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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 of the state Assembly.

01 Dec 2019 7:00 AM

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

Cambridge flashback: Of life and times with Clive James

Clive was obviously aware of which side I took in the great international political controversy of the day — the American Vietnam War.

30 Nov 2019 12:45 AM

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray greets his supporters after being sworn in as Maharashtra CM at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Thursday. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Maha ghotala and ‘Gondhal’ in Maharashtra

Mumbaikars are known to shrug, grin and get going with their lives in the metro.

30 Nov 2019 12:37 AM

You can find the peace within you by sitting in meditation. (Representional Image)

Mystic Mantra: Is there any cure for the sorrows of life?

There are always difficulties and problems receiving attention in the local, national or international news.

29 Nov 2019 2:26 AM

MQM supremo Altaf Hussain (Photo: Facebook).

India must reject plea for asylum by MQM’s Altaf

Beyond comic relief and television TRPs, Altaf Hussain brings nothing to India.

29 Nov 2019 2:24 AM

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti adviser Akhil Gogoi and supporters raise slogans at a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Guwahati on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Citizenship Bill will create more problems than it might solve

India is a country of continental size, with 1.37 billion people.

28 Nov 2019 5:55 AM

Chief minister-designate Uddhav Thackeray and his wife Rashmi meet governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at the Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Some lessons to draw from Maharashtra drama

A standoff between the Shiv Sena and the BJP on the issue of chief ministership had plunged the state into a political crisis.

28 Nov 2019 5:42 AM

Meditate regularly and learn to relax and control your mind. (Representional Image)

Mystic Mantra: Careful what you wish for

Visualise your positive goals with positive affirmations.

27 Nov 2019 1:19 AM

Devendra Fadnavis resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra on Tuesday. (Photo: ANI)

Democracy wins? The losers take it all

The people of Maharashtra had spoken and under normal circumstances their wishes should have been respected.

27 Nov 2019 1:16 AM

Security personnel patrol a deserted street in Srinagar on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

In Kashmir, ‘democracy and morality can wait’

For Kashmir, the season of betrayals has been never-ending.

26 Nov 2019 12:21 AM

It is something that happens to a sincere meditator who continues meditating regularly in absolute patience. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Drink the juice of self-nature

Sahaj is a valuable word. It means that which happens without any doing. Just go in — showering without clouds.

25 Nov 2019 12:05 AM

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

Andrew cut to size; Coldplay won’t tour

There is too much scrutiny and a hungry media that survives on sensationalism.

25 Nov 2019 12:05 AM

Stonewalling skills earn babu praise

The Congress was skeptical from the start about ministry formation in Maharashtra.

24 Nov 2019 8:00 AM

As many as 71 per cent of India's senior citizens reside in rural areas while 29 per cent live in urban areas almost mirroring the rural urban mix of our population.

Bring seniors back into policy discourse

The most conjoint disability among the aged persons is locomotor and visual disability.

24 Nov 2019 7:05 AM

The Centre has withdrawn the SPG cover of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his wife. (Photo: Asian Age)

Modi should reinstate SPG cover to Gandhis

The government has said in Parliament that security to the Gandhis has “not been withdrawn”.

24 Nov 2019 6:58 AM

It is all part of our mind’s inner voice — the well-ingrained element of our consciousness, or soul. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Make an endeavour to understand self-belief

Self-belief is a veritable dynamo. It resides within and outside of our mind.

23 Nov 2019 2:29 AM

The judicial verdict regarding this should be viewed as an order, commanding the responsible authorities to ensure that the Muslim outfit is allocated what it is entitled to. (Photo: AP)

Ayodhya land for Muslims not ‘charity’

As citizens of the country, Muslims have as much right to acquire land in this country as other citizens.

23 Nov 2019 2:29 AM

After Brexit, immigration key factor in UK polls

The British, or 51 per cent of them, don’t like this and voted to leave the European Union to a great measure because of this principle.

23 Nov 2019 2:28 AM

Some people are attached to gross objects like food; others pursue the subtler joys of literature, music, and art.

Mystic Mantra: The mind is the human body’s software

The body is similar to the hardware and the mind is like the software of a computer.

22 Nov 2019 2:44 AM

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Pavan K Varma