Create Indian madrasas on the lines of ancient Uzbek onesThe author reflects on his visit to Uzbekistan and highlights the rich history and educational significance of the ancient madrasas in Sama...
24 Oct, 2023, 11.44 PM IST
Happy Parsi New Year 2023: Best messages, quotes, and wishes to share on NavrozThe Parsi New Year, or Navroz, will be celebrated on August 16, 2023, and holds deep cultural and historical importance for the Parsi commu...
16 Aug, 2023, 10.43 AM IST
Russia to launch Iranian satellite amid Ukraine war concernsIran's "Khayyam" satellite is scheduled to take off from the Moscow-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 0552 GMT, three weeks aft...
09 Aug, 2022, 07.59 AM IST
Google celebrates 971st birth anniversary of mathematician Omar Khayyam with doodleBesides mathematics and philosophy, Khayyam also contributed to Literature.
18 May, 2019, 02.27 PM IST
Record-holder Sergey Bubka says sport is a unifier, has the power to bring people togetherBubka says no sport should become the victim of politics, including cricket between India and Pakistan.
21 Feb, 2018, 09.13 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi tells doctors to get it writePM prescribes greater legibility from medicos penning prescriptions.
18 Apr, 2017, 11.58 PM IST
To Find a Way OutPerhaps that’s overstating the case a trifle but there’s still something to be said about having a mind of one’s own or are it be said a fr...
23 Oct, 2014, 04.40 AM IST
Time to think of an alcohol policy that dispenses with the cantIt would have to address three things: the morality of drinking, the cost to public health and the impact liquor has on politics.
24 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Celebration TimeLife can and should be a continuous celebration — albeit without the bubbly constantly flowing if we don’t want to end up the Omar Khayyam ...
12 Jun, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Journey of Sant Singh Chatwal: Another Indian-American caught on the wrong side of the US lawPerhaps Chatwal thought his dodgy political contributions would go unnoticed because of proximity to the powers that be, but US doesn't wor...
20 Apr, 2014, 11.58 AM IST
- Whine, or Shine?
The New Year is a baby swaddled in fresh finery. In contrast, the year past on Gudi Padva day seems like a worldly-wise patriarch.
04 Apr, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Shifting meaningThings do not have meaning; nothing is intrinsically meaningful or absurdly meaningless, says noted creativity coach Eric Maisel in Rethink...
19 Aug, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- Sanctuary blues
Omar Khayyam put it cleverly, One Glimpse of It within the Tavern caught / Better than in the Temple lost outright.
23 Jul, 2013, 06.14 AM IST
- England lose World War-III!
“The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes / But Right or Left as strikes the Player goes,” wrote Omar Khayyam in his Rubaiyat some 900 y...
30 Jun, 2010, 05.10 AM IST
When divinity doesn’t deliverIt’s a good question to ponder why such a lot of westerners are attracted to eastern mysticism. Whether it’s the way of the Tao, tai qi chi...
29 Jun, 2010, 04.54 AM IST
Through the dusk an angel shapeFor more than a century now critics have warred amongst themselves about whether Edward Fitzgerald who wrote that great gospel of flesh ver...
09 Jun, 2009, 12.45 AM IST
- Top Indian brands to figure at London wine fair
Top Indian wine brands will showcase their products at the London International Wine Fair (LIWF), to be held on 21 and 22 May.
18 May, 2008, 07.52 PM IST