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Mystic Mantra: The art of listening

True listening becomes possible when we love something and there is an eagerness to know about it.

6 Oct 2017 6:22 AM IST

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont told a crowd of cheering supporters (Photo: AFP)

Hostile reaction to referendums will worsen matters

The Spanish state's reaction detracts from its moral authority.

6 Oct 2017 1:19 AM IST

A newspaper article written by Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday in which he slammed the governments handling of the economy has sparked a raging political debate with opposition leaders coming out in his support while top ministers rejecting his criticism. (Photo: PTI)

After the Sinha ripple effects, wait & watch

The latest in the line of the government's critics is Arun Shourie, who repeated earlier assertions.

6 Oct 2017 1:17 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

Love goes beyond faith

A bench headed by a former chief justice had transferred the case from the Kerala police to NIA.

6 Oct 2017 1:16 AM IST

Jaish-e-Muhammad claimed the responsibility for carrying out attack at BSF camp at Humhama near the Srinagar Airport and Air Force Station and said that the members of its Shaheed Afzal Guru squad did it. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Security camps need much better guarding

The story began with the attack on the Air Force base in Pathankot, which is in Punjab but very close to J&K.

6 Oct 2017 1:16 AM IST

This is a sign of our evolution as a human being and this is something God takes notice of immediately.

Mystic Mantra: God notices blissfulness

We should strive to be blissfully immersed in our own world, irrespective of situations in our life.

5 Oct 2017 3:41 AM IST

Implementation of GST it does not seem will meet its actual deadline of Aril 1, 2017 as both the Centre and the states have failed to arrive on an agreement over contentious issues.

Easing the burden?

Reducing number of GST slabs won't benefit the poor, or those hit hardest by the tax.

5 Oct 2017 3:29 AM IST

When anchors become news

Arnab's new channel is funded with rightwing money, and Rajdeep was at one time touted as the AAP's man in Goa.

5 Oct 2017 3:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the BJP National Executive meeting at Talkatora stadium in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

More toilet talk vital for a cleaner India

The Press Information Bureau says over two lakh villages have become open defecation-free.

5 Oct 2017 3:18 AM IST

Saudi women, which going by the Kingdoms definition are only those born to a Saudi father, are an integral part of the new Saudi Arabia that seeks to banish all foreigners from its government. (Photo: AP)

House of Saud and its jubilant tale of progress

A victory for Saudi women thus comes at the expense of heightening Saudi nationalism and even xenophobia.

5 Oct 2017 3:16 AM IST

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (

Winds of change

In most Muslim societies in the world, the place of women is perhaps better than in Saudi Arabia.

5 Oct 2017 3:15 AM IST

RBI governor Urjit Patel (Photo: PTI)

Has RBI washed its hands of growth?

The acceleration was largely due to demonetisation and the hasty introduction of the Goods and Services Tax that created...

5 Oct 2017 3:13 AM IST