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Prime Minister, Narendra Modi address at the inauguration ceremony of the Amul Cheese Plant and Whey Drying Pant, in Palanpur, Banaskantha, Gujarat. (Photo: PTI)

Tales of notebandi the PM can't hear...

There isn't even the slightest sign that Narendra Modi has realised the massive goof-up his demonetisation policy has...

21 Dec 2016 12:59 AM IST

An Indian army soldier runs amid smoke from canisters during a session to showcase skills at the Army Service Corps training centre in Bangalore, India. (Photo: AP)

Supersession in forces not new: Why the fuss?

It's a historical fact that succession battles in the armed forces had begun a long time ago.

21 Dec 2016 12:46 AM IST

Imagine Gautam Buddha as the senior poet and the world of intellect that followed as his prot©g©s.

There's a little bit of Buddhism in everything

Any number of lines by Ghalib are infused with Buddhist meditation that may pass for Sufi influence.

21 Dec 2016 12:31 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley delivers his press statement at his office in North Block in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

On changing the rules...

The government can't be faulted if it scrutinises these accounts now suddenly flush with deposits.

21 Dec 2016 12:21 AM IST

Top Indian Mujahideen terrorist Yasin Bhatkal. (Photo: PTI)

Death for IM cadres only possible verdict

Here the argument isn't about whether the death sentence should exist or if it should be abolished as a humanitarian...

21 Dec 2016 12:14 AM IST

Clouds are there, because without clouds there can be no lightning - dark clouds of thoughts are there. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Heal Your Energy

The therapist told his politician friend that the root cause of his disease was his hatred towards Richard Nixon.

20 Dec 2016 1:09 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: AP)

Fiscal love for a sullen electorate

The FM must provide a package' to soften the hard landing at home for returning migrant labour.

20 Dec 2016 1:01 AM IST

Politicians usually dont trust editors to make decisions about the public interest. (Photo: Representational image/Google)

To protect its sources is media's sacred duty

If an editor has any kind of sacred duty it is to protect his or her sources from discovery.

20 Dec 2016 12:55 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting women at the launch of a cheese plant and Desi A2 Milk plant in Deesa. (Photo: PTI)

Dark days ahead if State backs bigotry

Mr Modi or Rajnath Singh do not explicitly encourage the victimisation of dalits.

20 Dec 2016 12:52 AM IST

People stand in long queuesoutside an ATM at a bank to withdraw cash after the ban on old high denomination notes, in Allahabad. (Photo: PTI)

Think before you act

The law is always one step behind criminal minds, of which there is no lack in India.

20 Dec 2016 12:22 AM IST

A view of the sunrise at the horizon of Narmada river in Jabalpur. (Photo: PTI)

New tribunal unlikely to end all water wars

The Supreme Court has anyway made it clear it will assert its right to hear cases of differences between states over...

20 Dec 2016 12:03 AM IST

The Quran clearly states that the only rank that eventually matters is marked by the relationship that one has with God.

Mystic Mantra: Tazkiyah - Purity is half of faith

Taharat-e-Batini or inward purity can be achieved through a clean and pure thinking process, by avoiding evil thoughts.

19 Dec 2016 1:28 AM IST