The pattern is becoming unmistakable. First it was the RJD–Congress combine in Bihar. Now it is the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. Every time the Opposition senses that its carefully engineered vote banks may not survive a credible verification exercise, the first instinct is not to cooperate with the system but to malign the Election…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the “SPECIAL THOUGHTS” section. The previous article was about Veda. Veda is authorless and therefore unprejudiced. Another point to note here is that if someone had authored the Vedas, it would mean that the…
Last week, what pain is and how pain can be managed, broadly what are the causes of pain and related issues were deliberated. Steps in pain control The first step in managing pain is to do a total pain assessment. Patients are asked to choose a number from 0 to 10 to rank the pain…
Ugrasravas, the revered bard, continued his narration of the Mahabharata, his voice weaving a spell that held the assembled sages in rapt, wordless silence. Amid that sacred gathering, Dharmaja, the son of Dharma, was ever composed—his calm words alone sufficed to cool the blazing impulses of Bhīmasena, fixing his mind within the bounds of time…
Yoga Bhairava Temple is located in Tirupattur in Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu. The temple is located in a peaceful and spiritually rich environment, usually on the outskirts of a town or on a small hill surrounded by trees and natural silence. The calm surroundings make this place ideal for meditation, prayer, and worship of Lord…
MS Shanker Family trips are supposed to create memories. Ours became a saga. Eight of us — my family and my sister’s — landed in Sri Lanka last Sunday, eager to walk the Ramayana trail, to stand where Sita once stayed captive, to trek the mythical caves of Ravana, and to soak in the turquoise…
New Delhi: As many as 338 A320 family aircraft operated by Indian airlines require the software upgrade to address a potential issue related to flight controls, and modifications have been carried out in more than half of the affected fleet, according to DGCA data. Sources told PTI that there are no flight cancellations, but there…
Bengaluru: Seeking to put an end to the raging leadership row involving them, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar on Saturday put up a united front, asserting there were no differences between them and that they would be united in the future as well. At a joint press conference addressed by…
Chennai: Rain triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, which entered the open sea inching towards Tamil Nadu coast, lashed the coastal areas and the Cauvery delta districts on Saturday. A tourist van got stranded in an area marooned near a canal in Ramanthapuram district. The occupants, however, had a providential escape as they managed to step out…
New Delhi: India on Saturday sent a contingent of 80 NDRF rescuers and specialised search dogs to Sri Lanka for undertaking relief and rescue operations in the aftermath of unprecedented floods in the neighbouring country following Cyclone Ditwah, an official spokesperson said. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel have been divided into two teams….
