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A Bullion Dollar Baby (21 November 12:05) |
| Left holding it, do we chase gold or greenback? |
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God had no hand in this (21 November 12:04) |
| This is one for the ages: Can a sportsperson be truly pleased with success achieved through underhand means?
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He doesnt roar but mews (21 November 12:04) |
| For three decades Bal Thackeray has ranted about one issue or the other with dollops of coarse humour to the delight of his flock and the wrath of his detractors.
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To Maharashtra With Love (21 November 12:04) |
| The politics of identity playing out in the state cannot be cast in black and white
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Purify With Practice (21 November 12:02) |
| Offer to Me all your works and rest your mind on the Supreme... |
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Blame the ref not the player (21 November 12:00) |
| A handball helps France qualify for 2010 World Cup |
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Cosmic Rays Of Healing Light (21 November 12:00) |
| Rainbow healing is an ancient method that heals the physical body, and improves emotional and mental health. |
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What We Really Need Is Lots of Love (20 November 12:00) |
| We sometimes think: why are we so greedy for land and property, why are we motivated by political desires? Sometimes it's hard to love like this. |
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Agenda In America (20 November 12:00) |
| New Delhi must avoid high decibel emotionalism in its dealings with the US and China. It must focus instead on matters of vital interest and concern to India. And it must do so with a discre... |
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Invest In The Future (20 November 12:00) |
| A child growing up in India today can aspire to be an astronaut sending rockets into space, a cricket batting legend, a government minister, a Bollywood film star or a teacher set to inspire... |
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We make great ideas available to millions of people (20 November 12:00) |
| TED Conference, an annual 4-day residential conclave devoted to "ideas worth spreading", which concluded in Mysore recently, was held for the first time in India. Chris Anderson, curator of ... |
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Da Vinci Koda (20 November 12:00) |
| Dan Brown's sensational new book is about the greatest mystery of all times and climes: what happens to all the money that gets unearthed in Indian scams? |
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Men Of Letters (20 November 12:00) |
| I badly needed to clear my clutter from bookshelves, attic and several suitcases. Cleaning up meant throwing away tomes of thesauri and travel books and disposing of hundreds of letters and ... |
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Think Positive (20 November 12:00) |
| Waters from many rivers continually flow into the ocean but the ocean never overfills. In a like manner, desires and attachments constantly flow into the mind of the Illuminated One, but he ... |
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Use Your Desires To Evolve Consciously (19 November 12:00) |
| Tantra says you have to accept yourself as you are - do not restrain, just accept, but be aware and you will transcend.' Yoga promotes restraint. Both ways are acceptable.
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If later why not now (19 November 12:00) |
| There is no need to wait for a few years down the line to induct women into combat streams in the air force. If the IAF is serious about removing this barrier, then it can just as easily mov... |
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Highway To Hell (19 November 12:00) |
| Sometimes in life you get hit by a moment of empathy. I had one a few weeks ago. It happened while I was standing by the six-lane super-highway that circles Delhi.
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Its Not In The Name (19 November 12:00) |
| If you've ever wondered why Starbucks has such a ridiculous name, it's probably because the owners were overcome with nostalgic memories of all the coffee they imbibed writing papers on Herm... |
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Thaw In The Valley (19 November 12:00) |
| Union home minister P Chidambaram had hinted some weeks ago that the government wanted to discuss Kashmir with the concerned parties outside the glare of media.
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The tiger bites a lion (19 November 12:00) |
| If you are called Maharashtra year in and year out, then the delusion of grandeur must get embedded in your DNA. So Thackeray senior got his saffron silk dhoti in a twist over Sachin-baba's ... |
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Delight In Sharing (19 November 12:00) |
| Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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No Need To Panic (19 November 12:00) |
| The mention of India and Pakistan in the US-China joint statement issued during US president Barack Obama's trip to China has sent alarm bells ringing in New Delhi. |
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One step at a time (19 November 12:00) |
| Once inducted, women pilots will have to be battle-ready at all times. They will not be flying only peace-time sorties. They can be called to duty in times of conflict and will be expected t... |
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I wish we had had a third meeting with the PM (18 November 12:28) |
| Abdul Gani Bhat is former chairman of the Hurriyat Conference. Humra Quraishi spoke to him in the light of reports that the Union government has initiated talks with separatist groups from J... |
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Many Paths One Goal (18 November 12:00) |
| Truth is one, sages call it by different names. |
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Hit Wicket (18 November 12:00) |
| Bal Thackeray has made a mistake by taking on Sachin
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More Hot Air (18 November 12:00) |
| There'll be no binding climate change deal at Copenhagen
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Homage hatred (18 November 12:00) |
| In the countrywide chorus of homage that went up to felicitate Sachin Tendulkar on his triumphal completion of 20 years in the arena of international cricket, one sour note was struck: Shiv ... |
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Lift The Veil Of Secrecy (18 November 12:00) |
| Rarely has the judiciary grabbed headlines as in the recent past. And that too for mostly the wrong reasons.
