Nirvana on the Ganga
Confluence is the key word. And not just because an estimated 70 million from various parts of the country and the world would have visited the confluence of the three rivers of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati by the time the mahakumbh mela winds to a close in late February.



Business, not politics
The contrast between Li Peng’s last visit to this country in 1991, when he was prime minister of China, and his current one, illustrates well the changes taking place in the bilateral relationship in the context of a changing global environment.



Truth has many facets
Through the ages, Indians have given more importance to mythology than to history; timelessness rather than fleeting time. In ancient Indian scriptures like the Puranas, we have an eminent mystic called Ashtavakra.



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