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Atal Behari Vajpayee

91st Amendment: Impediment to good governance?

In Jawaharlal Nehru's first Cabinet there was only one minister for food and agriculture.

22 May 2019 1:27 AM IST

On her 85th birthday a woman was asked: Whats the secret of your happiness? She replied, At our age, its important to keep using all our potential or it dries up. It is vital to be with people and earn ones living.

Mystic Mantra: The vanishing art of altruism

You can have all the wealth and the health in the world, but unless you do something for the poor, you can never achieve...

22 May 2019 1:13 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks about a state of emergency from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.

Why is Donald Trump raring to strike at Iran?

One of the main negotiators from the Taliban side is its commander, once imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay.

22 May 2019 1:00 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: Can one live life minus God?

Well into the 22nd century, a group of scientists decided to go and meet God.

21 May 2019 7:19 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the Kedarnath valley on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

The norms of Indian society seem to have changed. Our priorities are...

Ironically, well-meaning observers abroad hailed the verdict of the hustings five years ago as a much-needed return to...

21 May 2019 7:16 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the Kedarnath valley on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

NDA and the winner's curse: Tough times ahead

The happy news must have reached like Maneka (of Vishwamitra fame) to interrupt a meditating Prime Minister Narendra...

21 May 2019 7:14 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Hate cannot dispel hate, love dispels hate

If you hate somebody, you are creating hate in that person's heart for yourself.

20 May 2019 12:10 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has written to Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, complaining about Gujarat government firm GSPC.

Dilli Ka Babu: Power tussle during polls

The Modi sarkar has been working at streamlining the bureaucracy, to cut out the deadwood from the government.

19 May 2019 5:07 AM IST

In India, opinion polls start pouring down a couple of months prior to the elections, projections keep taking different shapes and colours till the exit polls.

I voted to keep majoritarianism at bay

Civilised people do not do it, civilised people do not condone it, or justify it or ignore it.

19 May 2019 4:54 AM IST

John Bolton led negotiations for America to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so that the Bush administration could proceed with a national missile-defence programme. (Photo: AP)

Why is the US hell-bent on starting a war against Iran?

The Iranian armed forces showed they were no pushovers when Saddam Hussein attacked their country back in 1980.

19 May 2019 4:48 AM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at a rally in Dinhata, Cooch Behar district, on Wednesday.

Is there a method to Mamata's madness?

During an animated conversation with friends at our home, it was interesting to hear multiple points of view on the...

18 May 2019 12:10 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: The fuzzy logic of our emotions

The web of science proposes a different take on the whole canvas of emotions.

18 May 2019 12:10 AM IST