Ancient Greeks, like ancient Hindus, valued the idea of city-states and decentralised power. But...
The spoked wheel is an important symbol in India, especially since the image is an integral part of...
The Rig Veda has about 1,000 hymns composed as groups of Indo-Aryans migrated in waves from the...
Badrinath and Kedarnath are two major centres of pilgrimage in Uttarakhand; both are shut during...
With the pandemic confining us to our homes, most of us are depending on Netflix and social media...
It stands on top of a hill and looks like a fort, until you notice the temple-like structures on...
India is the world’s ancestral home of religious consciousness. Yet in India too, interest in...
In the Old Testament, there is the concept of the serpent who tempts Eve in the garden of Eden, but...
We human beings and other creatures belong to the one brotherhood of life, and we all have claims...
Today the world’s unrest is deepening. Civilisation is sinking. Forces of chaos are at work. I...
From mountain-tops he came, the teacher. He came to a city to teach the truths of life. And he...
Ghanshyam Das Birla (1894-1983) was the greatest industrial magnate of modern India. He led an...
A barely 18-year-old Mukul was ready to meet the boy’s family for the very first time. She was...
What is education? You and others such as you, in many parts of India, are engaged upon a study of...
When we say humility, it’s not necessary that we should bow down to the teacher or fall at his...
A gushing river with its steady flow of freshwater is a thing of beauty. Simply watching it flow...
It had been more than two years since I last visited Jammu. It’s unusually long to not visit your...
The seven wonders of the modern world are nothing, but extraordinary examples of what human beings...
Hill stations are most beautiful during spring. With the snow rapidly melting away, the wind rising...
