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The inner battle between mind and intellect

By Jaya Row The Gita is not just a scripture of bygone ages; it is a scientific manual that helps manage the most sophisticated equipment known to humankind – the inner personality. It enables you to attain the three things every person longs for: material success, inner happiness, and growth to your potential. Prosperity and…

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 Tara’s dream

“Where are you going? I won’t let you leave the house!” a beautiful woman in her mid-twenties tried to stop her husband from leaving their home perhaps forever. Her alertness in the middle of the night was a sign that she had already sensed the storm that was about to uproot her life. The family…

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Lakshmi on the move

Migration of superrich is as natural as that of skilled people. For them, passport is just an I-card When France proposed a 75% super tax on millionaires in 2012, actor Gerard Depardieu promptly became a citizen of Russia, drawn by its 13% tax rate. Britain’s rich are acting on a similar impulse now. Reports say…

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The trauma that we don’t speak about

If childhood is supposed to be a garden filled with colourful flowers, then let me tell you, I had a weed in mine. A towering, thorny, poison-ivy kind of weed that answered to the name Ms. Fernandez. She taught English, but honestly, she specialised in Advanced Trauma and Applied Sadism, sixth-grade edition. I was in…

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The trauma that we don’t speak about

If childhood is supposed to be a garden filled with colourful flowers, then let me tell you, I had a weed in mine. A towering, thorny, poison-ivy kind of weed that answered to the name Ms. Fernandez. She taught English, but honestly, she specialised in Advanced Trauma and Applied Sadism, sixth-grade edition. I was in…

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Transcending the mind’s soap opera

The mind is engaged in the outside world all the time, and it is rarely turned inward. From the moment your eyes open in the morning, you are caught up in all that you see, smell, hear, touch, and taste, engaged in the activities of the senses. When you go to sleep and dream, you…

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Consistency isn’t magic — it’s math

A few years ago, a little online puzzle called Wordle unexpectedly became a global ritual. Even if you never played it, you probably saw those green-and-yellow grids everyone kept sharing. The puzzle itself was simple—guess a five-letter word—but what really hooked people was something even simpler: the streak. The quiet satisfaction of showing up today…

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Women at the heart of India’s silent health crisis

On World Diabetes Day, experts spotlight how diabetes affects Indian women differently — from pregnancy risks to social neglect and health inequality An Indian woman testing her blood sugar at home — symbolising awareness and empowerment (AI Image: Gemini) Every November 14, the world observes World Diabetes Day, a global call to action against one…

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Through the looking glass

“Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” The question remains the same ..and the answer that the Magic Mirror gave to the haughty, self-obsessed queen in the SnowWhite tale that repeatedly assured her of being the fairest, is what we all expect to hear even today. Time has not changed this…

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Life & its crutches

When the effects of the tablet transform the sharp jabbing sensation in your hip into a dull ache, you know that in a while you will be able to sleep, and hopefully in the morning the pain will leave you alone. It often does, but then if it persists, you have no choice but to…

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