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There are people who undergo a tremendous amount of pain yet remain grateful and thank God on days they are pain-free. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Why should we be grateful to God?

We are fortunate that we have been born into the only species who can know ourselves and know God.

2 May 2018 6:27 AM IST

Swadeshi seeds have been bred for nutrition and health, taste and quality. (Representational image)

A victory for seed freedom'

Seeds are, therefore, the repository of centuries of biological and cultural evolution.

2 May 2018 2:55 AM IST

Saving India's heritage: Storm in a tea cup

India has a unique combination of Mughal and British architecture.

2 May 2018 2:51 AM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi speaks on the second day of the 84th Congress plenary. (Photo: PTI)

Has Rahul's Congress started its climb-back?

Mr Gandhi did not force these errors on the government. Interestingly, it is the government that is caught in the web of...

2 May 2018 2:46 AM IST

Victims in double explosions lie on the ground in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Kabul's day of horror

Kabul has seen anti-government protests on this count lately. Considerable responsibility rests with the United States.

2 May 2018 2:42 AM IST

Madras high court

HC prudently avoids House controversies

The question is whether it has absolute legitimacy in terms of constitutional propriety of enjoying the confidence of a...

2 May 2018 2:39 AM IST

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)

If Syria implodes, India will be hit

India has the requisite resources and troops for these operations, in which our armed forces are enviably adept.

1 May 2018 5:54 AM IST

The Army is not a business. These lands are for a specific purpose and have no commercial value. The terms very clearly state that if the military does not require these lands, they must revert to the state government. (Representational image)

This is not Pakistan, General Saab!'

The Secunderabad Cantonment is still administered somewhat like Pakistan is these days, with a military-dominated...

1 May 2018 5:47 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: The Peepal tree therapy

A man who lives a natural and a meditative life may not need any of the therapies available in the modern world.

1 May 2018 12:23 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AP)

How to gather intelligence by getting your hands dirty

Peace between the Koreas may or may not break out, denuclearisation may or may not happen and even the Kim-Trump summit...

1 May 2018 12:16 AM IST

Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, key accused in Rs. 11, 400 crore Punjab National Bank scam. (Photo: PTI)

To fix mess in banking, admit the problem first

India has faced many banking crises. Hundreds of banks had shut down in the 1930s and 1940s.

1 May 2018 12:11 AM IST

File photo of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks outside Taj. (Photo: PTI)

26/11: Pak still in denial

Good relations with India remains anathema to the military and its top brass, the country's real power centre.

1 May 2018 12:10 AM IST