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India and Pakistan flag

We're not at war, but we're never at peace

The south and the east of India are different, but then those differences exist inside India as well.

29 July 2018 1:45 AM IST

Prayer for us is that which should produce some kind of effect in our life. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Little Anna's greatness

ness towards all, she received spiritual gifts like foreknowledge of events and ability to master languages like Tamil...

28 July 2018 8:03 AM IST

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan

Shobhaa's Take: Pak gets a playboy', we have our Pappu'

Imran Khan has made the right noises about India in his first speech after the win.

28 July 2018 7:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Theresa May discovered this on December 13, 2017, when her government suffered a major defeat as rebels from her own Conservative Party allied with the Labour Party and other Opposition parties to push through an amendment to Brexit legislation, the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, in the House of Commons.

Cabbages & Kings: Crime, religion can't be clubbed

One of the more appropriate appointments made by British Prime Minister Theresa May (hem) was the promotion of Sajid...

28 July 2018 7:48 AM IST

A crime never dies: Limitation not written in stone

Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt' is a legal maxim which means that the vigilant and not the lethargic...

27 July 2018 2:36 AM IST

The guru is a rare phenomenon, not so easy to find. Of course, we come across thousands of teachers and preachers who claim to be gurus. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Guru The awakened one

A true guru does not console people to please them. He may even shock them because his purpose is to awaken them.

27 July 2018 2:12 AM IST

Mob violence is a marker of governance deficit. And as the 2019 general election nears, expect the Opposition parties to tap the issue. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Vikas and violence can't go together

Development programmes work best when there is social stability.

27 July 2018 2:09 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has admitted that its leader the 66-year-old Imran Khan has married his spiritual counsellor.

Imran Khan: Pak's gale force tabdeeli' for change

Will the gale force tabdeeli that he has unleashed be the change that the people of Pakistan have been looking for?

27 July 2018 2:06 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gestures at the media after meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Why Mamata has a new strategy to take on BJP

The choice offered by Mamata is to participate in rescuing the nation from the divisive and destructive politics of the...

26 July 2018 7:42 AM IST

The I-T department has detected over Rs 19,000 crore in black money.

Relocating black stash: From Swiss banks to Caribbean

Even today, it is pretty simple to set up complex corporate structures where the beneficial owner is not known.

26 July 2018 7:33 AM IST

Sikhism, being a practical religion, denounces renunciation and believes in householders way of salvation. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Mystic Mantra: A childlike devotion

Bhagat Dhanna's hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib under Asa and Dhanasari measures.

26 July 2018 7:28 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi waves at farmers during Kisan Samriddhi Sankalp rally at Khokhra in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

Delhiberations: Rahul should be Congress' face', not its voice'

Rahul Gandhi has worked at politics diligently and for 14 long years.

25 July 2018 7:34 AM IST