Culture is not fixed, it keeps changing with time
By Farida Khanam These days, the burqa or purdah is in the news. People generally hold it to be an integral part of Islam, but it is not. The burqa or purdah is a part...
View ArticleHow to give your best when you need it most
By Jaya Row The Bhagwad Gita is about the ability of the underdog to achieve the impossible against all odds. The world demands excellence, peak performance from you 24/7. It is not enough for a...
View ArticleThe wrong mountain, all along!
It may so happen in our lives that an ecstatic and successful life comes crashing down, all at once. Even when practically nothing has changed, we start to feel empty. Something seems out of alignment....
View ArticleWhat you’re longing for is also longing for you
By Sumit Paul While reading Persian mystic Jalaluddin Rumi, I stumbled upon a soul-gladdening thought that made me pause and go into a state of trance: ‘Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’ve...
View ArticleAdvaita Vedanta’s prescription for mind control
By John Hierl Moksha consists in realising Brahmn as the transcendent essence of everything. Before seeking contemplation on the Supreme Truth, the control of mind is of utmost importance. We may...
View ArticleTwo questions worth asking yourself this year
By Rajiv Vij Many of our conversations these days revolve around reminiscing the pre-Covid life and how much the world has changed since. However, while a lot has changed, at a deeper level we remain...
View ArticleLiving in gratitude is a way to be at peace
By Dada JP Vaswani A wife and mother of four children sighed as she faced the kitchen sink after dinner. It was overflowing with dirty dishes which she had to wash, dry and put away....
View ArticleSpeak lovingly, think lovingly, act lovingly
By Avatar Meher Baba The best of all forces, which can overcome all difficulties, is the love that knows how to give without any need to bargain for a return. There is nothing that love...
View ArticleDancing Shiv, the centre of the Universe
By Neena Nair Art, like love, defies definition. It can best be understood in terms of its impact alone. Take the image of Dancing Shiv, for instance. Nataraj, the Lord of Dance, has been the...
View ArticleSave the world from war, spread meditativeness
By Osho Only one thing can save the world from the coming war – which will be a total war – this is going to destroy the whole of life on the earth. Trees, birds,...
View ArticleShivaratri, the blissful night for evolution
By Vijay Hashia Shivaratri is a blissful night for devotees. On this night, Shiv bestows His grace through the cosmic dance of fusion – Shiv with Shakti – leading to evolution and transformation. Shiv...
View ArticleA new way of looking at the forty days of Lent
By Janina Gomes Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, which is characterised by repentance, fasting, almsgiving and reflection, culminating in the celebration of Easter. The Lenten...
View ArticleKnow Shiv as creator of the manifest universe
By Pranav Khullar The poetic-lyrical hymns of the Thevaram, part of the Thirumurai compendium of hymns in Tamil, place Shiv at the heart of all spiritual seeking, as well as the bestower of all boons...
View ArticleElective identity, religion and gender
By Narayani Ganesh Here’s a gender-bender that can confound anyone who is used to conventional classifications and identities. New York City legally recognises 31 different gender identities, said a...
View ArticleReciprocity, the DNA of all relationships
By Sandeep Chakravorty Reciprocity is undertaking exchange for mutual benefit. It may seem like the most natural thing to do, but few realise that the wheels of society and more so diplomacy are driven...
View ArticleI am not only the body, emotions and the mind
By Karan Singh Most teachers and writers on yog begin their instructions regarding the spiritual path with the exhortation that we must realise that we are not the body, the mind or the emotions but...
View ArticleTherigatha verses celebrate women’s freedom
By Aseem K Jha The Buddha, after initial reluctance, agreed to the ordainment of women in his Order. Gotami, his stepmother, became one of the first renunciants, others followed. These ordained...
View ArticleGoing beyond the limitations of gender
By Anjali Hazarika Nobel laureate Ada Yonath, who won the Nobel for chemistry in 2009, was once interviewed by a journalist about the many challenges she had encountered in her career and how she...
View ArticleThe philosophical postscript to the Mahabharat
By Jug Suraiya The Indian government’s stand on the Ukrainian conflict, advocating a cessation of hostilities without taking sides on the issue, called to mind a discussion I had with someone years ago...
View ArticleHappy teams are more creative and productive
By TK Mishra The Covid-19 pandemic has made it abundantly clear that happiness is so essential to our ability to thrive as humans. Happiness is the building block of our being and for businesses that...
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