Category: Inspirational

On the occasion of International Yoga Day today, let us all give up our quest for worldly freedom and instead seek freedom of the soul within, says OSWALD PEREIRA All my life I have chased a dream. It is not...

Let us all be like flowers, and spread the fragrance of forgiveness, love, respect, trust, and affection, says DR PUSHPA CHATURVEDI The human soul is to God as a flower is to the sun; it opens at its approach; it shuts...

SEEMA MUNIZ experiments with impromptu art, letting the mood of the moment dictate her strokes. Strangely, enough, she found it deeply inspiring and very liberating Sofia’s hand jerked, creating a storm big enough for the coffee to spill onto the...

It’s all up to us to do something about getting rid of the fear of the coronavirus, says a philosophical ARJUN PEREIRA While the very mention of the Covid-19 pandemic strikes terror, anxiety and stress in most people’s hearts and...

We can make Divinity a here-and-now experience, making it descend down to earth in any vocation we are engaged in or in any act we carry out with sincerity, says BATURAM NAYAK This write-up is to share the concept of...

DR PUSHPA CHATURVEDI recommends spiritual care as a vital component of holistic self-health management and as a means to boost immunity and cope with the stress and suffering of the pandemic These difficult, uncertain Covid times have made us reflect on the quality...

KISHOR KULKARNI suggests that by trusting the Divine and adopting a spiritual attitude, it may be possible to cope with the Covid crisis These are very difficult times for mankind with Covid-19 raging all over the world. Suffering and death...

Peace is the only suitable religion for man, for in a peaceful environment, all good things are possible, says MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN Peace is a product of a positive mental attitude, while violence is the result of negative thinking. Peace...

While some unscrupulous people are fleecing families of the Covid-afflicted, there are many ordinary folk acting with great compassion in helping the suffering people with free medical supplies and essential services, says SEEMA MUNIZ  A friend from Norway wrote, “In...

OSWALD PEREIRA narrates true stories of Muslim civility and brotherhood while he worked and lived in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman A police officer flags down a motorist and asks him to come out of his car....

DR PUSHPA CHATURVEDI pays a glowing tribute to our superhero nurses, who are in the frontline in the war against the deadly Covid-19 Amidst the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, International Nurses Day being celebrated around the world today, assumes great significance. Nurses...

On the occasion of International Mother’s Day today, SHASHI DIP holds out hope for childless couples, urging them to adopt children to bring joy into their lives Even as the world celebrates International Mother’s Day today, my eyes get moist,...

BATURAM NAYAK narrates how he along with his father, wife and daughter vanquished Covid-19 at home My 92-year-old father Shri Surendra Prasad was suffering from fever akin to flu for more than a week. Considering his age, I regularly interact...

If only we knew our real self, we would look at life differently, says SEEMA SAXENA When we look analytically into life, we cannot deny there is a supreme power working through all of us. This power is very much within...

We will win the war against Covid-19 ― we only need to stay fully committed and united with the Corona warriors, says DR PUSHPA CHATURVEDI India thought it was nearing the end of the Covid war. With the ever-reducing figures...

Not to believe in God or a Creator is like believing that life can be artificially manifested, says SEEMA SAXENA We humans have the power to think, to contemplate and that is how we become better day by day and from...

Lord Hanuman, is the perfect example of love and devotion that we must carry in our heart for God, by whatever name we call him, says OSWALD PEREIRA In these days when true loyalty is hard to find, Lord Hanuman...

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan has left for his heavenly abode. Long live peace and religious coexistence, which he breathed all through his life, says OSWALD PEREIRA On the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami yesterday, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Sahab left his body...