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TopicSpiritual gurus

Topic: spiritual gurus

Scroll, like, exhale: Instagram is now like Aastha TV for influencer gurus

These gurus on social media have flipped the stereotype of elderly sages spouting enigmatic words of wisdom or chanting bhajans in monotone.

From gaon to Golf Links — Modern India is still under the spell of black magic

Lona Chamarin and Ismail Jogi aren't commonly known — unless you are with a tantrik invoking these mystery figures as part of his Kamakhya vashikaran spell.

Nithyananda moves on to his own ‘Hindu nation’ Kailaasa but memories of his dark past haunt

On the run from the Gujarat Police, after being charged in an alleged case of kidnapping and wrongful confinement of children, Nithyananada has now founded his own country.

Godmen chant Modi mantra in poll-bound Gujarat

Gujarat BJP has been posting videos of religious and spiritual gurus praising PM Narendra Modi, and asking their followers to 'strengthen his hands'.

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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.