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A Brighter Tomorrow (18 November 12:00) |
| Knowledge, education and employment; it is fascinating how these three are intertwined Gaining knowledge has been a coveted aim in India. |
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Unlock Your Energies Through Yoga (18 November 12:00) |
| When we say 'yoga', for many of you it might mean some impossible physical postures. Yoga means to be in perfect tune. When you are in yoga, your body, mind and spirit, and existence, are in... |
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I believe I Cant Fly (17 November 12:00) |
| I have travelled by airplane a number of times, but that doesn't work to my advantage when it comes to maintaining my composure during flying. I cling on for dear life from boarding to landi... |
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Highbrow bias against Blyton (17 November 12:00) |
| Generations of children have grown up reading and loving a range of books written by Enid Blyton. It's almost staple growing-up material in many English-speaking societies. |
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Long Way To Go (17 November 12:00) |
| Just like last year, India has ranked abysmally low in the 2009 gender gap survey conducted by the World Economic Forum. Indeed, India slipped one position to 114 out of 134 countries. |
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Loving Detachment (17 November 12:00) |
| Truly wise is he who is unstirred by praise or blame, by love or hatred He is not moved by the opposites of life... |
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Its just too much (17 November 12:00) |
| The recession may have hurt them and toned down their extravagance a bit, but the USA is still a nation that consumes more and lives a richer, more flamboyant lifestyle than any other nation... |
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The Healing Touch Of True Spirituality (17 November 12:00) |
| The message of the Bible is - be virtuous and you will attain the kingdom of heaven... |
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No denying shes shallow (17 November 12:00) |
| The problem with die-hard fans of best-selling writers is that they seem blind to the distinction between popularity and merit. Blyton's work is entertainment; it isn't literature. |
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Consensus Cant Be Forced (17 November 12:00) |
| If some of the popular writing in the western media is to be believed, India's intransigent approach to climate change is all that stands between apocalypse and a happy global consensus on t... |
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Dilli Chalo (17 November 12:00) |
| The emergence of Nitin Gadkari as the front-runner to replace Rajnath Singh as the BJP's national president says a lot about the state of affairs in that party. |
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Room For More (16 November 12:00) |
| There's scope for broad-basing India-Australia ties. |
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Apocalypse once more (16 November 12:00) |
| A lot of people are worrying about the world coming to an end in 2012. Bummer. I thought we'd gotten over all that in 2000. |
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Matter Is Myth In Divine Oneness (16 November 12:00) |
| Almost all religions refer to the oneness of God. Prophets and gurus stress this trait of God in their scriptures where oneness appears as the precursor of all other traits of the Divine, su... |
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Look To The Future (16 November 12:00) |
| Use the proliferation incident to engage China on Pakistan. |
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Incredible India Indeed (16 November 12:00) |
| The gap between the privileged and the rest is criminal. |
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Indian aviation history has remained only in memories (16 November 12:00) |
| She is probably the only woman aviation historian in India. Having felt the exhilaration of flying, Anuradha Reddy knew her calling early in life. Her personal connect with planes, airfields... |
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Believe It Or Not (16 November 12:00) |
| Before take-off for Goa, my blond neighbour helped fasten my seatbelt. We got to talking, and he peered at my visiting card, said my first name rang a bell. |
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Dumb and dumber (14 November 12:00) |
| Some academics are now all for the use of video games to get students interested in history. They are advocating mixing fun with facts to make the subject often considered fuddy duddy, espec... |
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Make history sexy (14 November 12:00) |
| Video games can be a great tool to hook youngsters. The popularity of the gaming industry rivals that of Hollywood's, and some of the more popular games beat the big Hollywood blockbusters h... |
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Freedoms Not Just Another Word (14 November 12:00) |
| Let's remember what we learned from the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
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