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Deepening #MeToo: Seed of an Idea

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Toxic femininity and freedom of movement are the two challenges that remain before #MeTooIndia, Indian women and Indian society; also, the world at large. In this six-part essay, Sucheta Dasgupta explains why. This part looks.....

Puppet theatre: The many strategic advantages of having a proxy PM

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The Big Boss and his Aide-in-Chief having a confabulation. Big Boss: I see that those Oppositionwalas who are trying to form a Third Front, or Grand Alliance, or Mahagathbandhan, or whatever they call it, are.....

Stop the sadism: EPCA must scrap the idea of grounding NCR’s non-CNG vehicles

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North Indian cities are struggling with a bad air problem since late October and the Supreme Court appointed environment watchdog EPCA has offered a drastic solution that throws the baby out with the bathwater. EPCA’s.....

‘Ajatashatru’ is no more, can ‘Adamya Chetana’ fill his shoes?

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It’s never civil to discuss filling a position in the event of the incumbent’s death. But politics is not like a flowing river charting its own course but like a water tap needing intervention. In.....

Nitish Kumar falters in his response to the shelter home abuses

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The Supreme Court’s shocked reaction to Bihar police’s inability to trace the whereabouts of ex-cabinet minister Manju Verma will come as an embarrassment to the Nitish Kumar government. The minister had to resign after her.....

Pundit Macron: A warning against the selfishness of nations only looking after their own interests

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Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism, French President Emmanuel Macron said on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. He warned that the “selfishness of nations only looking after their own interests”.....

Arihant to India’s defence: Nuclear triad is now fully operational and provides us with credible strategic deterrence

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Monday, 5 November 2018, was indeed a red letter and historic day in the history of India’s security paradigm when a visibly proud Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the completion of a maiden ‘deterrent patrol’.....

Action plan for imbibing the spirit of fundamental duties

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Should ‘Bharat’ accept the present model of ‘education’ and ‘governance’ or should it focus on requesting academia and faith groups to come together to evolve an action plan to inculcate/imbibe the spirit of “fundamental duties”.....

Finding the idea of ‘India’ in a grocery store

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Am standing in an ‘Indian’ grocery store in New Zealand. It’s the month of Ramadan and the cartons of dates for just $1 each are stacked adjacent to each other. There is a huge banner.....

CAG report has exposed false claims of Chandrababu Naidu government

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The state of Andhra Pradesh faces a herculean task as it tries to emerge from the huge economic blow that was dealt by the bifurcation of the state. While Telangana got a head start, the.....

The Ayodhya dilemma?

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The Ayodhya issue is now on the front burner. Statements from various Sangh parivar leaders questioning the Supreme Court’s decision to defer hearings till January are striking a combative note. Yogi Adityanath’s declaration about building.....

This gun for ire: It appears that one half of America has the other half in its crosshairs

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Gun violence in America is out of control. It has been for some time now, but with 307 mass shootings in the first 311 days of 2018, it is reaching one-a-day average. There are other.....

Strangely ‘Normal’ election: Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh will be voting on issues impacting daily life

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Contrary to the grand narratives being spun out of New Delhi and Lucknow, in the centre of India, made up of the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, people will not be voting on Hindutva.....

How much land does a cat need

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A literary estimate, based on Tolstoy’s story would somewhat be in the vicinity of what the farmer just failed to cover by sunset. To be more accurate on the human side, the amount if the.....

Is India Ready For The Future: A Talk by Raghuram Rajan

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Dear men, there’s no getting away from ‘difficult’ women

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I never thought it would come to this. But it has. Don’t worry. Relax. I am not going to ruin your post-Diwali high by whinging and whining about #MeTooIndia getting prematurely derailed and somewhat missing.....

Making the Army Lean and Mean – Need for a Macro View

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There have been various reports on making Indian Army lean and mean in the media of late. The current Army Chief, too, has been fairly vocal on this subject. No wonder many columnists, with only superficial.....

Rama politics: Does it hold for youth today?

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As the political temperature of India heats up with the Ramajanmabhoomi issue coming to the fore of central politics, the signs of religious polarization haunt the citizens and the dark clouds of social and communal.....

Still suffering nation: Demonetisation was a policy devised in ignorance and implemented with arrogance

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On every count promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016, he failed. Terror funding was not wiped out, fake notes were found to be an exaggerated concern. This was attested to by.....

The woman wave: US poll lessons for liberal parties everywhere

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One fact was crystal clear in the foggy US midterm election results. Wherever Democrats won, the victories were decisively seized by women and people of colour. Around 100 women have made it to the House.....

