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Your past is a part of you do not ignore it. Accept it, learn from it, create the gift of life through it and let it go.

Mystic Mantra: The joy of giving

We need to eliminate the various blockages by leading a positive life of love.

23 Dec 2016 12:18 AM IST

Former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Indira was an early environmentalist

Indira Gandhi's personal love for nature and her foresight laid the legal and institutional framework for India's...

23 Dec 2016 12:18 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

How Modi is trying to rework idea of India

Mr Modi realises that he is no Hobbesian monarch with authoritarian powers over life and liberty.

23 Dec 2016 12:17 AM IST

Indian army soldiers patrol near the highly militarized Line of Control dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Succession woes

The seniority principle should be sacrosanct in top government appointments.

22 Dec 2016 7:25 AM IST

Your past is a part of you do not ignore it. Accept it, learn from it, create the gift of life through it and let it go.

Mystic Mantra: Joy of serving the unserved

Social service is an offspring of compassion and love, and is sustained gracefully when it is not rooted in...

22 Dec 2016 3:34 AM IST

Hindus still have the largest educational gender gap of any religious group, said the report titled Religion and Education Around the World Large released by Pew Research Center. (Representational Image)

Testing time

The atmosphere in India can only get more competitive and it's best if young people get prepared to be tested.

22 Dec 2016 3:33 AM IST

Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang. (Photo: PTI)

Manipur in fragile state, tread warily

Manipur is a landlocked state and would reel in despair if the transport system was impeded and highways blocked.

22 Dec 2016 3:32 AM IST

Army personnel stand guard during the search operations following Nagrota Army camp attack, in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Govt's thinking over Army merit' flawed

The selection of the Indian Army's Chief of Staff is undoubtedly the exclusive prerogative of the government of the day.

22 Dec 2016 3:30 AM IST

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

From 1917 to 1991... End of a revolution!

Gorbachev had been aware of its capacity to do mischief, and had made it harder to obtain.

22 Dec 2016 3:28 AM IST

Old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes placed in an order that reads BAN in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Why the note ban? A lot left to explain

Politicians from all sides, of course, made no sense because all of them had no clue about the real issues underlying...

22 Dec 2016 3:23 AM IST

Sufism has been concerned with building bridges, not least between communities whose contact can be of mutual benefit.

Mystic Mantra: Rediscovering Sufism

The polished heart becomes a mirror that catches the light of truth and reflects it in one's consciousness.

21 Dec 2016 1:16 AM IST

Indian cricket team celebrates after registering 4-0 test series win against England, at MAC Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

On the field, a brash new India rises!

Kohli has aggro and flaunts it, you can see it in his eyes and his body language.

21 Dec 2016 1:06 AM IST