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India’s GDP growth has fallen to below six per cent in the first quarter and is expected to fall further in the second.

Strong, decisive leadership isn’t always good, can cause blunders

Decisions are good when the outcomes are understood and there is a calculation on the degrees of fallout.
26 Aug 2019 1:31 AM
The meditator also values each moment, but the difference is: he goes deeper into each moment whereas the speedy man lives the moment superficially. (Representional Image)

Mystic Mantra: Meditation in the age of instant coffee

Osho has used this situation creatively and has designed short meditation techniques that can give instant results like instant coffee.
26 Aug 2019 1:29 AM
Defence minister Rajnath Singh’s warning about the possible revision of “no first use” as a part of Indian nuclear doctrine could not have come at a more opportune moment. (Photo: ANI)

The Taliban are coming! Should we run scared?

A reality check from the past to the present may be necessary to correctly assess this threat.
26 Aug 2019 1:28 AM
President Ram Nath Kovind (Photo: PTI)

At President’s ‘At Home’, babus feel left out

Babus were exhausted by it and were therefore missing and probably many also had homework to do afterwards.
26 Aug 2019 1:26 AM
Take the All American, hamburger-apple-pie, gridiron sport called American football where the game is incidental and bloodshed is the purpose.

On The Contrary: The Killer Instinct

At the recent Asian Games in Djakarta, bridge was declared a mind-sport and India had a proud moment when we won the gold medal.
25 Aug 2019 2:32 AM
Arun Jaitley,

At home in court, Parliament, and the social circuit

Like a good lawyer with a sharp eye, he could grasp the treacherous nuances of the social and political landscape.
25 Aug 2019 1:42 AM
Kapil Sibal (Photo: G.N. Jha)

Sunday Interview: ‘Persecution, not prosecution’

The Congress and several other political parties have come out in support of him alleging excesses by the investigating agencies.
25 Aug 2019 1:39 AM
Arun Jaitley

Politics of integrity, intellect set him apart

He was a unique politician and no doubt many stories of his career will be shared by others.
25 Aug 2019 1:32 AM
“He who can have patience can have what he will,” said Benjamin Franklin. The road to achieving salvation is not an easy road. We will find many obstacles along the way, which serve to both strengthen and reinforce our faith, or to weed out the weak hypocrites. Patience is one of the most potent traits for moral redemption. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Patient people exhibit more social virtues

A truly God-loving individual will never allow the strain of suffering and adversity to overwhelm him.
24 Aug 2019 2:00 AM
For decades, demographic PR ditched preaching contraception and focused on bolstering women’s rights, which correlate conveniently with having fewer children. The great and the good continue to feel uncomfortable about addressing the burdens of the population growth that’s now overwhelmingly located in Africa and the Middle East. It’s far more politically palatable to anguish about climate change.

Population control is the real answer to climate change

Back when human population was escalating unsustainably worldwide, demography was politically relaxing.
24 Aug 2019 1:56 AM
Hatter and Foxy have promised the 17.2 million deceived guests at their T-Party table that whatever happens, Wonderland would leave the Futureland Eunion by the 31st of October, which happens to be Halloween.

Welcome to Boris in Wonderland, with the supporters of democracy

The date is significant because it’s when witches and other mythical creatures emerge and demand a trick or treat.
24 Aug 2019 1:48 AM
P. Chidambaram

Can Chidambaram do a ‘mutual’ to get out of mess?

Chances of Indrani walking free after this double cross are pretty high.
24 Aug 2019 1:43 AM
Former Union home and finance minister P. Chidambaram

Chidambaram’s arrest: Govt sends a clear signal, may be first of many

The legality of the arrest will of course be questioned, but by then a political purpose will have been served.
23 Aug 2019 8:00 AM
During the very week when Ikea, the Swedish furniture giant, started its first anniversary celebrations in Hyderabad, where it had set up its first home in India, came another bit of news — Amazon opened its largest office campus outside the United States in the city. (Photo: ANI)

Amazon in Hyderabad: Growth lessons for all

For several years now, Hyderabad has created icons for the country — in movies, in sports, in businesses.
23 Aug 2019 7:42 AM
Siddhartha wanted to be a “wealth creator”, as do thousands of entrepreneurs who open startups in India every year. We need these entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial spirit to be alive if we are to reach anywhere near the $5 trillion economy we aspire to be by 2024.

Ease of running a business: What Siddhartha forces us to reflect on

Without bringing about a basic behavioural change in our bureaucracy, how are we to create ease of running a business in India?
23 Aug 2019 7:33 AM
The Bible has approximately 125 references to forgiveness, most of them referring to God forgiving erring human beings.

Mystic Mantra: ‘To err is human, to forgive, divine’

One ought to forgive others to restore broken relationships and broker peace among people.
22 Aug 2019 7:44 AM
Mike Leigh, who last year directed an applauded film about Peterloo, recently said: “If the guys who were here 200 years ago could get into a time machine and come forward to 2019 and discover that people have the vote and they don’t use it, they would be absolutely outraged, horrified and disgusted.”

Our indifference to voting would be an outrage for the agitators of the past

The notion that your vote does not really make a difference has spilled over into the 21st century from the 20th, rather than the 19th.
22 Aug 2019 7:35 AM
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

Imran and Army: How, in a year, Pak PM has learnt to be ‘flexible’

Today he’s been in the job for 13 months. I guess you could say he’s learnt the importance of being flexible.
22 Aug 2019 7:21 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on the appointment of a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was a much-awaited endorsement of the recommendation made by the Group of Ministers (GoM) in February 2001, in the aftermath of the Kargil conflict. (PTI)

After CDS, several key military reforms needed

It required a strong government with a decisive leadership to finally take a call that will pave the way for far-reaching military reforms.
22 Aug 2019 7:15 AM
The scriptures keep reminding us that we are tenants and not owners of the earth. We are here for a short while only. It is this sense of transience that creates not only humility, but also the knowledge that we must leave behind things, if not better, certainly not worse than they were when we found them.

Mystic Mantra: The strength of humility

True love is free from bondage. By realising God’s love, we develop humility.
21 Aug 2019 1:18 AM

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