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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicMeditation

Topic: Meditation

These scientists have a ‘proven’ method to end war — 10,000 people meditating

Transcendental meditation was created by spiritual leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. All scientists endorsing the method are associated with the Maharishi International University.

Forget 10 days of vipassana. It’s been 20 years, but I am still a work-in-progress

I didn’t realise much when I began my journey years ago. Today, I see myself as a young but ignorant learner, completely clueless about self-development.

Dilip Mandal misunderstood the spirit of Vipassana. He rejected it without testing

Mandal quit after 4 days to attend to unfinished business due to Independence Day. When applying one commits for all 10 days. By leaving early he wasted one precious seat.

SubscriberWrites: Sports—a meditative experience

Sports provide an opportunity to temporarily disconnect from daily concerns & enter a state of mental and physical harmony, similar to the state achieved through meditation.

Positive approach to life is destructive. There is no freedom at all: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti's 'Can the Mind be Quiet: Living, Learning and Meditation' is written in the style of Paulo Coelho but the teaching is far more profound and challenging.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.