Bengal: VHP's Durga Puja 'guidelines' spark meat sale debate
The Siasat Dailyby Indo-Asian News Service·29 Aug 2026
New Delhi: A set of guidelines issued by the right-wing outfit Vishva Hindu Parishad on Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal has triggered a political debate, with leaders from the JD(U)...
Nepal flash floods: When the Himalayas bled...
The South Firstby Ashutosh Kumar Thakur·29 Aug 2026
Synopsis: A disaster like Nepal’s changes not only the physical landscape. It changes the geography within a person. The distance between home and fear becomes smaller.
Therapy Has a Relationship Problem
Timeby David H. Rosmarin·29 Aug 2026
Some relationships need to end. Years ago, I treated a woman whose husband was deliberately trying to drive her toward suicide while attempting to extract money from her family.
[OPINION] Faith in the Footprints: How the youth today see religion, values, morality
Rapplerby Robert Z. Cortes·29 Aug 2026
AT A GLANCE - The Footprints Project conducted a comprehensive study on youth beliefs about God and religion, surveying 4,889 young people across eight countries.
Dire Strait: Why Economic Threats Might Escalate the War in Iran
Timeby Hamidreza Azizi·29 Aug 2026
Six months into the war between the United States and Iran, President Donald Trump has turned to economic warfare to force the country into submission and threatened an “Economic D-Day” against...
[Book Review] The People's Sanctum: 100 year struggle to democratize temples in India
Bar and Benchby MF Philip·29 Aug 2026
In his debut book The People's Sanctum (Penguin, 2026), Manuraj Shanmughasundaram traces a century-long struggle of the depressed classes in South India, from the fight for road access around...
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Buenos Aires Timesby Michael Soltys·29 Aug 2026
Earlier this month, this column bemoaned the “electoral obsession disorder” plaguing most political and economic debate 14 months ahead of the event and the speculation is indeed absurdly premature...
Why Perfil is fighting OpenAI and Microsoft over theft of journalistic content to feed their AI
Buenos Aires Timesby Agustino Fontevecchia·29 Aug 2026
The sudden explosion of artificial intelligence is a sign of our times. In just a few years, platforms like ChatGPT and Claude went from being these curious, techie tools used by nerds and early...
The history of the New York Irish corned beef and cabbage
IrishCentral.comby Chef Michael Gilligan·29 Aug 2026
Why do Irish Americans love corned beef and cabbage so much? Here's the story behind the traditional recipe. St.
Are we educating students or just certifying them?
The Hinduby Ponmythili Muralidharan·29 Aug 2026
Degrees have become central to how we understand educational progress. Colleges are expanding, enrolments are growing, and more youngsters enter the workforce every year with certificates in hand.
Not a good sign when bar council does not earn respect of its members: Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna
Bar and Benchby Debayan Roy·29 Aug 2026
Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna on Saturday that bar councils must introspect on their role in upholding professional ethics, morality and competence.
Confucianism
Everything Everywhereby Gary Arndt·29 Aug 2026
Podcast Transcript During the decline of the Zhou Dynasty, warfare and clan violence escalated, threatening the stability of Chinese civilization and igniting an era known as the Warring States...
Samastha says young women among unrelated men at public events ‘not permissible’
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·29 Aug 2026
A circular issued by the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama led by Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliar has said it is “not permissible” for young women to be present among unrelated men at public...
A pension in the bank is not a pension in hand: Why Karnataka needs doorstep delivery
The News Minuteby Naveen Kumar Gajjalagari·29 Aug 2026
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. Doddaiah is 97 years old. He lives in a village in HD Kote taluk near the Karnataka–Kerala border and the backwaters of the Kabini...
A pariah in its own neighbourhood?
National Heraldby Ashok Swain·29 Aug 2026
A pariah in its own neighbourhood? Ashok Swain on India’s dangerous isolation and its diplomatic encirclement by China National security advisor Ajit Doval’s visit to Beijing to hold ‘boundary...
India has a new sugar riddle
National Heraldby Jaideep Hardikar·29 Aug 2026
India has a new sugar riddle ...and it’s not all down to diverting sugar and equivalents to ethanol production.
Sonia Gandhi memoir row: 3 issues that sparked a showdown with Penguin
India Newsby Aseem Sharma·29 Aug 2026
INDIA Sonia Gandhi’s memoir has hit a roadblock in India after Penguin Random House declined to publish it. Check the points of disagreement.
Not exactly a hero’s welcome
National Heraldby Ashis Ray·29 Aug 2026
Not exactly a hero’s welcome ‘Universal Oneness’ is not an idea anyone associates with the RSS, not even RSS diehards, writes Ashis Ray On 25 August, RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat landed in New York...
What is this ‘Lakshmi Maxxing’?
New Indian Expressby Aparna Nair·29 Aug 2026
In a world of complicated existence, ‘maxxing’ has emerged as an internet blueprint for tuning oneself towards focused energy.
The Stories We Inherit: Love and memory shape kinship across generations
Open Magazineby Suvir Saran·29 Aug 2026
The Stories We Inherit: Love and memory shape kinship across generations BEFORE BIJI UNCLE says anything, his eyes have already entered the conversation.
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