Long-term View: Diwali pollution curbs’ failure shows why India is poor at dealing with emergencies

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Disappointingly, the Supreme Court restrictions on firecrackers this Diwali were openly flouted in Delhi and the National Capital Region. The apex court’s direction was meant to curb air pollution that peaks during the festival. Only.....

On right track: Pendency and vacancies in judiciary must be mitigated aggressively

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In a welcome move, the Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi held six meetings in 30 days to send proposals to the Centre for the appointment of nine chief justices and 29.....

Science friction!

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February 14, 1996: My sister was yet to turn 5, and I was just about 9 years old and half-a-decade before I heard of Saint Valentine! I still remember that night. I had heard the.....

Blue runs into red: In midterm polls Americans vote for checks and balances in government

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The much anticipated US midterm polls threw up mixed results as Democrats seized control of the House of Representatives but Republicans extended their majority in the Senate. With the Democratic blue wave running into a.....

Believe evidence over gender: On #MeToo, there are lessons for India from the Kavanaugh confirmation

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The #MeToo campaign began as a long overdue effort to call out men abusing positions of power and authority to exploit vulnerable women sexually, but then morphed into some settling of scores for dates gone.....

Second strike: INS Arihant enhances India’s nuclear deterrence vis-à-vis the Pakistan-China combine

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The successful completion of INS Arihant’s first deterrence patrol with live nuclear-tipped missiles signals the operationalisation of India’s long-awaited nuclear triad. With INS Arihant, the country’s first indigenous nuclear submarine, India now has the capability.....

Daddy’s Diwali: How the cola lost the battle against kaju katli and shrikhand-puri

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My first thought on Dhanteras is of my parents ritually handing over binder-fresh copies of their ‘bumper Navroz ank’ to the group of traditionally Gujarati elders who would arrive at our home-cum-printing press on the.....

Avni: A wanton killing

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The killing of Avni has outraged people across the nation because, in a sense, it represents the same senseless violence that appears to have gripped us in recent years. And the politics behind this tragic.....

Bypoll signals: Congress-JD(S) combine puts BJP on notice in Karnataka, stokes tailwinds for opposition unity

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The Congress-JD(S) alliance has achieved a favourable 4-1 verdict in Karnataka bypolls. This should boost its spirits, as well as similar gathbandhans taking shape elsewhere as it indicates they can stare down the BJP poll.....

‘Chhattisgarh is a farmers’ state and they are committing suicide … corruption is a big issue’

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In the forthcoming Chhattisgarh assembly election, the contest will be mainly between Congress and BJP, which has won three consecutive elections. Bhupesh Baghel, Congress chief in the state, talks to Subodh Ghildiyal about the issues.....

An open letter from Yavatmal to #SaveAvni crusaders

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Dear Ma’ams and Sirs, Sadar Pranam. Please don’t ask me my name, as I now know that, as I am not a tiger, it hardly matters to you. I have dared writing to you because.....

A sprinkling of tinkles: Water, water everywhere? But not a drop of difference

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Capital’s air is plumbing new depths of toxicity despite government efforts to clean the particulate matter through techniques such as sprinkling water. We met Dr Pawan Gandagi, highly disregarded scientific adviser to Delhi’s environment ministry: Q:.....

Walking the talk on tourism: India’s 3rd rank in this year’s World Travel & Tourism Council Report shows how far we’ve come

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India is at third place in the new Power Ranking of the 2018 report of World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). It evaluates the performance of 185 countries over a seven-year period (2011-17). Countries were.....

Moolah Matrix: Of symbols from the past & signs of the future

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Rs 3,000 crore; 182 metres, Rs 450 crore; 1,350kg. We’ll get back to these numbers a little later, but do keep them in mind. It was more than five years ago, my early days at.....

The Lure of Teen Patti?

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Come Diwali time, particularly in North India, the ‘taash parties’ get underway with a good degree of seriousness. For some not immediately comprehensible reason, gambling is considered auspicious at this time of the year, and.....

Thain thain: The e-age gave wings ’n’warts, we’ve taken it all. For lungs’ sake, yield to e-crackers too

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For north India – gasping with a bad air day every Diwali – it would be better if the lights and sounds of the festival could receive an electronic form. One certainly hopes e-crackers can.....

You are the light that illumines the world

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By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar The Ramayana has a philosophical, spiritual significance and a deep truth to it. It is an epic story about King Dasharatha, who had three wives. He and one of his.....

