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Then again there is the threat of men infiltrating the camp and committing sexual assaults on the female inmates of the camp.

A women’s ‘caliphate’ on the Syrian-Iraq border that would otherwise not exist

The camp is now home to over 70,000 people, most of whom are women and children.

22 Nov 2019 2:42 AM

A replica of the proposed Ram Mandir on display at Karsewakpuram in Ayodhya. (Photo: PTI)

Ayodhya: Seek compromise, don’t stoke fires

After the Supreme Court verdict, its merits or demerits notwithstanding, one imagined that the tumult would subside.

22 Nov 2019 2:38 AM

The trees have practically shed their leaves. (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: ‘What fruits do I and my actions produce?’

Despite Austria being a small country, its vast expanse is covered with lovely forests, which many people use for their long walks.

21 Nov 2019 2:34 AM

It should hardly come as a surprise that the vast majority of Muslim nations have turned a blind eye to Chinese excesses on this front. (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong’s authorities have dug themselves a hole and there’s no way out

The authorities declared that the protesters holed up on the campus, most of them students, had no option other than to surrender.

21 Nov 2019 2:30 AM

The long and short of Shiv Sena’s rebellion

With Uddhav Thackeray’s refusal to go along with the BJP after the polls, the ruling party at the Centre has been given a sudden jolt.

21 Nov 2019 2:26 AM

The aim of spirituality is to make man fully conscious of his true innocence. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The strength of a remorseful heart

The Creator has placed a unique volitional quality in man’s psyche — and that is what is called “repentance”.

20 Nov 2019 2:40 AM

The intriguing metaphor of improvement between severe and very poor certainly applies to extant political choices in a large number of locations. (Photo: ANI)

Severe to very poor: Air quality is a metaphor for political leadership

The Delhi Met Bureau may have actually made a deeply philosophical observation with its imagery applicable to several facets of life these days.

20 Nov 2019 2:36 AM

The unparallelled heroics of the Jodhpur and Mysore Lancers in attacking German and Turkish defences in the Mediterranean town of Haifa is recognised as the last great horse cavalry charge in history. (Representational Image)

Is a State apology in order for the abolition of privy purses?

In one stroke, the word given by Sardar Patel and constitutionally committed as a sovereign guarantee was suddenly abolished.

20 Nov 2019 2:34 AM

Individuals’ ideas and activism can be effectively tracked through their social media footprint or through cyber surveillance.

Censorship isolates dissenters, then tries to demonise them

Broader constituencies must recognise how censorship skews the public record, data, national narratives and social cohesion for generations.

19 Nov 2019 6:46 AM

Hindu activists climb up the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished by end of the day. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

Ayodhya judgment: About faceless judges and the moral of Ram Katha

Many a time it happens that a division bench dictates the order/judgment in open court and both judges sign.

19 Nov 2019 12:05 AM

The Cauvery is maybe 40 per cent of what it was 50 years ago. Almost all our rivers are going through this, which is a disaster waiting to unfold. (Photo: File)

Mystic Mantra: Time to embrace and nourish our rivers

If you put so much water in one place, the soil gets leached and all the bio-activity in the soil is reduced.

19 Nov 2019 12:05 AM

Desire springs up from the ever-active unsatisfied senses and mental comparison with what others have and what we don’t have.

Mystic Mantra: Desire - The main cause of mental disturbance

Necessity is out of compulsion to live, desire is out of competition.

18 Nov 2019 7:17 AM

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

The cruelty in Pakistan over Sharif’s health

While we sink deeper into the hole we have dug for ourselves, the establishment remains the elephant in the room.

18 Nov 2019 7:14 AM

One understands why the new maps released by the government irritate China, as this virtually opens up another sector to be negotiated along the Indo-Chinese disputed boundary. (Photo: PTI/File)

The truth about Ladakh’s Shaksgam: Correcting historical wrongs in J&K

It is strange that the governments of China and Pakistan announced the agreement on the eve of important Indo-Pak talks on Kashmir.

18 Nov 2019 7:08 AM

Dilli Ka Babu: TN Seshan - The babu who roared

Seshan’s stint at the environment ministry from 1985 to 1988, especially needs mention.

17 Nov 2019 12:44 AM

Babri verdict based on faith, not evidence

There now comes the Supreme Court’s strange verdict strangely expressed with a stooge addendum which belies its unanimity.

17 Nov 2019 12:07 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: File)

Maharashtra: Modi’s poll prowess fearsome

The Sena, the Congress and the NCP fear increasing irrelevance because of the BJP.

17 Nov 2019 12:03 AM

A young flight attendant overheard us lamenting the sorry state of Air India and jumped into the conversation, but only after refilling the tea cups of passengers.

Is India prepared to bid the Maharajah a royal goodbye?

Despite all of this, regulars insist there was no better service than the one offered by Air India on its non-stop flights to America.

16 Nov 2019 7:26 AM

The Osho vision comes up with simple solutions to difficult problems, and anxiety is no exception.

Mystic Mantra: An Eastern cure for anxiety

The people of the East have invented ingenious devices to cure the problems of the ego.

16 Nov 2019 12:20 AM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AFP)

Many British MPs are not contesting polls, and why

Both the main parties of the UK, the Tories and Labour, have suffered deep schisms over Brexit.

16 Nov 2019 12:17 AM

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