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Mystic mantra: New woman & the new man

The enormous dance of universe is going on seamlessly with the two principles that are indispensable and are equal and...

8 March 2018 2:46 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

What's needed before 2019

Congress needs a total makeover if it has to have any chance in the 2019 elections.

8 March 2018 2:42 AM IST

The woman was allegedly raped by four men for about three hours near railway tracks in Bhopal when she returned home after attending a coaching class on the night of October 31. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

The narrative of misuse and ground reality of victims

The acute violence which Christian women suffer is seldom addressed; even the Church looks the other way.

8 March 2018 1:01 AM IST

Remains of the five-feet-tall statue of Lenin which was allegedly demolished by a pay-loader at Belonia in South Tripura district on Monday afternoon and was thrown at the nearby jungle. (Photo: PTI)

Chalo Paltai! Smashing statues won't bring jobs

Some have also said Lenin was a foreigner and therefore not deserving of a statue in this country.

8 March 2018 12:49 AM IST

Benazir Bhutto (Photo: AP)

Did the nuke question seal Benazir's fate a decade ago?

There can be little doubt, though, that Benazir's planned return to the fray was indelibly wedded to Western interests.

8 March 2018 12:43 AM IST

Statue of Lenin was razed down in Tripura (L), Periyar statue was defaced in Vellore (C), Syama Prasad Mookerjees statue was defaced in Kolkata (R). (Photo: Twitter | PTI | ANI)

Stop this vandalism

The Prime Minister and home minister may have spoken up against such vandalism, but they acted a bit too late.

8 March 2018 12:31 AM IST

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. (Photo: PTI/File)

Talk of 3rd front' has air of unreality

It seems there's a long way to go before a regional parties' grouping can materialise.

8 March 2018 12:27 AM IST

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