As you like it

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It’s cracker time, it’s crackling of a time. As it was to be, India’s biggest festival is always close to Halloween. With the environs, the quality of air, ongoing “swachh” movement, vectors of dengue etc.....

Small little things to make your Diwali a memorable one

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What is your concept of Diwali or for that matter any Indian festival? Beautiful home, gifts, lights, colour, decorations, friends, sweets ..the list is endless. The coming weekend will see the beginning of celebrations with Diwali Mela in every locality......

‘The India of my dreams’ – an eclectic journey of the mind: Part 4

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Part four: Beating the backlog – Reforms in the administration of justice The third area of my dreams, not surprisingly, is the area of legal and judicial reforms. I say this not only because I am.....

1992 and now: How the Ram mandir battle is different

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Hindus, it is said, have an expansive sense of time. To that extent, a Supreme Court decision that, in effect, pushes back any decision on the title suit of the disputed site in Ayodhya to.....

Don’t hail Patel as the Great Unifier, he’s a flawed hero

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On October 31, the world biggest statue, that of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was unveiled in Gujarat to celebrate the birth anniversary of India’s ‘Iron Man’. As home minister in 1947, he helped weld together over.....

Honking- Not OK please

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An issue that just doesn’t get recognized anywhere close to our mainstream narrative. The fate of our nation depends on the collective virtues and mannerism of its citizens. We have lots of brain power, lots.....

Naidu’s capital run: He breaks from the past, embraces Rahul

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Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s back-to-back visits to Delhi have succeeded in keeping opposition unity efforts alive and afloat after the blow dealt by the Congress-BSP failure to unite in three poll-bound north.....

Remember the beautiful people in your life

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By Janina Gomes When you have the time and the inclination to relive your past memories, you will realise suddenly that you did indeed meet and encounter some beautiful people over the years. The encounters.....

The American dream: A racialized myth or reality?

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It will not be an exaggeration to say that the American society is hopelessly divided on the issue of immigration. There is an ongoing polarized debate on the issue of refugees and immigration, propelling the.....

Just think water – Cape Town (South Africa truly African)

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Cape Town is the port city and the second largest city of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of South Africa. Our tour to Cape Town was one of the most memorable visits amongst.....

Porn Ban: A sophisticated approach is needed as banning all pornographic content will never work

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Government’s recent decision to ban 827 pornographic websites once again raises the issue of the state trying to decide what citizens should and shouldn’t watch. The latest move comes in the wake of an Uttarakhand.....

Keep Calm & Adelaide!

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Welcome to the cosmopolitan capital of South Australia- Adelaide. Most tourists, who are on a time crunch on their holiday, give this city a miss. We too would have done the same, had it not.....

Nuclear button: Government can counsel urgency to RBI – but it must forego Section 7

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Reports indicating that government made a reference to Section 7 of the RBI Act – a provision never used till date owing to successive governments respecting central bank autonomy – while seeking the easing of.....

‘Political correctness’ is a straw man: You are either on the side of civic respect, or you are cool with belittling others

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Did you know nitty-gritty was a racially charged word, someone asked me recently. I didn’t. Apparently it has unpleasant origins in a slave ship. To many people, political correctness seems like a tripwire laid across.....

The case of Asiya Bibi and blasphemy in Pakistan

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On October 31, 2018, the Supreme Court in Pakistan gave Asiya Bibi a clean chit and ordered her to be freed. Asiya Bibi became famous as a young Christian woman who was working as a.....

Butterfly spreads that gave butterflies in my stomach

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The only thing I knew about butterfly spreads was that it looked like a butterfly and that, the very mention of it made hundreds of butterflies roam and chatter within my stomach instantaneously. And because.....

Blocking porn websites will not bring down sexual offences, improve law and order instead

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The blocking of 827 porn websites has triggered outrage among many internet users and for good reason. The order was issued by Department of Telecommunications to internet service providers pursuant to an Uttarakhand high court.....

Every breath he took was closer to death for our Anvar, but from his end comes a beginning

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Two years ago, Lucy Kalanithi completed the autobiography of her husband, Paul, diagnosed with terminal lung cancer just after completing 10 rigorous years of training in neurosurgery at Stanford. It told of a searing journey.....

Tourism matters: Here is a road map to putting India on every traveller’s radar

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There are many reasons why tourism matters, and why it’s definitely more than what one would typically imagine while thinking of it as an industry. Tourism brings revenue to the exchequer, creates jobs by way.....

