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Baisakhi has acquired a special significance in the Sikh tradition. (Photo: Representational image/AP)

Mystic Mantra Baisakhi: A harbinger of sacred and secular

The day of Baisakhi marks a new beginning and falls on 13th April as per the Gregorian calendar.

13 April 2019 1:33 AM IST

Departures at Delhis Indira Gandhi International airport were put on hold this morning as fog and cold wave condition continue to grip national capital. (Representational Image | PTI)

Why are India's airports so strict?

Grand and imposing though they are, the procedures within are a bit of a puzzle.

13 April 2019 1:31 AM IST

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama speaks during the World Peace and Harmony Conclave in Mumbai on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

In Tibet, an atheist regime talks of reincarnation

A worse contradiction is about the position of the atheist regime on the Dalai Lama's rebirth.

13 April 2019 1:31 AM IST

Shri Ram is always seen wielding a bow and arrow.

Mystic Mantra: The glory of Shri Ram

When we give something to those in need, we tend to give it with a feeling of superiority, but the Lord gives as a...

12 April 2019 12:05 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat on Thursday. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

To fight inequality, Cong must stay left of centre

If Andhra and Telangana were a little inhospitable for Rahul Gandhi, a seat in Karnataka would have been custom made for...

12 April 2019 12:05 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: From sleep to waking up

There is reference in the book of Genesis (Bible) to Jacob who after a long journey falls asleep.

11 April 2019 12:57 AM IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi is also slated to address three election rallies in Telangana -- Zaheerabad, Nagarkurnool and Nalgonda Lok Sabha segments -- on April 1. (Photo: PTI)

A party for the poor? Congress must re-engineer, rewire itself

The BJP's offering so far is a combination of governance, security (cross-border strikes) and development (the vikas ...

11 April 2019 12:40 AM IST

Benny Gantzs centrist Blue and White party was projected to take 30 seats, more than the 26 forecast for Netanyahus right-wing Likud. (Photo:AP)

Bibi's back! Will BJP's strategy work well too?

The Modi-Netanyahu relationship is undergirded by an unsaid ideological affinity between Hindutva and Zionism.

11 April 2019 12:34 AM IST

We are limited with our senses, and limitations of the mind cannot comprehend either the purpose or the ways to achieve it; we just carry on with our lifetimes with limited visions until we meet a guru. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: The importance of knowing yourself

We begin our independent life when we emerge from the womb and slowly grow up into a web of alliances.

10 April 2019 1:26 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi

Poverty, politics and posturing: How to build a better, less unequal...

Rahul Gandhi has announced that if voted to power, his party's government would give Rs 6,000 per month each to the...

10 April 2019 1:26 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: Soul dance and balance

Agreed that we are all endowed with our own distinctive personalities they are as unique as our signature, or...

9 April 2019 4:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters during a campaign rally in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

BJP's Mission Bengal: Defending faith for votes

In the BJP's reconstruction, the only political legacy that seems to matter in West Bengal is that of Partition.

9 April 2019 12:25 AM IST