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Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Hope, anxiety loom in 2019, as world on edge

Businesses are also on tenterhooks over the uncertainty of a disorderly Brexit and President Trump's economic wars.

1 Jan 2019 11:01 PM 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: The song of freedom

The price of freedom, it is said, is eternal vigilance.

1 Jan 2019 6:28 AM IST

Dadasaheb Phalke award-winning film director Mrinal Sen passed away on Sunday after a prolonged battle with age-related ailments. (Photo: Twitter | @paramspeak)

Mrinal Sen: A giant who gave a new meaning to Indian cinema

Mrinal Sen made his first film in 1956 Raat Bhore (Night's End) he himself dismissed it as very bad .

1 Jan 2019 12:57 AM IST

The Bible personifies God as having ears. Prayers and petitions begin with a request to God to incline your ear .

Mystic Mantra: You are God's temple

At a basic level, temple is symbolic of God's abode.

30 Nov 2018 12:35 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.

Targeting India from within: Are we ready to foil China's strategy?

Coming back to the Chinese, just a few instances of the gross misdemeanour of its nationals (in India) will suffice.

30 Nov 2018 12:35 AM IST

Maximum brain development occurs in the first 5 years of a childs life. (Photo: Pixabay)

Disagreement, dissent, disobedience are vital

I don't know why I didn't get into serious trouble but I used to teach my pupils the value of disobedience.

30 Nov 2018 12:35 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo: PTI)

New era calls for a new lead role for G-20

Over the past decade, G-20 leaders have been meeting regularly to steer the world economy.

29 Nov 2018 12:07 AM IST

We have got a good package, got a lot of advantages in Rafale deal, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Service chiefs: Why one is better than three!

The IAF did not have the tactics and even the appropriate weapons when called to assist the Army.

29 Nov 2018 12:05 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: Akhi Siraj and his spiritual radiance

An extremely modest Sufi, Akhi Siraj spent all his short-lived life in the wider dissemination of spiritual intellect in...

28 Nov 2018 12:44 AM IST

Chinas legendary revolutionary leader Mao Zedong (Photo: AFP)

Chinese lesson: How not to tackle radicalisation

Following the 9/11 carnage and inter-linkages of various terror groups, the US treasury dept had designated the ETIM as...

28 Nov 2018 12:44 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: Believe in the cosmic timeframe

While putting effort we also expect result commensurate to our efforts or greater than our efforts but never less than...

27 Nov 2018 12:10 AM IST

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. (Photo: AFP)

U-turn lessons from Atat¼rk, Adolf Hitler and Napoleon

Napoleon had no opportunity to make a U-turn, because unlike Hitler he had taken Moscow with ease, the czar refusing to...

27 Nov 2018 12:05 AM IST