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Who wants war? Next few weeks will test rationality of US, Iran

Syria is now a Russian protectorate and Iran looks set to advance its interests.

08 Jan 2020 2:26 AM

The fact that there is no mutual respect and trust between various cadres of Group 1 services of IR cannot be buried under the tracks, but of course with exceptions.

The message is loud and clear: No more fiefdoms for railway officers

These measures made rail travel a lot safer, as there were zero passenger deaths in FY 2019-20, till now, for the first time in the history of IR.

08 Jan 2020 2:23 AM

While having a goal is a good thing, it ends up having negative side-effects on us.

Mystic Mantra - Achieving goals: Be patient, peaceful and persevere

Resolutions are mostly related to health, wealth, name, fame and in rare cases, spirituality.

07 Jan 2020 1:42 AM

America’s dogs of war rehearse Iran invasion: The same old ritual

Red’s job was to hold back the blue navy and prevent an invasion.

07 Jan 2020 1:40 AM

Today the cantonments have been opened, both literally and spiritually, to hate-and-divide that traditionally spared the military realm. (Representational Image)

‘Iron-fencing’ cantts: Keep forces away from politics, hate, divisions

The dissonance of the Thimayya-Menon breakdown and the 1962 fallout were rectified reasonably soon.

07 Jan 2020 1:38 AM

This diabolical move is sought to be obscured (by the government and the RSS-BJP) by drawing a red herring across the trail through the deceptive argument that no Muslim citizen will be asked to leave India. (Photo: PTI)

A govt-run counter-revolution in our times

The full-spectrum exercise is apparently a two-stage process.

07 Jan 2020 1:34 AM

Mystic Mantra: Meditation to awaken the inner fire

Most of the people living in such harsh weather learn this technique from the Tibetan yogis.

06 Jan 2020 2:37 AM

Identity rules in our time of culture wars, not our ideology

Our antagonism for the “other” is now a key driver in social and military conflicts.

06 Jan 2020 2:34 AM

As Boris holidays economy class; shutdowns loom on high streets

Sometimes you don’t need enemies of the state to hack into accounts and reveal personal details.

06 Jan 2020 2:32 AM

Indeed, in today’s technology-driven world, we are all required to be adept at handling different tasks on the screen, while outside of the screen most of us are habituated to dealing with multiple things in our day-to-day lives.

Multi-tasking vs single-tasking: Why we need both

First, experts have pointed out that it is impossible for the human mind to attend to several things at the same time.

06 Jan 2020 2:28 AM

Even UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s request to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed to move the Central government. (Photo: File)

Dilli Ka Babu: Kerala CM’s quandary

The abrupt departure of Mr Joshi and Mr Kaushik is exacerbated by the reluctance of other senior officials to serve in their positions.

05 Jan 2020 3:04 AM

Kerala has the right to express its view on CAA

State Assemblies are elected by the people and they are within their rights to express their opinion on matters of national concern.

05 Jan 2020 3:01 AM

People hold placards while protesting against the CAA and NRC at Rajghat, New Delhi, on Saturday.

CAA: World looks at India with distaste, dismay

The government does not even need to build all the concentration camps, called “detention centres”, around the country.

05 Jan 2020 2:56 AM

The NPR is a register of the usual residents of the country that ostensibly facilitates targeted policy interventions and reduces leakages in the welfare system.

The link between NPR & NRC is obvious

Not only is the link between the NPR and the NRC very obvious, but the BJP-led government’s ideological commitment to it is also unwavering.

05 Jan 2020 2:53 AM

BJP working president J.P. Nadda (Photo: PTI)

Nadda does not want to be ‘Rahul’

The battle for Delhi is heating up with the Central Election Commission contemplating an announcement of the poll dates.

05 Jan 2020 2:33 AM

The moment we focus on the spiritual context of our being, whatever our situation in life, we’d be in the best possible position to bring in and restore stability. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Stability and instability are prerequisites

All of us live not just in our own mind, but also our body.

04 Jan 2020 12:56 AM

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

For Imran Khan’s prestige, Buzdar project must have some chances of success

For the PML-Q, it has been all about maintaining a critical balance between aspirations and reality.

04 Jan 2020 12:53 AM

When Bill Clinton, President of the United States, was revealed as having smoked cannabis at university, he protested that he did, but that he “never inhaled”.

Perhaps cannabis was exhilarating stuff, quaffed by the early Aryans

In Britain, at university, and then through long political association with West Indian comrades, there was a lot of dope about.

04 Jan 2020 12:44 AM

Let us understand that we are born in this world and have to live our own lives. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: All you need is common sense!

Also remember that — if we do what we need to do, then one day we will be able to do what we want to do.

03 Jan 2020 6:39 AM

Musicology is an academic discipline because of a reason.

As in the song Little Boxes, music, as said often, is like magic

Going on from there, music in the dialogue form has taken so many shapes.

03 Jan 2020 6:36 AM

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