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US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Of UK's empty streets, Trump Baby balloon & the next big social change

This is not as yet discussed openly in India, but there is an increasing debate and dialogue about it in the UK.

9 July 2018 4:14 AM IST

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (Photo: AFP)

An empty Lankan airport holds promise for India

If Mattala airport is well marketed and incentivised by Sri Lanka's tourism authorities, it may well be a commercial...

9 July 2018 4:12 AM IST

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Plainspeak

For a nation given to piously quoting Gandhi at the drop of a topi, we revere hypocrisy as much as we disregard the...

8 July 2018 4:50 AM IST

Any budget presented by a government immediately after an election will invariably aim at implementing the election manifesto of the ruling party.

With waivers, sops Karnataka CM fails to budget for middle-class

Thus, Kumaraswamy's much publicised budget had as it's centre piece the proposal for loan waivers.

8 July 2018 4:39 AM IST

Former union minister and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (Photo: File)

Dilli Ka Babu: Lateral entry MEA tried it first

Almost all of India's ambassadors in major world capitals are from the Indian Foreign Service.

8 July 2018 1:54 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Nawaz remains a force to reckon with

When in power, Sharif virtually ignored Parliament, and relied on family members and a small inner circle to implement...

8 July 2018 1:48 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah will will address the chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of BJP-ruled state governments on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Why parties are formed

Certainly the BJP seems to believe it and the two leaders named above have expressed it repeatedly.

8 July 2018 1:46 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Blueprint for prosperity

Working in the yagna spirit is a means to purify the mind, achieve all-round prosperity and fulfil our wishes.

7 July 2018 12:47 AM IST

A person reading the Holy Quran

Cabbages & Kings: Of false premises & false promises

The Arabic word for virgin has been mistranslated.

7 July 2018 12:42 AM IST

Arvind Kejriwal

Wide Angle: Supreme Court judgment on AAP won't be digested easily

The considerable dignity that the Supreme Court has restored to Kejriwal's AAP govt in Delhi is not going to be digested...

6 July 2018 7:45 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Periscope: Modi must induct visionary advisors

Normally, great nations have strong visionary leaders, supported by outstanding bureaucrats and think tanks.

6 July 2018 7:38 AM IST

Meditation means becoming aware of all these things on the periphery of our being and looking deeply within our consciousness which is essentially a witness to this play of likes and dislikes, opinions and judgements.

Mystic Mantra: The art of meditation

We need to learn the art of meditation in our busy life participating in everything can be a meditation.

6 July 2018 7:32 AM IST