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Rapid Action Force personnel patrol a street during restrictions in Jammu on Friday. Restrictions have been imposed in several districts J&K after the state lost its special status. (Photo: PTI)

In J&K Valley, proceed with humility, humanity

The people of J&K are flesh-and-blood citizens of our country.

11 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru (Photo PTI)

BJP gags own MPs on Nehru; has Sonia lost her authority?

According to the BJP grapevine, the party is expected shift focus to the Kamal Nath government after the Republic Day...

11 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

One of the Indian mystics who celebrated divine love and syncretic devotion was Maulana Hasrat Mohani. In his own words, he was a Sufi momin (Sufi believer), ishtiraaki Muslim (secular Muslim), Aashiq-e-Rasool (lover of the holy Prophet) and at the same time, a Krishna bhakt (devotee of Krishna). (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Kashmir's Mahbub-ul-Aalam: Beloved of the World

Makhdum Sahib's entire lineage was known for an intellectual legacy and an ethics-based spirituality (Tariqat).

10 Aug 2019 5:50 AM IST

The pressure of being 'intellectual': When insults fly amid literary...

It is certainly, even apart from Auden's observations, looked down upon in British culture.

10 Aug 2019 12:10 AM IST

Documents with Home Minister Amit Shah before he went to parliament.

How different will Naya J&K and Purana J&K be?

The most significant fallout of the Article 370 nullification has been an unlikely development within the Congress...

10 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

The flooding was a result of global warming, which has led to extraordinary temperatures in the Arctic.

Eat less meat, save planet

This is no advertisement for vegetarianism or veganism; just a way to save the planet.

10 Aug 2019 12:02 AM IST

Security personnel stand guard during restrictions in Jammu on Monday. Restrictions and night curfews were imposed in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir as the Valley remained on edge with the authorities stepping up security deployment. (Photo: PTI)

A visionary gamble, or a serious misstep in J&K?

India-Pakistan relations have been impacted along predictable lines, if not the government's calculated ones.

10 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: ANI)

Will Kashmiris buy PM's vikas gambit?

If propaganda is eschewed, persuading the country that the changes are positive might prove difficult.

10 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

The home ministry also informed the panel that use of the Internet by terror groups in radicalising the youth was a big security challenge for the security agencies.

Integrating India: Diversity, many identities rule

The idea that Hindi should be our first language and that it can act as a unifying agent dates long back in history.

9 Aug 2019 2:16 AM IST

People gather around a makeshift memorial at the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

America must learn the shadow of white terror will be harder to fight

Countries like Pakistan, post-colonial countries, are continually (and incorrectly) often seen as inhabiting the Western...

9 Aug 2019 12:17 AM IST

Yoga is the journey from A to B. A, is where you are, B is the finality. Guru, is someone, who has already walked that path and has the experience of finality. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: How ignorant we are of indigenous wisdom

We know many -logiesâ€ but are often ignorant of the do-or-die down-to-earth wisdom of indigenous peoples.

9 Aug 2019 12:12 AM IST

BJP vice-president Shivraj Singh Chouhan pays his last respects to former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj at BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

India to miss Sushma's restraint, moderation

Sushma Swaraj was never really allowed to settle in a single role within the party and asked to accomplish impossible...

9 Aug 2019 12:08 AM IST