To see or not to see, that is the question.The difference between an organism and an object is...
The word dharma comes from a root meaning “that which gives support to everything, which...
In Kushan coins, minted over 1,800 years ago, we come across images of a woman holding the horn of...
Hindu mythology is not static. It has changed over history. In the Rig Veda (1,500 BCE), we are...
The spoked wheel is an important symbol in India, especially since the image is an integral part of...
Religion, as history shows, is immortal: can its source be illusion? Once we grasp the idea of the...
Giving in Hindu society can be categorised in three ways: Dakshina, Bhiksha and Daan.Dakshina...
Now, please understand, I chant the Sanskrit verse because of its beauty. Being chanted in the...
In this broken, bleeding world, we are all seeking happiness, if we could but understand that...
Badrinath and Kedarnath are two major centres of pilgrimage in Uttarakhand; both are shut during...
Sri Krishna lay ill. His pure, tender body was inflamed with fever. No drugs or charms had any...
Maya is not an illusion. Maya is the “relative” ever striving to reach the illimitable which is...
It stands on top of a hill and looks like a fort, until you notice the temple-like structures on...
In the Old Testament, there is the concept of the serpent who tempts Eve in the garden of Eden, but...
Reverence is one of the vital attributes that the seeker on the path needs to cultivate. Reverence...
When a woman gives birth to a child, we say she is in labour. That's exactly the meaning of the...
The two ideas may shape our understanding of conflicts, but Hinduism, which is based on karma, is...
I believe every one of us realises at one stage or another that life on this planet is transient...
Fact is everybody’s truth. Fiction is nobody’s truth. Myth is somebody’s truth. It’s a...
