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Can money fill the vacuum in life?
February 13, 2015, 7:00 AM IST
Yesterday a bright management student visited me. He wanted to discuss his career options. From his discussion, I realized that he wanted to be an entrepreneur. However his concern was money and wealth. He wanted…
February 13, 2015, 7:00 AM IST
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All Winners and Losers
February 11, 2015, 5:28 AM IST
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Winning and losing are a common phenomenon in politics. During the era of kings, the equation was clearly that of winners and losers. But in a democracy, no one is a…
February 11, 2015, 5:28 AM IST
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Juicin’ the Noggin!
February 6, 2015, 6:16 AM IST
By Vithal C Nadkarni Those who just don’t get it are often mocked as ‘tubelights’. Like faulty fluorescent tubes, their skull boxes light up late; or not at all. Now, going by recent research reports,…
February 6, 2015, 6:16 AM IST
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The truth plane
February 5, 2015, 5:58 AM IST
By Chander Gupta With the expansion of civil aviation and growth in incomes, the proclivity for air travel is percolating down the economic strata of our society. The other day, an acquaintance was bemoaning that…
February 5, 2015, 5:58 AM IST
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As good as it gets
February 4, 2015, 6:19 AM IST
By Mukul Sharma For a long time, science has been telling us that our human genealogy is basically red in tooth and claw. That just a scrape below the thin patina of social relationships is…
February 4, 2015, 6:19 AM IST
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Let’s go on a Tiger safari
February 3, 2015, 5:42 AM IST
By Sonal Srivastava India is home to 70% of the world’s tigers. The 2014 tiger census found that the number of tigers in the country has gone up from 1,706 to 2,226. This is great…
February 3, 2015, 5:42 AM IST
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Faith for Atheists
February 2, 2015, 6:48 AM IST
By Vithal C Nadkarni “In a world beset by fundamentalists of believing and secular varieties, it must be possible to balance with a rejection of religious faith a selective reverence for religious rituals and concepts,”…
February 2, 2015, 6:48 AM IST
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Time to Change
January 30, 2015, 4:04 AM IST
By VITHAL C NADKARNI Recently, at a party, a friend said he found your columnist to be almost unrecognisably changed. “That could be the crew cut,” this Spiritual Atheist replied. One does not need a…
January 30, 2015, 4:04 AM IST
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A Nostalgic Experience
January 29, 2015, 4:37 AM IST
By MASHA HASSAN Ever since I began using a Kindle, I found that I did not have to carry fat books in my bag with bookmarks and tea stains. I was hooked. But on a…
January 29, 2015, 4:37 AM IST
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End of Times
January 28, 2015, 2:48 AM IST
By MUKUL SHARMA Speaking on Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages characterised by impiety, violence and decay, the Vishnu Purana says, “Social status depends not upon your accomplishments, but in the ownership of…
January 28, 2015, 2:48 AM IST
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Was Charles Darwin a Believer?
January 27, 2015, 2:31 AM IST
By NARAYANI GANESH Was Charles Darwin a closet Buddhist, I ask gingerly. I was in conversation with his great-great-granddaughter, Ruth Padel, a participant at the Jaipur Literature Festival. She had just concluded a session on…
January 27, 2015, 2:31 AM IST
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Burp or Brahman
January 26, 2015, 1:57 AM IST
By VITHAL C NADKARNI When he said an army marches on its stomach, Napoleon Bonaparte was not being cute. But does his moral — no victory without victuals — apply to matters of the soul…
January 26, 2015, 1:57 AM IST
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Blooms sting
January 23, 2015, 1:43 AM IST
By Vithal C Nadkarni Raat Ki Rani is in full bloom. Its overpowering perfume is a constant reminder of why this cousin of chillies and potatoes is universally called Queen of the Night. But the…
January 23, 2015, 1:43 AM IST
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Go on, try! Be headless
January 22, 2015, 6:21 AM IST
Osho The first point: try to be headless. Visualise yourself as headless; move headlessly. It sounds absurd, but it is one of the most important exercises. In the beginning, it will be only “as if…
January 22, 2015, 6:21 AM IST
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Do we need a censor board?
January 21, 2015, 9:15 AM IST
Till a few weeks back I thought MSG was monosodium glutamate, the food additive best known as Ajinomoto. Some love it. Others call it dangerous, a health hazard. Once a standard ingredient in all Chinese…
January 21, 2015, 9:15 AM IST
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Kaptan’s Karamat
January 12, 2015, 2:40 AM IST
By Vithal C Nadkarni Chumbak Mani, translated as the ‘jewel that attracts’, is said to be Sanskrit for a semiconductor/magnet that, by some accounts, was a vital component of ancient Indian aviators’ inventory. Your columnist…
January 12, 2015, 2:40 AM IST
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Dams as Temples
January 9, 2015, 4:58 AM IST
By Vithal C Nadkarni The rickshaw driver starts chatting about matters of faith when he is ferrying a large idol of Shiva for your columnist. We are taking it to have it photographed in a…
January 9, 2015, 4:58 AM IST
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Food for Thought
January 7, 2015, 4:47 AM IST
By Prakash Shesh Edibles ritually offered to God are not being offered because He is hungry, but primarily for the bliss that the devotee experiences when he eats and distributes the prasad – his own…
January 7, 2015, 4:47 AM IST
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I am a proud Hindu and I am not ashamed
January 6, 2015, 8:04 AM IST
You will not find me adorned in saffron and shouting hoarse in a crowded market place or at a public gathering that I am a proud Hindu. Neither will you hear me speak of the…
January 6, 2015, 8:04 AM IST
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The Song Celestial
December 29, 2014, 6:52 AM IST
Vithal C Nadkarni Your columnist first learnt about Kitabiyas, or ‘People of the Book’, at law school. They belonged to Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Sikhism. All of them had to swear by a single religious…
December 29, 2014, 6:52 AM IST
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