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An aeriel view of the floods in Aluva after heavy rains in Kerala. (Photo: PTI)

Grim battle against nature in Kerala

India may be a poor country but it is rich enough in financial resources to be able to do a good job of containing the...

11 Aug 2018 1:58 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Rediscovering our unity

We find that we have within us an innate sense of oneness and unity.

10 Aug 2018 12:59 AM IST

The future of China is not rosy, but perhaps the most surprising aspect is that Muslim nations around the world are keeping mum about the fate of the Uyghurs; nobody has so far dared to question China about its Muslim policy.

Why isn't China under fire for Xinjiang repression?

The problem is that the large majority of the population of the restive Muslim province is considered as extremistâ€.

10 Aug 2018 12:56 AM IST

Stability in Pak will depend on the choice of mantris, bureaucrats

The way ministers are usually chosen in Pakistan does not suggest awareness of the imperatives of efficient and...

10 Aug 2018 12:50 AM IST

Late DMK president Muthuvel Karunanidhi.

DMK's key test to live up to Karuna's legacy

There are two prisms through which we must look at the passing of Muthuvel Karunanidhi, the DMK patriarch, which was...

10 Aug 2018 12:47 AM IST

BJP's victory signals its alliance will hold in 2019

The BJP has shown that some of its allies, despite their grouses with the saffron party, are likely to stick with it in...

10 Aug 2018 12:44 AM IST

Muzaffarpur shelter home issue had surfaced in March after a Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) found sexual assault victims. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

Punish shelter home culprits

Anyone who has exploited these minor girls should be booked for rape.

10 Aug 2018 12:43 AM IST

Sufism (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Mir Dard's divine poetics

Dard believed that mastering the art of expression is a God-gifted skill and a mark of manhoodâ€ (adamiyat).

9 Aug 2018 6:48 AM IST

Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.

Age Debate: Targeting aliens or citizens?

It will be premature to extend the NRC to the whole of India at this juncture.

9 Aug 2018 6:44 AM IST

Muzaffarpur shelter home issue had surfaced in March after a Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) found sexual assault victims. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

After Bihar-UP horrors, act fast, halt kids' abuse

There are around 9,000 government-run childcare institutions and shelter homes for women/girls across India.

9 Aug 2018 6:01 AM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: File/AP)

If Tehran has regime change, it must come from within

The nuclear deal has not exactly collapsed yet, given that none of Washington's co-signatories followed its example.

9 Aug 2018 6:00 AM IST

The flood of eulogies and the outpouring of sadness that have followed Karunanidhis death is proof to his significance not only in Tamil Nadu but also in Indian politics. (Photo: File)

Marina burial right move

In an illogical move that could be politically suicidal, the state CM decided such a burial could not be allowed for a...

9 Aug 2018 12:41 AM IST