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Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. (Photo: AFP)

Cabbages & Kings: Sir Vidia and his A team

Having known him for several decades and talked to him about religion over these decades, I know that Vidia was a...

25 Aug 2018 7:45 AM IST

Raksha Bandhan, basically a Hindu festival, signifies a knot of protection . The word raksha means protection while bandhan is a tie or a relationship which binds . (Photo: pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: May this bond tie us together!

The best example in history is of Humayun, a Muslim ruler and Queen Karmavati of Chittor who had sent a rakhi to Humayun...

25 Aug 2018 7:32 AM IST

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: PTI)

The centrality of MADness in nuclear doctrine

Credibility depends on reducing the uncertainty of use from the opposite perspective. The Indian PAD missile defence...

24 Aug 2018 7:46 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Declare independence from worry

Mystic Mantra: Declare independence from worry

What has happened has happened. Worrying about it will not change it; worry will only make us sick.

24 Aug 2018 7:36 AM IST

You have to understand the central cause of conflict and sorrow and then dissolve it and not merely look to the outside for peace. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: No-Mind The Door to the Divine

The jump happens spontaneously without effort and without conflict.

23 Aug 2018 1:00 AM IST

The fear is that if elections for the Assembly and Lok Sabha are held the same day, the regional parties may get further marginalised as a large number of voters might tend to vote for the same party in both the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. (Representational image)

Simultaneous polls will be a blow to federalism

The argument against holding simultaneous elections on the ground of having its impact on the federal character is even...

23 Aug 2018 12:56 AM IST

Goats on sale ahead of Eid-ul-Azha at a market in Patna on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: The true meaning of qurbani

Acts that strengthen fraternity, brotherhood and charity are greatly valued on the day of Id-ul-Adha.

22 Aug 2018 1:39 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modis accusations that the Opposition is dividing society on caste lines therefore echo the RSS concerns for a homogenous Hindu community. (Photo: File)

Will caste arithmetic overpower Hindu dominance?

Mr Modi has created a Hindu votebank for the first time in our 72-year history, an aggressive votebank which holds the...

22 Aug 2018 1:23 AM IST

Prof. Achyuta Samanta, BJD Rajya Sabha member, with children from his institutions.

Inclusive Education, where equity meets excellence

Besides education, Prof. Samanta used -"sports as an agent of change-" through KIIT and KISS.

21 Aug 2018 7:23 AM IST

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump in Manila, Philippines, in November 2017

70-year itch: Which way is the India-US relationship headed?

India must have the best of relations with the US to fulfil the exploding aspiration of millions of her impatient youth.

21 Aug 2018 7:18 AM IST

At the biblical â€œDay of Atonementâ€ the community recognised its sin and made amends by sacrificing two goats one â€œfor the Lordâ€, the other as â€œscapegoatâ€. (Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: Goats and scapegoats

The Ibrahim/Abraham story narrates that Allah/God merely wanted to test his faith by asking him to sacrifice his son,...

21 Aug 2018 2:03 AM IST

Union minister, Maneka Gandhi

Will a stringent anti-trafficking law really protect women?

Trafficking under this bill also includes begging, domestic work, farm or factory work.

21 Aug 2018 2:01 AM IST