My Gokhale Method Experience

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I have been practicing massage therapy and bodywork for over 19 years. I believe in the value of massage and love my work. But over the years I noticed many clients kept returning with the.....

On Children’s day: Humans, Dogs and Orphans

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On the eve of what I now notice to be Children’s day, I was invited for a dinner by a corporate couple. While I was chatting with the man of the house who had reached.....

La Lee land: Today comic superheroes rule the entire world, young and old

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Legendary superhero comics creator Stan Lee, aged 95, breathed his last on Monday, leaving generations of fans with a heavy heart but oodles of memories. For it was Lee at Marvel Comics who oversaw an.....

‘Rahul Gandhi is good for us … the more foul language he uses, the worse he makes it for himself’

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With political decibel levels rising in crucial bellwether assembly election campaign in five states, ahead of general election in 2019, minister of state for information and broadcasting (independent charge) Rajyavardhan Rathore spoke to Nalin Mehta and Sanjeev Singh on.....

Did Army Chief miss mentioning “internal linkages” on actual terror in Punjab?

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Recently at a seminar in Delhi Army chief General Bipin Rawat said that attempts were being made through “external linkages” to “revive insurgency” in Punjab. “Let us not think that Punjab (situation) is over. We.....

India, Patel and Nehru

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Writing about Vallabhai Patel in May 1959 President Rajendra Prasad said, ‘that there is today an India to think and talk about is very largely due to Sardar Patel’s statesmanship and firm administration.’ His biographer.....

Drink while you pray or pray while you drink?

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By Uma Ram and KS Ram In the Supreme Court recently, this teaser came up during the hearing of a review petition. The lawyer was trying to impress upon the court that a wrong question.....

Maharaja mess: Air India gave oversight of safety to a pilot who put passenger lives at risk. This is unacceptable

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Air India’s internal checks and balances merit a thorough overhaul after revelations that the public carrier promoted a pilot to a responsible supervisory position during the period that his flying licence was under suspension for.....

Serial entrepreneurs and investors raise $250 million

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Raising more than $250 million is not easy. Neither is starting and selling three businesses. Especially as an immigrant. Born in Maharashtra and grown up in Hyderabad, Mirza Baig and his family moved to the.....

Add some spice to your life!

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For centuries herbs and spices have been used in foods. A herb is a friend of a physicians & praise of cooks as said by Charlemagne. Fat, Sugar & Salt Reduction Tips Herbs & spices.....

BS Stage VI norms: Time is ripe for implementing solutions; as rises the pollution

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For Delhites, paying annual homage to the cause of air pollution has become the norm. Year after year, deaths have been on the rise. Delhi is notoriously known to house overlapping roads, congesting vehicular traffic,.....

Crisis deepens: Dissolution of Sri Lankan parliament subverts democracy on the island nation

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Plunging Sri Lanka further into a political crisis, President Maithripala Sirisena has taken the controversial decision of dissolving the island nation’s parliament. This comes after he sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed former president.....

Evolve to be the best that you can be

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By Daaji When you wish to excel at anything in life, you will constantly strive for continuous improvement in your chosen field. And that is evolution. So what do we mean by evolution? In science,.....

RBI’s act of salvation: Too little too late

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“Crying foul on the Hurricane shall not provide Salvation, The preparation and action to save human life will! For the intent and action would always matter to God than the mere Cry!!” The Reserve Bank.....

Strategic lessons for India from China

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Mr Shyam Saran, former foreign secretary has made an interesting revelation that foreign polices of PMs, Vajpayee and Manmohan, broadly followed common cardinal principles. The most defining one has been our abiding yearn for strategic.....

Honey, we’ve shrunk the kids but our statues are taller

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11.45 am I am making insecticide by mixing sugar powder with boric acid when my nani calls, ‘Biren Bhai is arriving from Surat today. Send the driver to fetch your uncle from the station.’ ‘Nani,.....

The liberals will whine but what do the faithful make of the Modi era?

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As the term of this government winds down, I wonder what his supporters make of the Prime Minister’s performance. Now I don’t mean traditional voters of his party, who back it for reasons of Hindutva.....

The forthcoming elections – more questions than answers

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The BJP has lost one more seat in Bellary and the Congress has already blown the winning trumpet of the incredible leadership their “young” leader is providing to the nation! While the BJP will go.....

Know your position in the river of being

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By Thich Nhat Hanh Touching the earth may look like a ritual, but it is not necessarily a ritual. There are times when you lie down flat on the earth and you surrender everything. The.....

