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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the test launch of solid fuel Pukguksong-2, a medium-to-long range ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)

Monumental follies: When will statues of Kim crumble?

Pyongyang, meanwhile, does not restrict its ambitions to nuclear and missile technologies.

7 Sept 2017 12:23 AM IST

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Mystic Mantra: A good planet, a good life

Spirituality essentially means an all-inclusive experience.

6 Sept 2017 12:46 AM IST

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev

Swadeshi, socialism: 2 mindsets' keep India down

Socialism, swadeshi, insularity and inward-looking synonyms which could be used interchangably.

6 Sept 2017 12:44 AM IST

US President Donald Trump signed into law a new batch of sanctions on Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow. (Photo: AP)

Thank you, Mr Trump

In large measure, Trump is an outcome of not paying heed to what was going on under our noses.

6 Sept 2017 12:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before the group photo session at 2017 Brics Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province in China, on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Is Beijing rethinking its strategy on India?

The test for Indian diplomacy in the coming decades will be in its ability to bridge these two worlds without...

6 Sept 2017 12:39 AM IST

Star India acquired monopoly over the broadcast rights of IPL across both TV and digital media. (Photo: BCCI)

IPL: Still on a roll

The game's popularity is soaring despite the match-fixing and betting scandals of 2013.

6 Sept 2017 12:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before the group photo session at 2017 Brics Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province in China, on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Don't expect China to change its ways soon

New Delhi and Beijing should get serious if they seek to grow a healthy bilateral relationship.

6 Sept 2017 12:32 AM IST

While PM Modis bear hug with President Trump and a clutch of deals at their encounter in June symbolised a budding friendship, trade between the two nations has underperformed and Washington wants to narrow a $31-billion deficit. (Photo: AP)

2nd class' UNSC seat: Is that what we want?

US President Donald Trump, with his many preoccupations, backs a seat for India in a reformed UNSC and in other...

5 Sept 2017 4:57 AM IST

Mother Teresa (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: Pranaam, dear Gurujis!

Many teachers tirelessly teach us much more by their works than by their words.

5 Sept 2017 4:50 AM IST

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

Trump's Twitterification: Truth, facts & beliefs

The Twitterification of Trump's public discourse may have marked a degeneration in electioneering.

5 Sept 2017 12:53 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed 1.25 crore Indians for fourth time. (Photo: PTI)

BJP's allies are left out

Kumar was playing at being equal partners without possessing sufficient firepower.

5 Sept 2017 12:05 AM IST

In this undated image distributed on Sunday by Pyongyang shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location. North Koreas state media said Kim inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new ICBM. (Photo: AP)

World on edge, but talks with Kim vital

The US President's rhetoric has also risen in direct proportion to the scale of Kim's insouciance.

5 Sept 2017 12:04 AM IST