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Kashmiris walks past paramilitary troops patrolling a street in Srinagar on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Waiting for the fallout after huge shift in J&K

Article 370 was enacted to give constitutional sanction to this restricted relationship with New Delhi.

13 Aug 2019 12:02 AM IST

A family buys goats from a livestock market in Kolkata on Thursday ahead of Id-ul-Zuha.(Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: Id-ul-Zuha The Muslim festival of sacrifice

There are minor differences between how the episode is narrated in Islam and how it's told in Judaism and Christianity.

12 Aug 2019 1:01 AM IST

A vendor sells balloons at a street in Srinagar after curfew was relaxed ahead of Id on Sunday, but there appear to be few takers. (Photo: DC)

Ending 370, new UTs: Govt on sound legal footing

The Constitution guarantees citizens the right to freely move throughout the territory of India and to settle down in...

12 Aug 2019 12:58 AM IST

Newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

Japan-Korea rift to hit global giants, have wider impact

Japanese and Korean companies are inextricably linked in global value chains, particularly in electronics and...

12 Aug 2019 12:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: ANI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Modi's fresh approach to bureaucracy in 2nd term

Modi's work culture clearly is about direct access, simplifying procedures and eliminating delays in decision-making and...

11 Aug 2019 12:12 AM IST

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)

Article 370: Impact will reveal itself in time

Kashmiris will be free from their family-based parties and will have the opportunity to discover fresh democratic...

11 Aug 2019 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: 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 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