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Malik ibn Deenar devoted his life to God and made a living as a calligrapher of the Quran.

Mystic Mantra: Tawhid The heart of Islam

Tawhid further refers to the nature of that God that he is a unity, not composed, not made up of parts, but simple and...

29 Dec 2017 1:37 AM IST

Social media connects us to the big wide world outside but ironically disconnects us from the real one. This yawning chasm between the offline and online only further isolates us, defeating the very purpose of going online at all.

Tech gamechanger in politics, governance

Hardik Patel had shown that even a skeletal organisational network leveraging technology could almost overnight become a...

29 Dec 2017 1:31 AM IST

Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar (Photo: PTI)

We're a nation of gullible people... But how long?

The grim bunch clapped in joy and carried Santa on their shoulders to their village head's throne.

29 Dec 2017 1:25 AM IST

Kulbhushan Jadhav meets his wife and mother at the foreign ministry in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

In 2018, expect LoC to get even more active

Currently, Pakistan is witnessing a political vacuum with all its mainstream parties in disarray.

29 Dec 2017 1:24 AM IST

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)

2017: A year of unusual predicaments

The Kushner/Netanyahu collaboration has begun with the acknowledgement of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

29 Dec 2017 1:24 AM IST

Madras High Court (Photo: PTI)

Stop all this meddling

The resistance to Christmas celebrations was handled with some firmness in a few states.

29 Dec 2017 1:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

PM & Singh-Pak: Row over, bad taste lingers

While the issue has been papered over, the political stain of a PM portraying his predecessor in traitorous light is...

29 Dec 2017 1:22 AM IST

Former communications minister A. Rajas supporters dance as they celebrate his acquittal by a special court in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Age Debate: A ploy to malign Congress?

If there was no scam in 2G allocations, the UPA government was unfairly tarnished.

28 Dec 2017 4:09 AM IST

God always wants us to triumph over our karmic hurdles because only then will we fulfill the purpose of life, which is to grow into better human beings.

Mystic Mantra: To new beginnings

A new year is a new opportunity to leave the past behind and move forward in life.

28 Dec 2017 4:05 AM IST

Alarm bells vs jingle bells

Three and half years of high-decibel Hindutva has done much for Modi and his party.

28 Dec 2017 3:29 AM IST

With the latest victory, the BJPs tally in the 227-member BMC has risen to 82, while that of the Sena remains at 84. (Photo: PTI)

Protect rights of all, or it'll be drag on growth

Democracy is about winning elections, forming stable governments, governing efficiently and ensuring justice.

28 Dec 2017 1:52 AM IST

Pakistans former military ruler Pervez Musharraf (Photo: AFP)

A Pakistani tragedy

The deep wounds inflicted on the national psyche on April 4, 1979, and Dec 27, 2007 are ineradicable.

28 Dec 2017 1:30 AM IST