Author: OSWALD PEREIRA

Hatred, fear, prejudice and pride narrow the human heart. Swami Sri Yukteswar shows us how to overcome these inner fetters and rediscover the magnanimity within.

Recalling the communal warmth of the 1960s, OSWALD PEREIRA revisits a childhood where faiths mingled freely—and asks why Christians now gather in protest against attacks on their places of worship.

Chanting is one of humanity's most universal spiritual languages. It is older than many religions, deeper than sectarian identities, uniting rather than dividing those who seek the sacred.

One God, one universal religion, many paths to the Divine. Paramahansa Yogananda teaches us that religions are not separate truths, but different paths towards one spiritual reality.

For Paramahansa Yogananda, glowing vitality means more than looking healthy or feeling energetic. It is part of a deeper journey towards harmony with the body, mastery of the mind and the realisation of the spirit within.

The preventive detention of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka raises troubling questions about police powers, executive magistrates, proportionality and the constitutional right to dissent.

In a democracy, the citizens have the right to question the government.

Jantar Mantar was built to observe the heavens. For three decades, it gave citizens a place to challenge power on earth. Its closure raises an urgent question: can a democracy survive by pushing dissent out of sight?

When electoral revision threatens to exclude legitimate voters, it strikes at the heart of democracy: the citizen’s right to choose who governs.

The lessons in democracy must be learned before the examination begins.

From a 23-day hunger strike to the barricades of Jantar Mantar, Neha Bora has emerged as a striking voice of India’s youth, defending dissent, citizenship and the right to vote.

The contrast could not have been sharper. In Delhi, peaceful citizens agitating against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, faced detention and a heavy police response. In Mumbai, the same protest was allowed to continue despite the police having denied permission.

The SIR controversy is no longer merely about electoral rolls. It is about what happens when an institution entrusted with protecting the franchise exercises the power to exclude citizens from it without sufficient explanation. O

An election can change a government overnight. But if citizens begin to doubt the institution that conducts it, the damage can reach far deeper: it can shake democracy itself.

Ram Rajya existed centuries before the word secularism entered political language. Yet its ideal of just rule, equal protection and the welfare of all can help us understand why secularism has become central to modern India.

When a citizen must sign a declaration before entering a church, India must ask whether freedom of religion is still a constitutional right—or a privilege that minorities must prove they deserve.

As we celebrate Janmashtami, let us look beyond religion and tradition to celebrate Krishna and Christ as two radiant expressions of one Divine Love, guiding humanity towards unity.

Mohan Bhagwat’s New York message on Muslims, universalism and Ramakrishna raises a larger question: Is the RSS redefining Hindutva—or simply reaching out to minorities amid growing criticism of its politics?