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Playing Christmas music too soon can be harmful to your health. (Photo: Pixabay)

Of the Magi, high priests, kings... and how India got its boxwallas'

Matthew thought he needed the imprimatur of Zoroastrianism to give authority to the assertion that Jesus was the son of...

29 Dec 2018 1:05 AM IST

Will we have a new Prime Minister in 2019?

Then comes Baba Ramdev, the yoga billionaire, whose phenomenal growth as a brand would challenge any Harvard case study...

29 Dec 2018 1:03 AM IST

A spiritual process essentially means everything that you are, happens consciously your experience of life is determined by you. (Representational Images)

Mystic Mantra: The significance of cleanliness

Everything that we perceive through our sense organs can either create filth or wellbeing within ourselves.

28 Dec 2018 12:12 AM IST

The slow-motion pictures of Mr Modis first joint press conference with President Donald Trump show how the positive vibes of a hug work. (Photo: AP/File)

How India-US ties will transform: An open embrace' or a tight hug'?

The credit for refining the hug as a potent tool of diplomacy and using it to trigger much warmth and positivity goes to...

28 Dec 2018 12:12 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: File)

China: A Great Economic Game looms in 2019

Xi took the occasion to reassert the CPC's rule as the only key to weathering â€œunimaginableâ€ perils and dangers.

28 Dec 2018 12:11 AM IST

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Mystic Mantra: Meditation for the inner centering

What then is the way to get out of the whirlpools? The way is inward to find the centre of our being within us.

27 Dec 2018 1:05 AM IST

Bashar al-Assad

In turbulent Mideast, many jostle for advantage

Bashar al-Assad and then as the principal diplomatic arbiter in regional politics.

27 Dec 2018 12:58 AM IST

In fact, it is this supremacist attitude that is strongly discouraged in this ethical Quranic trajectory. (Representational Image)

Mystic Mantra: Sufis on haya'a, takabbur and iman

Prophet himself was an epitome of modesty and humbleness, as several hadith narrators, like Ibn Umar, have reported.

26 Dec 2018 6:26 AM IST

There was ample scope for the surrogate mothers fundamental rights to be trampled upon by doctors and/or surrogate parents. (Representational Image)

Wombs for free is the new Indian ethos'

With this Bill a flourishing trade of international surrogacy has come to a grinding halt.

26 Dec 2018 6:22 AM IST

The answer, it seemed, was not difficult to seek for those who believed that economic growth in India, then as it is now, is state driven.

Can India afford to leave Bihar behind?

India has grown at an average rate of over 7 per cent since 2000.

26 Dec 2018 6:20 AM IST

Naseeruddin Shah

Not a Muslim issue

Naseer's is a mixed marriage like several other actors and ordinary folk.

26 Dec 2018 5:52 AM IST

US President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his charge that predecessor Barack Obama had ordered a wiretap against him. (Photo: AP)

US' Afghan exit to leave India in a difficult spot

The outcome will depend on what troops are actually withdrawn.

26 Dec 2018 5:48 AM IST