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Make mandirs, feel good, make money
January 19, 2024, 8:41 AM IST
Ramjanmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya is all set to be dedicated on January 22. Religious and cultural significance of this event is enough to mark it out as a major event in the long history of…
January 19, 2024, 8:41 AM IST
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Tit for tat, that’s that: Iran & Pakistan, self-styled homes of Shia & Sunni Islamism and violence exporters, have bombed bits of each other
January 19, 2024, 8:34 AM IST
Iranian forces attacked what they call militant camps in Pakistan. Pakistan retaliated. With two serious conflicts already ongoing, one each in Europe and West Asia, the pressing question is whether yet another war is now…
January 19, 2024, 8:34 AM IST
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Priceless rupee: In a remote monastery in Tibet I discovered the money that money can’t buy
January 19, 2024, 8:25 AM IST
A Kathmandu-based friend who ran a travel agency had organised a trip to Tibet for Bunny and me. It was 1994 and till recently Tibet had been the Forbidden Land for foreigners. When our passports…
January 19, 2024, 8:25 AM IST
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Taught, but thought? Latest survey of rural education again shows India’s demographic advantage isn’t a sure thing
January 19, 2024, 8:19 AM IST
ASER (Annual Status of Education Report), which provides a snapshot of schooling in rural India, focused on children in the 14-18 age bracket for its 2023 edition. In India, this is the secondary stage. ASER…
January 19, 2024, 8:19 AM IST
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Chess with bombs: A short attempt to explain the infernally complex & deadly chessboard of West Asia
January 19, 2024, 8:06 AM IST
Tensions in West Asia turned up a notch with Pakistan attacking alleged Baloch separatists inside Iran. This comes after Iran earlier this week attacked Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl in Pakistan’s Balochistan. Tehran also launched…
January 19, 2024, 8:06 AM IST
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Match the wavelength, flow like a stream
January 19, 2024, 7:59 AM IST
By- Arup Mitra In the Indic tradition of spiritual and cultural pursuits, classical music and dance play a pivotal role in exploring the depth of one’s existence, offering unconditional joy to rejuvenate life thoroughly. The…
January 19, 2024, 7:59 AM IST
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How Bilkis’s struggle became an everywoman story
January 16, 2024, 8:48 AM IST
By quashing an earlier order of Gujarat government that allowed 11 rapists and murderers sentenced to life imprisonment to walk free, Supreme Court has done more than restore justice in an individual case. It has…
January 16, 2024, 8:48 AM IST
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Red Sea & ship of state: US-led strikes won’t stop Houthi attacks on ships. GOI should prepare for trade disruptions
January 16, 2024, 8:25 AM IST
The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, fittingly named Gate of Tears in Arabic, is a vital trade link between the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean through Red Sea and Suez Canal. A mere 26 km-wide at its slimmest, it…
January 16, 2024, 8:25 AM IST
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What are you saying? Punjabi is for dancing, Gujarati is for dhanda
January 16, 2024, 8:18 AM IST
Non-Indians might think that all Indians suffer from multiple personality disorder. That all of us are not just Jekyll-and-Hyde, but Jekyll-and-Hyde-and-his-cujjin-brother as well. The reason is that most Indians speak two or more languages. We…
January 16, 2024, 8:18 AM IST
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Second class: Autonomy in decision-making for Indian women is a rare privilege. Blame our social structure
January 16, 2024, 8:07 AM IST
That it’s a disadvantage to be a woman in India in general is no secret. It’s also a subject widely discussed by pundits but there are always questions about the extent of disadvantage. A recent…
January 16, 2024, 8:07 AM IST
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Iran, also ran: Jaishankar’s visit is useful. But New Delhi’s key interests in West Asia don’t now include Tehran
January 16, 2024, 7:52 AM IST
Foreign minister Jaishankar’s parleys with the Iranian leadership yesterday indicate a willingness to revive Indian interests in the Islamic republic. That Jaishankar began his trip by meeting the Iranian roads and urban development minister –…
January 16, 2024, 7:52 AM IST
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Of Sun, science and sacred flames
January 16, 2024, 7:47 AM IST
By- Vijay Vancheswar Spiritual texts extol and use the fire as a sacred symbol. Fire is called Agni in Sanskrit. It is also called Dhuni. As light dispels darkness, so does fire. Fire synthesises the…
January 16, 2024, 7:47 AM IST
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US strikes may not be hitting home in Iran: Washington’s attack won’t deter Houthi rebels
January 13, 2024, 9:10 AM IST
On the surface, from an Israeli, regional, and even global perspective, US-led attacks in Yemen could be the first sign of further deterioration in West Asia’s security situation. Americans and the British, together with partners,…
January 13, 2024, 9:10 AM IST
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Inclusive Hinduism…in Indonesia
January 13, 2024, 9:02 AM IST
Culture is a constant, generally, but migration opens an opportunity to change. A fascinating example is Hinduism in Indonesia that south Indian traders brought to the archipelago around the first century CE. It is delightfully…
January 13, 2024, 9:02 AM IST
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Should the rich be social benefactors?
January 13, 2024, 8:44 AM IST
Being rich is not an absolute measure of wealth, but a relative one. It is not a sign of abundance, but of inequality. This is why there has been a lingering discomfort about wealth, argues…
January 13, 2024, 8:44 AM IST
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Clean up your act: Swachh index has the dirt on our municipalities
January 13, 2024, 8:34 AM IST
Swachh survey of city cleanliness merits close reading. It isn’t so much about rankings, though competition may spur action, but about the big-picture review it provides of urban local body (ULB) performance. Measures | Cleanliness, city…
January 13, 2024, 8:34 AM IST
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Red Sea, code red: US action on Houthis needed & risky. Question for India
January 13, 2024, 8:26 AM IST
Strikes unleashed on Houthi targets in Yemen by a US-led coalition were predictable. Earlier, they had issued an ultimatum to Houthis to stop attacking commercial vessels using the Red Sea route. Their warnings were ignored…
January 13, 2024, 8:26 AM IST
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Divine acts in us when we act in the divine
January 13, 2024, 8:19 AM IST
By- Sri Sankar Prasad Mitra A mortal being can never be the ‘guru’ of another mortal being. Amiya Roy Chowdhury, affectionately called Dadaji, emphatically discards the ‘gurubad’ prevalent in the country, and says that God…
January 13, 2024, 8:19 AM IST
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Can everyone linked by AI say, I am AI?
January 11, 2024, 8:35 AM IST
AI is like a collective human mind force. All who have access to it are equally empowered. It is the kind of equality that is the hallmark of spirituality In Ex Machina, there’s a much-talked-about…
January 11, 2024, 8:35 AM IST
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Voter, not Narwekar, is Kingmaker
January 11, 2024, 8:30 AM IST
Maharashtra speaker’s ruling won’t change state’s political dynamics. BJP is in pole position electorally but Congress is in the game, provided it makes nice with allies who are also competitors Maharashtrian politics was once famed…
January 11, 2024, 8:30 AM IST
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