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Mystic Mantra: Right to have rights

He admonishes the rulers and their ministers and asks them to work for the welfare of the people.

26 Jan 2019 3:04 AM IST

West Bengal CM and Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee speaks during the Opposition parties mega United India rally at the historic Brigade Ground in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Let our Sisters in Arms' lead the way in 2019

Locals used the rally as an excuse to skip work and stay parked in all those fancy Kolkata clubs they seem to prefer to...

26 Jan 2019 2:54 AM IST

While other leaders too played important roles, without Dr Ambedkars missionary drive and intellectual weight, the provision of reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes would not have been a part of the Constitution of India.

The new reservation policy may not work

Notwithstanding the Bua-Bhatija alliance for 2019, the harsh reality in UP is that a lot of the atrocities on dalits...

26 Jan 2019 12:17 AM IST

Our truths are within us, deep inside where we place them for later discovery. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The modern man's dilemma

The light of the scriptures, which was once a powerful beam that illuminated has slowly thinned out.

25 Jan 2019 2:40 AM IST

The spiritual quest is an internal journey, it is a psychic path. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Warm drafts

Born in an aristocratic family at the castle of Sales in Savoy, France, Francis was the eldest of 13 children.

24 Jan 2019 2:20 AM IST

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: PTI)

New dangers along the border for India

Kimathanka is one of the smallest and most remote hamlets in the northeastern district of Sankhuwasabha of Eastern...

24 Jan 2019 2:07 AM IST

Mindfulness-based stress reduction attempts to increase a persons attention to thoughts, emotions and sensations in the moment through yoga and meditation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Living in a land of love

If we want to be in the land of love, we should derive maximum benefit from our time with a spiritual master.

23 Jan 2019 2:57 AM IST

In order to make our country a happier place, we must focus on the well-being of children first as this would have a long-term impact on their lives. (Photo: Aneez Shaikh)

Let's focus on the well-being of our young people

While our nation tries to advance at a frenetic pace, statistics indicate that mental health problems among children are...

23 Jan 2019 2:46 AM IST

Pope Francis is on a four-day trip in mainly Buddhist Myanmar, where he has refrained from directly weighing-in on the Rohingya crisis, instead choosing the deliberate language of tolerance and forgiveness. (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: Forgiveness works as a safety shield

Despite constantly watching our behaviour, sometimes we might unintentionally hurt others.

22 Jan 2019 2:22 AM IST

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh delivers lecture on 70th Anniversary of our Independence-Strengthening the Roots of our Democracy during the Ist Prof. S.B. Rangnekar Memorial Oration at Punjab University in Chandigarh on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Spirit' and timing wasn't accidental'

Manmohan Singh did not personally comment then, or now, on this obvious sleight.

22 Jan 2019 2:12 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Osho A mystic without a biography

Osho has been known with various names and he is not his names.

21 Jan 2019 12:36 AM IST

Prince Philip. (Photo: AP)

Prince Philip's car crash revives debate on age limit for driving

The accident took place on the estate of Sandringham, the royal estate in Norfolk.

21 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST