Oppression and violent crimes against women especially stalking and murders surged in 2017 Incidents like the rape and murder of sevenyearold Hasini Chandru or more recently the immolation of ...

Conservation of and reverence for nature together with healing practices were an intrinsic part of the Vedic way of life writes SWAMI SHANTATMANANDA head Ramakrishna Mission DelhiWhether it is to do w ...

At Jal Mandir in Pawapuri PRANAV KHULLAR reflects on the Jaina tradition and Mahavir one among a galaxy of deified men who guide the ignorant minds across the stream of sufferingIt is easy to be overw ...

GUSTASP and JEROO IRANI return from the island nation blessed to have witnessed nature at her creative best in a land where the past and present coexist peacefully Old habits die hard When Reverend Th ...

Kolkata and Durga pujo are almost synonyms A Bengali cannot imagine celebrating Durga pujo outside Kolkata It is during this time of the year that the air ticket prices rocket up there are serpentine ...

Why should the Bhagwad Gita or any other sacred book get designated as national scripture Why does one have to learn Sanskrit With selfproclaimed Hindu nationalists assuming the right to decide who is ...

MONA MEHTA writes of her learning experience during a visit to the centuryold Gauri Shankar temple in Chandni Chowk Shiv Shiv Shiv Shiv the gentleman behind me was chanting eyes closed the mantra was ...

Ganesha says Aries is primitive energy unleashed Many astrologers feel Aries is a cocktail of power force and passion By western astrology in April there is the Cardinal Cross meaning all sorts of com ...

Thousands of scriptures millions of years of spirituality all put together is how Romain Rolland French dramatist novelist and mystic described Ramakrishna Paramhansa whose 177th birth anniversary wil ...

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How our disputed past continues to haunt us in our present The recent controversy over Hindutvadriven claims about the seminal contributions of ancient Indians to the world39s pool of scientific and t ...