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The leonine self

The leonine self

Some years ago, while discussing gender in spiritual traditions with an elderly female Sufi practitioner, I asked her a...

28 Jan 2016 5:17 AM IST

India’s big fat problem

India’s big fat problem

Amid a slowing Chinese economy and global gloom, there is nothing quite as comforting as the glow of a growth story....

28 Jan 2016 5:13 AM IST

Women’s right to worship

The Maharashtra police acted predictably in detaining approximately 500 women activists who were planning to barge into...

28 Jan 2016 5:11 AM IST

Age Debate: Chanakya or chela

The Bharatiya Janata Party is a party which thrives on the hard labour of its leaders. Unlike its major political...

28 Jan 2016 5:08 AM IST

The Rawalpindi ruse

The Rawalpindi ruse

Terrorism and how best to contain the challenge was the central theme of French President Francois Hollande’s...

28 Jan 2016 12:06 AM IST

Centre’s Arunachal move far from clear

Centre’s Arunachal move far from clear

It is not clear what judicial or constitutional sense the Supreme Court eventually makes of the decision of Arunachal...

27 Jan 2016 11:58 PM IST

An SMS to God

A devout taxi driver stranded on a road was distraught that he couldn’t say his prayers since he’d left his...

27 Jan 2016 6:04 AM IST

History in a few sq miles

In September 1946, an interim coalition government of the Congress and the Muslim League was installed in Delhi with...

27 Jan 2016 6:01 AM IST

Quota misquote

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan’s statement — “Ambedkarji had said, ‘give reservations for 10...

27 Jan 2016 5:53 AM IST

The freedom myth

The freedom myth

Actor Anupam Kher has equated the Prime minister with a “father figure”, whom one cannot question or call...

27 Jan 2016 5:53 AM IST

Rafale trumps Tejas

Rafale trumps Tejas

In response to Mohan Guruswamy’s article, No happy landing with Rafale (Jan.

27 Jan 2016 5:52 AM IST

The pulse of life

The pulse of life

Pulses are truly the pulse of life: for the soil, for people and the planet. In our farms they give life to the soil by...

27 Jan 2016 5:51 AM IST