Author: REENA SINGH

Ayurveda believes that if you clean up your gut, you will soon be on your way to a new you, writes REENA SINGH When I got acquainted with Ayurveda principles some 12 years ago, I began to understand the connection...

Narada Muni was considered the first journalist to walk the earth. Today, on his birth anniversary, let us pledge to follow only authentic journalists and not the lapdog media, says REENA SINGH Are journalists today following in the worthy footsteps...

Following the WHO vs. the Indian Government controversy on Covid-19 death figures, REENA SINGH pens an account of the deaths she knew of personally… I am not an official statistician, and neither do I have a head for figures. It...

As we celebrate Ambedkar Jayanti today, REENA SINGH outlines the story of a group of simple Dalit women that made it all the way to the Oscars this year It was Ambedkar’s endeavour to motivate the country’s backward classes, the...

Are religious conversions really happening in India or is it just a bogey being raised by some people for a reason? REENA SINGH delves into the true picture Altogether, I studied in four large convent schools, run by Christian nuns,...

Let us not be consumed with thoughts of revenge. Instead take up challenges and find solutions. The human spirit always triumphs, says REENA SINGH We have turned out to be a nation of commentators on others’ misfortunes offering only opinions,...

Do you fall apart when you have to take a tough decision regarding your children that has no clear-cut right or wrong answer? REENA SINGH examines moral dilemmas in urban Indian homes that are becoming increasingly inevitable Moral dilemmas –...

One can be peaceful, happy and good without necessarily following a particular God or reading heavy scriptures, discovers REENA SINGH To understand spirituality, perhaps it is best to begin by explaining the difference between religion and spirituality. For most, religion...

Two strange things happened when I sat down for a guided meditation for the first time in my life, recalls REENA SINGH Many years ago, I did a course in pranic healing. That was the first time I was formally...

It’s that time of the year again when you should be thinking of a new year resolution. “Getting off my mobile is mine,” says REENA SINGH Every year at this time of the year, I make up a rudimentary list...

What should be important to us as intelligent, thinking adults? That we spend time on frivolities like celebrity weddings or take up issues that should be of serious concern to us …. REENA SINGH shares her candid views This week...

Today, on Guru Nanak Jayanti, the Guru’s message of universal love, equality and brotherhood are as valid today as they were 500 years ago when he lived, says REENA SINGH The teachings of the much-loved spiritual guru of the Sikhs...

REENA SINGH takes the help of the Bhagavad Gita to explain the importance of eating, behaving and acting right – and its impact on your health Blame it on greed, that astoundingly low emotion that the Vedas and several spiritual...

For those who can’t kickstart their day without their morning cup, tea is the elixir of life. Had in the recommended quantity, its benefits run into reams of pages. REENA SINGH lists some of them here The 1st cup caresses...

REENA SINGH explains the spiritual significance of the Navratris In the pre-pandemic days, Navratris marked a happy period of worship, prayer, fasting and feasting as people went all out to celebrate the nine nights preceding Dusshera. On a similar occasion...

Gardening enthusiast REENA SINGH shares her excitement at harvesting her first 1.5 foot long lauki off her terrace After three years of experimenting with tomatoes, spinach, mint and basil, we finally tasted a different kind of big success on our...

REENA SINGH recalls the many happy years she spent in army cantonments around the country, experiencing a cultural diversity that opened her heart and mind as a child, qualities that firmly lingered on over the decades The army may be...

REENA SINGH wonders what is happening to education in thousands of small schools catering to the children of the economically weaker sections of society who cannot afford quality education for their children Since almost 18 months, my house help’s children...