheen Bagh or other places, till the government withdraws CAA, NRC and NPR, these demonstrations cannot technically be hailed as a success. At the same time, their continuity with increasing fervour and the participation of people from all religions as well as age groups signals a strong message. (Photo: PTI)

CAA: Social verdict poses constitutional dilemma

Significantly, these demonstrations have succeeded in puncturing the basic foundation on which rested CAA-NRC-NPR’s promotion.

23 Jan 2020 1:44 AM

It is imperative that all of us possess a constant, continuing sense of conscious awareness to realising the most intense level of our being through our unconscious self. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: The sum and substance of life

The offshoot of such a “norm” is obvious — it allures us to embrace and preserve the “divine in everything”.

22 Jan 2020 7:26 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Despite legacy of mutual suspicion, Opp. must fight with what it has

A victory should lead to an imminent reconciliation of secularist forces to rebuild the ruptured country and its frayed democracy.

22 Jan 2020 7:23 AM

Post Soleimani, West Asia lurches from crisis to crisis

Khamenei was tough and uncompromising in his remarks. He referred to the previous fortnight as "historical days".

22 Jan 2020 7:20 AM

Continue to perform good and pious deeds, even in the most adverse conditions, with a feeling that those painful karmas from destiny are getting exhausted.

Mystic Mantra: A state of equanimity leads to salvation

As per Hindu mythology, there is a story of a brahmin and romal rishi (a seer).

21 Jan 2020 4:43 AM

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