Payal Jangid, a teenager from a village, Hinsla, in Rajasthan has made curbing of child marriages and abolition of child labour her twin missions in life. “Many resign themselves, to the way things are, far too easily. Everyone must challenge...
Sitting on the steps on the banks of the Ganga in Rishikesh some summers ago gave me a feeling of peace and unity with the universe, more than I ever experienced in a church, temple, gurdwara or other places of...
Dr Aiswarya Rao, now 47, was struck with polio when she was three, causing weakening of her muscles and locomotive disability. She has been moving around in crutches since then. But this has neither been an impediment for Dr Rao...
We can achieve much in our life, if we learn to keep an upright spine, in all our waking hours, while sitting, standing or walking. With an upright spine, energy flows upwards from the base or root (muladhara) chakra towards...
On Friday, September 25, 2015 an Indian teenager Anoyara Khatun joined hands with Melinda and Bill Gates to help women and children around the world. She sat beside Bill and Melinda Gates and called for an end to child trafficking....
There is, perhaps, no book that has inspired so many famous people as Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda. The best known among them is Steve Jobs, who was a business magnate and Chairman, CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc. Autobiography...
When we were children, we were told that God is present everywhere. So, as a kid I saw God’s hand in nature and in everything small and beautiful. My favourite God-creation was a butterfly. I used to creep up towards...
She is not a rich farmer and earns a modest Rs three lakhs per year from her vegetable produce on a seven-acre plot of land. But she has a heart of gold. She is Chhayarani Sahu, a 57-year-old farmer living...
I believe there is no hell. If God is in heaven and He created the earth, so good and beautiful, then where did hell spring from? God created man and woman in His own image, to live, love and cherish...
