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...
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...
OSWALD PEREIRA analyses the practical aspects of loving your neighbour Why should I love my neighbour like I love myself? The answer is simple: Because it’s the most sensible thing to do. Loving your neighbour is the first and best...
BATURAM NAYAK analyses what order is all about and gives us useful tips on applying the principle to our life Order! Order! Keep the house in order! So naturally all the disturbances settle down as such an order comes from...
MAMTA SEHGAL suggests that we choose acceptance over expectation to achieve peace of mind Life is all about expectations. At each stage of our life we expect things from the people around us. We expect a certain outcome to certain...
Silent prayer along with silent giving makes me feel closer to God, says HARISH MOTWANI. But those who want to make a song and dance about their love for God must be having their reasons to do so, he adds...
Ironically, the recent lockdowns helped TANDRA CHAKRABORTY discover that there is so much more to life than workdays and the humdrum routine of life that we took for granted all these years Not very long ago our life followed a...
A fascinating story by CHANA MEDDIN on a tiny Buddha with wings who gave her refuge at a time when she was lost and lonely Tonight I’ll be Taking Refuge to become Buddhist. What does this mean? How I approach...
In a contemplative, questioning stance, entrepreneur HARISH MOTWANI weighs the option of quitting the rat race. Will that buy him peace and happiness? After half a century of living, 29 years of working, marriage of 23 springs, raising two children,...
An attitude of gratitude is the gateway to happiness, says DR PUSHPA CHATURVEDI My life is like a story book. Any chapter I open, the end seems the same ― there’s always something to be grateful for; sometimes for the happy moments...
SONALI MONGIA AMLA says she was lucky enough to gain an understanding of the soul’s journey some years ago and ever since gained perspective and has lived her life without complaining and questioning. Now, she helps others to do the...
Let’s try to be good human beings, without discriminating against each other on the basis of caste and religion, and pray together to that one God, says DR PUSHPA CHATURVEDI What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by...
SEEMA SAXENA reveals secrets to defuse time bomb-like situations in our lives Isn’t this an unsuitable subject for an article on a website that promotes positivity? Not at all. Are you not aware of the clock always ticking and an awaited...
Truth, beauty, peace, joy and justice become our friends, as we feel, think, and live a simple life, in harmony with our intrinsic nature and the universe’s natural order, says BATURAM NAYAK Human ingenuity springs up great wonders which finds...
A person who learns to find the light within will always shine like the sun and the darkness of the cave will be a stranger, says MAMTA SEHGAL, suggesting that we always see the bright side in our life Light...
Wisdom is in not getting stuck on the desire for a particular outcome of our actions, says KISHOR KULKARNI, who adds that there is not much point in agonising over why something happened the way it did or why something...
Life is full of dilemmas. How we deal with them is what decides our test scores in life, says MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN We are judged not only by how well or how badly we answer our test papers at school...
There are different mechanisms to befriend the mind and train it, so that it stops jumping aimlessly in a thousand places and sits instead, in one place, says SADHVI BHAGAWATI SARASWATI The idea is not to control or subdue the...
