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Rebirth is grounded in reason & meditative insight
May 18, 2026, 8:57 AM IST
By The XIV Dalai Lama Among the Buddha’s profound teachings, few are as thought-provoking or as often misunderstood as the teaching of rebirth. For those raised in a materialist worldview, the idea that life continues…
May 18, 2026, 8:57 AM IST
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Did Xiopolitics trump Trump?
May 16, 2026, 8:40 AM IST
Xi dealt with Trump as his equal, pitting Beijing’s grand strategic concerns against Washington’s transactionalism. Yes, both sides outwardly agreed on some issues. But Beijing is playing a long game When Xi Jinping and Donald…
May 16, 2026, 8:40 AM IST
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‘Why that man wasn’t for me’
May 16, 2026, 8:34 AM IST
There are men who believe beds make themselves & fresh parathas appear by magic at midnight. They woo passionately, but afterwards the woman plays second fiddle to MIL, cricket, and PlayStation Last week, a neighbour…
May 16, 2026, 8:34 AM IST
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Quantum of solace
May 16, 2026, 8:16 AM IST
Oil’s up, finally. Not by much, happily Petrol, diesel and CNG became pricier yesterday. The hike was anticipated from the time war started in Iran, and Hormuz Strait shut down, cutting off roughly 20% of…
May 16, 2026, 8:16 AM IST
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Lucky kid
May 16, 2026, 8:09 AM IST
Three legal parents? A welcome thought If two parents weren’t enough – eyeroll – a 4-year-old, in Europe, has three legally recognised parents. Upside: those teen tantrums, coming in the future, can be shared three-ways….
May 16, 2026, 8:09 AM IST
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Neural networks of restraint and introspection
May 16, 2026, 8:04 AM IST
By Deepak Ranade The human brain, particularly the neocortex, is anthropologically the latest upgrade. The frontal lobes have blessed mankind with the faculty of abstraction. To perceive the intangible. It has also blessed us with…
May 16, 2026, 8:04 AM IST
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Not Venu, VD. Not quite Vici
May 15, 2026, 9:53 AM IST
Congress high command’s dithering before confirming Satheesan as Kerala CM has taken the shine off the party’s post-win profile, and is a bad sign for the future VD Satheesan’s rise as the most popular political…
May 15, 2026, 9:53 AM IST
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Calcutta’s new chromosome: Blueprint for Bengal
May 15, 2026, 9:50 AM IST
Sixty years of leftism & quasi-leftism killed the city & state’s economic vitality. But a revival isn’t hard. Policy needs to build on moribund industrial bases & stock exchange. Plus, prioritise learning English A week…
May 15, 2026, 9:50 AM IST
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What austerity?
May 15, 2026, 9:38 AM IST
Video New India doesn’t know what it means. Price signals are a better way to influence its consumption choices Austerity is this week’s buzzword. But if majorities define societies, it’s fair to say India doesn’t…
May 15, 2026, 9:38 AM IST
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NEET not clean
May 15, 2026, 9:36 AM IST
Video It’s inexplicable why edu ministry hasn’t moved to overhaul NTA Nodal testing body NTA has fragility inbuilt. It is not a statutory body, accountability is iffy, it is highly dependent on contractual employees, and…
May 15, 2026, 9:36 AM IST
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The bot and I
May 15, 2026, 9:34 AM IST
AI is making the distinction between man and machine increasingly indistinct To research a column, I tried to access a site that I thought might be helpful. Before the site could open, a message flashed…
May 15, 2026, 9:34 AM IST
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Higher perspectives dissolve contradictions
May 15, 2026, 9:27 AM IST
By Jayant B Dave Astronaut Sunita Williams observed that from space, Earth appears as one, and you do not see man-made borders; you see them only when you return to Earth. Your perspective changes in…
May 15, 2026, 9:27 AM IST
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Sell some acres
May 14, 2026, 9:09 AM IST
Video If ministers have decided to travel in smaller convoys, and bureaucrats are conducting business without logging air miles, we can’t complain. For, frugality is always a virtue – not just in a crisis. As…
May 14, 2026, 9:09 AM IST
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Pricing our way out
May 14, 2026, 8:58 AM IST
Well into the third month of the Iran war, earlier assumptions of a short-lived conflict, have now been negated. Over the past week, even as physical shortages of oil seem to have eased, oil’s price…
May 14, 2026, 8:58 AM IST
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Quad, where art thou?
May 14, 2026, 8:55 AM IST
As Trump begins his highly anticipated summit with Xi today, there’s one aspect of the US-China strategic calculus that comes into sharp focus. The US-India-Japan-Australia quadrilateral dialogue or Quad is, metaphorically speaking, dead in the…
May 14, 2026, 8:55 AM IST
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Let’s go for a ride
May 14, 2026, 8:50 AM IST
Video Carpooling makes a lot of sense – it’s cheaper, greener, and you get the comfort of a car ride without buying one. Yet, it’s simply not taken off in our metros. Yes, intercity ride-sharing…
May 14, 2026, 8:50 AM IST
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Clack, sizzle, repeat
May 14, 2026, 8:46 AM IST
Snob society is now ruled by tile and tawa . In air-kissed exclusion zones, the talk is no longer of shiatsu massages and ethically sourced coffee. Even matcha is no match for mahjong and benne…
May 14, 2026, 8:46 AM IST
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Life & death: Two milestones of a journey
May 14, 2026, 7:39 AM IST
By Aacharya Pragyasagar Human life is a remarkable journey, one that begins with arrival and continues through many transitions. We celebrate birth with joy, yet the mere mention of death fills us with fear, grief,…
May 14, 2026, 7:39 AM IST
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Our seven tolerable sins
May 13, 2026, 7:57 AM IST
We have had time to prepare for the challenges we may face now with the conflict in West Asia. But we didn’t get our house in order. Hopefully, there is still time to do the…
May 13, 2026, 7:57 AM IST
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The act that denies women choice
May 13, 2026, 7:53 AM IST
A pregnant 15-yr-old’s ordeal again underscored the conceptual flaw in our abortion law. MTP law, despite amendments, makes terminating pregnancy an arbitrary process. Everyone has a say, except the woman In 2021, after five decades…
May 13, 2026, 7:53 AM IST
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