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Adapting well to new contexts is Indian society’s strength: Narendra Modi

Addressing a gathering at the famous Jain pilgrimage centre in Karnataka's Shravanabelagola, PM Narendra Modi said the strength of Indian society lay in its ability to change with times

1 min read19 Feb 2018
Mint-lounge

Poets in their time

Jeet Thayil's 'The Book Of Chocolate Saints' is certain to be recognized as a landmark novel, one among just a handful

7 min read15 Nov 2017
Politics

India has been built by saints, yogis, fakirs, says Baba Ramdev

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev says no king or emperor has built India or shaped its destiny

1 min read29 Mar 2017
Mint-lounge

‘The Saints of Sin’ unravels the contemporary Indian urban women

Advertising veterans Aniruddha Sen and Swati Bhattacharya's documentary 'The Saints of Sin' explores the experiences of Indian urban women sans rancour and melodrama

5 min read11 Jan 2017
Politics

India did not give communalism to the world: PM Modi

Modi asserted that saints and other learned men have always espoused for 'rashtra dharma' (duty to the nation)

2 min read10 Jan 2016
Mint-lounge

Book Review: The All Saints’ Day Lovers

Juan Gabriel Vsquez is a master of sublime tragedy, when more is going on in the head than can be articulated verbally

3 min read29 Aug 2015
News

Popes John XXIII and John Paul II become saints

Pope Francis proclaims his predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in front of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims

5 min read28 Apr 2014
Opinion

Men of many parts

Tales of mystics and magicians who could be in several places at the same time

4 min read22 Jul 2014
Mint-lounge

Film | The romantic boatman

Mumbai Festival pick 'Valley of Saints' finds love and hope on Kashmir's famous lake

4 min read19 Oct 2012
Opinion

A saint and his ‘satsang’ can’t reform a nation

A saint and his ‘satsang’ can’t reform a nation

4 min read3 Aug 2012
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