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The proposal, which was scheduled to undergo a final vote on Tuesday, would have deferred sentencing or punishment for sexual assault in cases where there was no physical force and where the victim and perpetrator were married. (Representational Image)

#MeToo is a game-changer that can realign the scales of power

The current barrage of allegations against the former editor, author and politician are another story altogether.

11 Oct 2018 12:51 AM IST

An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is immersed in a lake. (Photo: AP)

Tradition: The dead faith of the living

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown that he can appropriate other personas, as he has done with Mahatma Gandhi now.

11 Oct 2018 12:44 AM IST

Christians believe that at each ones birth, God gifts him/her a guardian angel , that accompanies, protects, and eventually leads each one to ones creator. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Guardian angel's protection

The German word for a mobile phone is Handy .

10 Oct 2018 12:09 AM IST

Bank of Baroda on Tuesday said its loan account to debt-laden Infrastructure Leasing and Financing Services (IL&FS) continues to remain standard at present.

Untangling knots at IL&FS will be long and arduous

A closed user group (CUG) enjoyed the fruits of a poisoned tree for 30 years as all oversight mechanisms failed to nail...

10 Oct 2018 12:08 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: Eight steps to yourself

The eight steps are a right vision, right decision, right speech, right action, right exercise, right memory, right...

9 Oct 2018 12:28 AM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi

Why pragmatic' Suu Kyi is silent on Rohingyas

Like a true Burmese, Suu Kyi probably doesn't disagree with her countrymen's condemnation of the Rohingya.

9 Oct 2018 12:24 AM IST

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Notes for a Gandhian peace movement

The challenge we have to propose for ourselves is how do we reinvent a peace movement for our time.

8 Oct 2018 6:08 AM IST

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

Dilli Ka Babu: IAS officers irked

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has riled a section of IAS officers in the state.

7 Oct 2018 1:57 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)

A healthy diplomatic process must go on

A summit of the two countries' prime ministers took place in New Delhi in May 1955.

7 Oct 2018 1:53 AM IST

When stock markets peak as they have in recent months, many first-time investors get drawn to them. They had stayed away so far. But recent returns have whetted their appetite.

Not much to cheer in BJP's time in power

The economy has not grown faster in the last five years than it did during the ten years before this government took...

7 Oct 2018 1:51 AM IST

The difference is that by tapping into our souls state of unconditional love through meditation, we can receive all the fulfillment and intoxication we desire. (Representional Image)

Mystic Mantra: Seeking the love within

We can experience the love of our empowered soul. This love will not take us away from our outer loves; rather, it will...

6 Oct 2018 2:01 PM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)

Threatened on several fronts, Britain's Theresa May may find it hard...

Theresa May, in her subsequent presentation to the conference, thrust a trishul of persuasion forward.

6 Oct 2018 1:59 PM IST