After Prayagraj, Patliputra? 2019 general election may be imminent but that’s no excuse to lose our sense of balance

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The celebrated writer and intellectual, the late UR Ananthamurthy, used to quip that, for the ordinary Kannadiga, the hue and cry over the change of name of Bangalore to Bengaluru didn’t make any sense at.....

Begin now and arrive tomorrow

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Life is not short; it’s finite. It is our responsibility to make our life meaningful, fun and exciting. I have learned that one should never allow three specific things to take charge of your life......

#MeToo: Prevention is better than cure

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The first time the term sexual harassment emerged was in the mid-1970s when the New York Times in 1975 ran a story with the headline ‘Women begin to speak out against sexual harassment at work’......

Avni is not a national crisis, but #SaveAvni brigade is

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I am staring at a Facebook post with an image of a cute little tiger cub with a bold statement at the bottom “YOU KILLED MY MOMMA”. It is an image pressing all the right.....

Align yourself with the universal life force

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By Pulkit Sharma The epidemic of ‘more’ is looming large over the world – we are struggling to fulfil our endless desires, taxing our bodies and minds, turning them into machines and pressurising others to.....

Happy birthdata: Thanks to computers, more and more total strangers know more and more about our personal details

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The other week i observed my birthday. After a while you stop celebrating your own birthdays; you observe them, generally with an air of wry resignation. Anyway, i received a lot of birthday greetings, which.....

America votes, Democrats win, Trump still claims victory

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Pollsters got this one right. Democrats have taken back control of the House of Representatives while Republicans have consolidated their majority in the Senate. Billed as the weightiest mid-term election of recent times, it brings.....

125 years of Swami Vivekananda in the West

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By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan As the seventh convention of the Parliament of World’s Religions unfolds in Toronto, Canada, i am reminded of the first time the 29-year-old Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) took to stage at the Parliament.....

High stakes election in Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia is in prison, but BNP is in position to challenge ruling Awami League

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Accused of no fewer than 37 alleged criminal misdeeds, ranging from illegal parking of funds to attempted assassination of Sheikh Hasina, her bete noire, Begum Khaleda Zia – undisputed leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).....

Pollution in Delhi and how we can reduce it

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The trouble with pollution in the national capital is that it happens every winter and all that is done is political mudslinging while millions suffer. While the Supreme Court has given order to get 40.....

Nehruvian NDA? Government attempts to give directions to RBI recall Nehru’s command and control style

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It is common among BJP circles to debunk the Nehru-Gandhis and hold them responsible for most failings of the Indian republic, accompanied by wistful imaginings of how much better off India would have been if.....

Lord Ram vs ballot box: The Ram mandir chant may no longer be a political firecracker

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On Diwali day Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya, and the city dressed up to welcome the victorious king, lamps and lights signifying hope, optimism and joy. Ram is maryada purushottam – the perfect man. Yet.....

Why journalists’ safety matters: Solemn appeal for an International Pledge on Information and Democracy

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By Shirin Ebadi, Christophe Deloire, Abdou Diouf, Ann-Marie Lipinski, Navi Pillay, Maria Ressa, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Mario Vargas Llosa and all the other members of the Information and Democracy Commission In the spirit of.....

Riding a tiger: Ratcheting up temple politics won’t help BJP, focus on development

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For most Indians improvement of their lives and livelihoods matters most, not giving vent to religious passions and anarchy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi correctly gauged the country’s pulse when he called for “sabka saath, sabka.....

Aswatthama is dead. Now, will they kill the neutrino observatory project?

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In a crucial phase of the Mahabharata war, when Drona mounted a fierce attack on the Pandavas, Krishna schemed to use Drona’s son Aswatthama’s name to dishearten the warrior guru. Accordingly, Bhima killed an elephant.....

Ayodhya theatre: Union mantris should stop stirring anarchy on mandir

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One Union minister, Giriraj Singh, says that no power in the world can stop the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. Another Union minister, Uma Bharti, says (threateningly?) that Hindus could become “intolerant” if there.....

Choppy waters: Pursue economic reforms to withstand external turbulence

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In what can be described as a double whammy for India, restrictions over import of oil from Iran are set to kick in today, even as the US has withdrawn duty-free concessions under the Generalised.....

Tighten your seat belts: US sanctions on Iran kick in today, it’s going to be a rough ride ahead

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November is not a kind month. On 5 November 1605 Guy Fawkes tried to blow up British Houses of Parliament, provoking the 17th century rhyme that kids in Britain still recite as they dance around.....