The road to the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election is anything but predictable. For decades, the state’s politics has revolved around the alternating dominance of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). In 2021, the DMK stormed back to power, winning 133 seats on its own and 159 along…
Mahat can also be referred to as macro intellect, contrary to micro intellect. Microcosm is the individual, and macrocosm is the totality. Microcosm has no existence without the macrocosm. It is the total mind and intellect around us, and we are influenced by the thoughts of the totality. If you are in an environment that…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the www.special thoughts section. Continuing with the hierarchy of Devata-s, let’s look at the venerable Jeevaatma in Level 14. Naarada As explained before, the syllable “Ru” stands for Truth, Fact, Reality. The…
According to the resolve of the Kuru assembly, Prince Duryodhana shaped his design to seize the cattle of the Matsya king. He commanded that before word of this enterprise reached the agents of Virata, the Kuru forces must advance; on the waning moon’s eighth day, Susarma would overpower the cowherds, and on the ninth day…
Navapashanam Murugan Temple is located in Hasthinapuram near Chromepet in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The temple is situated in a quiet residential locality and can be easily reached from Chromepet railway station, which is about 1–1.5 km away. Though the temple is situated in a narrow street with simple surroundings, it attracts many devotees due to…
Prayagraj (UP): A special POCSO court here on Saturday ordered the Jhunsi Police Station SHO to register an FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati to investigate allegations of sexual abuse of boys. Last week, the court of Special Judge (POCSO Act) Vinod Kumar Chaurasia reserved its decision on an application filed by Ashutosh Brahmachari Maharaj and…
Mumbai: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha’s signature “Khamosh” dialogue is “exclusively associated” with his persona, the Bombay High Court has said while prohibiting the use of his name, images and other personal attributes to create online content without his consent. In an interim order passed on a petition filed by Sinha, Justice Sharmila Deshmukh on February 16…
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said Naxalism would be eliminated from the country by the March 31 deadline set by the government. Addressing the 87th CRPF Day Parade here, the first ever in the northeast, Shah said the force played an important role in Jammu and Kashmir, where the number of stone-pelting…
Pune: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers confronted Congress activists in Pune while protesting against Congress leader Harshwardhan Sapkal’s remarks equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan, with the Opposition party alleging stone pelting during the agitation on Sunday, February 16. Joint Commissioner of Police Ranjan Kumar Sharma told reporters that three Congress workers, two BJP…
New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday launched a blistering attack on the Congress, alleging that the party has committed a “big sin” against the country by deploying its youth wing workers to hold a protest at the India AI Impact Summit. Terming the protest as “shameful”, Rijiju alleged that Congress youth wing’s protest…
