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French President-elect Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

In France, the spirit of revolt seems to have echoes of 1968

There is a temptation to perceive in this spirit of revolt echoes of May 1968.

10 May 2018 12:53 AM IST

Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. (Photo: AP)

J&K: Yet another warning

It is necessary to reiterate that no form of normality can return without a carefully calibrated political process...

10 May 2018 12:45 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: File)

SC can't be silent on how bench is set up

The formation of the five-member bench seems valid, but the fundamental question is whether the CJI set it up.

10 May 2018 12:41 AM IST

Eventually one day when we get spiritually enlightened we would experience and realise that we were bound to dreams and got liberated from dreams. Nothing was real and nothing is real. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Be aware: Life is a state of dream

One can straight away achieve this enlightened state if one can constantly remain aware, all the time, of being in a...

9 May 2018 1:06 AM IST

Film awards mess: Smriti & Prez's 1-hour rule A lot left to explain

Equally, it is not clear how the I&B ministry missed taking action on the letter from the President's office about his...

9 May 2018 12:43 AM IST

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Courts must remain open, justice be visible

On October 5, 1936, a bomb was thrown into the chief justice's court at the Patna high court, but it did not become...

9 May 2018 12:38 AM IST

A file picture of Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Jinnah is not the target, it's India's liberals under attack

There's no logic to what mindless hordes do to pander to their notions of nationhood on either side of the border.

9 May 2018 12:27 AM IST

Don't try a rush job at India's heritage sites

No one can deny that our monuments need more care, funds and expertise for their proper conservation, restoration and...

9 May 2018 12:23 AM IST

H.D. Deve Gowda

Games JD(S) still plays

Mr Kumaraswamy could try a trick or two if his party manages to win over 50 seats.

9 May 2018 12:19 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Paralysis hits projects: Why so many delays?

It now seems Mr Modi is in the same predicament as his hapless predecessor, who didn't have the unfettered powers that...

9 May 2018 12:16 AM IST

Bhagat Kabirs compositions are included in the Guru Granth Sahib. Of all the 15 bhagats mentioned in the sacred Granth, Kabir contributed the maximum number of hymns. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Mystic Mantra: When ocean merges into the drop

Kabir, a 15th century Indian saint, was a poet, social reformer and a revolutionary.

8 May 2018 12:59 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.

See what's behind the Sino-Indian reset'

China has regularly and repeatedly announced that its territorial claim is its sovereignty, hence it's non-negotiable.

8 May 2018 12:50 AM IST