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Happiest person is not one who gets the best of everything but is one who makes the best of everything. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Rigidity kills, flexibility saves

Do not always try to impose your ideas on others though healthy discussions are welcome.

7 March 2018 3:20 AM IST

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said, China, Nepal and India are each others important neighbouring countries. The three parties should step up sound interaction for win win outcomes.

Tortuous talks in turbulent times

The word mutual could easily have been inserted somewhere, but it wasn't. It was a unilateral; condescending;...

7 March 2018 3:16 AM IST

CPI(M) general-secretary Sitaram Yechury also criticised the Narendra Modi-led government for delaying the winter session of the parliament and said these were the signs that it was not willing to face the House. (Photo: PTI)

After shock in Tripura, can CPM learn right lessons?

Yechury it seems backs a future in aligning with the Congress in a wider Opposition unity to defeat the BJP.

7 March 2018 3:12 AM IST

US President Donald Trump, addresses a plenary session during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos. (Photo: AP)

Dysfunctionality, drift lingers in Trump's US

Ironically, making sense of all this to the world at large is still the swamp that Mr Trump promised to drain.

7 March 2018 3:09 AM IST

Superstar Rajinikanth

At last, Rajini is a neta

It's disappointing Rajini spoke like a seasoned politician, eulogising Tamil Nadu's old leaders.

7 March 2018 3:05 AM IST

The aim of the annual exercise Yudh Abhyas is to further strengthen jointmanship and facilitate interoperability between the two armies to meet any unforeseen contingency across the globe, the Indian Army said. (Photo: AP)

Turmoil in J&K: Using Army isn't the solution

Seizing the opportunity, separatist leaders gave a call for a shutdown the next day and incidents of violence were...

7 March 2018 3:03 AM IST

The lesson is staring us in the face. We need to look inwards and get our house in order to be able to provide quality education to every child. (Representational image)

Explore the Finnish model, but to bring a change in India's schools,...

Finnish children do not appear for examinations until the last year of school.

7 March 2018 3:03 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

President's rule only way out in Delhi

The pending police investigation would hopefully bring out acceptable proof of assault on the chief secretary.

6 March 2018 6:19 AM IST

A biblical proverb reads: Do not say, I will repay evil; wait for the Lord, and God will help you. (Photo Courtesy: theholybiblebook.com)

Mystic Mantra: Pearls of great price

In positive perspective, pearls are treasured for their luminosity, loveliness and durability.

6 March 2018 6:18 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

The challenge of living next to China

For India to pick up the Chinese slack and matter to the world, it needs to be posting a more frenetic 9-10 per cent...

6 March 2018 6:15 AM IST

US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

Trump's America now a global rule-breaker?

The US trade deficit in 2017 in goods and services was $566 billion, though this balloons to $810 billion if you exclude...

6 March 2018 6:15 AM IST

British-Irish filmmaker Martin McDonagh (L), producer Peter Czernin (2L), US actor Sam Rockwell, and British producer Graham Broadbent (R) pose with citation reader US actress Frances McDormand (2R) after receiving the award for Best Film for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri. (Photo: AFP)

Love wins at the Oscars

Women may still be only 28 per cent of the Academy's membership and its minority representation is up to around 13 per...

6 March 2018 6:15 AM IST