NITA AGARWAL shares her understanding of chapter 2 of the Bhagavad Gita, in a series of articles. Chapter 2 is the most important chapter of the Gita. This is the first article in the series, which will appear in our...

By simply going vegetarian, consuming consciously, and eating organic wherever possible, we can have an enormous, positive impact on the preservation of our water, our planet and our own lives, says SADHVI BHAGAWATI SARASWATI Water is life. From our first...

SEEMA MUNIZ researches some interesting facts that bind India and Afghanistan…and then wonders how the present chaos came about Despite the fact that since the seventh century, the sultanate of Afghanistan kept invading and mindlessly plundering India, an unfortunate pattern...

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...

On Raksha Bandhan today, NITA AGARWAL reveals fascinating scriptural aspects of the festival, while explaining the significance of Rakhi, the sacred thread Raksha Bandhan is celebrated every year on the full moon day or Purnima of the Shravan month, which...

Does God really exist? BATURAM NAYAK narrates how he found the answer Does God exist? This is perhaps the most enigmatic metaphysical question since ages. Understanding this question is not only fascinating, but perplexing as well. I had a wonderful...

DR SANJAY TEOTIA says that true religion is based on the Ultimate Truth. If we follow this path steadfastly we will ultimately attain moksha Truth if analysed is revealed as the world’s best religion. The question that now arises in...

A heartfelt, personal account on the joys of being a grandmother by DR PUSHPA CHATURVEDI As a child I used to wonder why my Dadima (grandmother), while she very patiently showered her unquestioning love and kindness on us kids, would...

Many people dismiss Ayurveda as a hoary old science of jari-bhooti practised by jhola-chaap doctors in India. But it has a firm scientific basis, says RENU GULATI, a teacher and practitioner of Ayurveda Ayurveda is a unique holistic system of...