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Celebrating Swami Vivekananda's Life

Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary is celebrated every year on January 12. It is observed in India as National Youth Day. IMAGE: Children wear Swami Vivekananda's face masks during a procession......

ISKCON bans monk for remarks on Swami Vivekananda

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Tuesday said it has 'banned' a monk who will go for atonement to the hills and seclude himself, after his comments on Swami......

PM Modi unveils Swami Vivekananda's statue in Malaysia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled a 12-foot bronze statue of Swami Vivekananda in Malaysia, saying the sage is neither the name of a man nor identity of a system but personifies......

What Swami Vivekananda Thought Of Gau Rakshaks

The gau rakshak stated that the famine-stricken people were suffering because of their past karma and nothing could be done for them. The reply apparently infuriated Vivekananda, who told the gau......

Swami Vivekananda's Lessons For Us

Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda peppered Jaitley's Budget speech

Jaitley began his speech by saying that today is the auspicious day of Basant Panjami and that "spring is the season of optimism". It was a bumpy start for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley when he......

From Hashmi to Puranaanuru, Sitharaman waxes poetic

From poetry to divinity, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made sure that her maiden Budget speech on Friday was interspersed with couplets and quotes. While speaking in the Lok Sabha,......

Why Emraan Wants To Play Dawood Again

IMAGE: Emraan Hashmi. Photograph: Afsar Dayatar/Rediff Would you rather watch a film on Dawood Ibrahim or Swami Vivekananda? Director Vishal Bhardwaj, known for his gangster films like Maqbool and......

'Corruption Is No Longer A Bad Word'

'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.' IMAGE: Nana Patekar and Rekha in Yatra. In the......

'A Man From Nowhere, A Nobody, Made It'

'I never imagined that a boy from the footpath could receive such a big honour.' IMAGE: 'He is the only male actor in the '80s who made dance and fights look real. Karate and disco matlab......

Usha Uthup, Mithun Get Padma Bhushan Awards

Usha Uthup and Mithun Chakraborty were among those who were conferred with the prestigious Padma Bhushan award for their outstanding contribution to Indian cinema. IMAGE: President......

Mithun: The Outsider We Love To Watch

Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.......

How Kohli and Rohit co-existed despite differences

'I have played six T20 World Cups and Rohit has played nine. He deserves it' 'Look, Virat has been a champion player without a doubt. And we all know what he has done for us' Photograph: Kind......