Category: Talking Tree

All right-thinking, patriotic Indians should seriously consider Vivekananda’s proposal to set up a ‘junction of Hinduism and Islam’ to build a ‘perfect and invincible’ India.

What it means to be a true Hindu.

The key to women empowerment is self-transformation with women helping themselves rather than depending on external agencies or the government for support.

Audiences appear to have embraced the gory scenes in the film, Animal, with relative ease. Does it mean we have become so degraded as a society that we have begun to relish violence?

Why do trees have to be felled in the name of development when there are laws to protect our natural resources?

Playing games on the mobile is a solitary pursuit, but it is addictive and all-consuming.

Sports enables us to attain a higher state. Swami Vivekananda said, “In kicking a ball or playing a game, you are much closer to the divine than you will ever be in prayer.”

It’s silly to divide people on the basis of religion and community. God created us as intelligent human beings, capable of making good, informed choices.

Hapless civilians, children and animals have unwittingly become innocent victims of the Israeli-Hamas conflict and the wave of hatred that filled the hearts of people against an entire community.

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, shows the people of 'democratic' countries the way to fight for human rights.

Australian spiritual guru, SHAKTI DURGA says one should never feel guilty for taking time off, playing or doing things just for fun One of the features of our modern world is the over-emphasis upon work, which rewards people for being...

SEEMA MUNIZ profiles SATYAJIT who turned his commitment for cleaning beaches into a mission of upcycling multilayer plastic From being a tax officer with the Commonwealth of Australia to an ocean/beach comber to a pioneer artisan in upcycling of multilayer plastic:...

Oppenheimer, the new biopic on Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the Atom Bomb was released in cinema theatres all over the world on July 21. Within a few days, the film raked up a controversy in India as Oppenheimer, played...

Without depending on the silent powers-that-be, we as citizens of this great nation, should work together to restore love, peace and amity between the communities in Manipur and revive the vibrancy of our democracy, says OSWALD PEREIRA Sanatan Dharma, as...

There are many lessons on democracy that we and our political leaders can learn from two of the greatest avatars, Rama and Krishna, who descended on India and blessed her and her people, says OSWALD PEREIRA When I read yesterday...

DR SANJAY TEOTIA explains what the concept of spirituality means to different people Spiritual awareness eventually unveils an extraordinary state of mind that goes far beyond the self with its limited superficial understanding. To reach spiritual awareness, we must learn...

Your life events are there to propel you forward. Don’t get overwhelmed by them, but simply acknowledge them, says DR PARUL GUPTA After a long period of change both in my professional and personal life, I realised that I was...

DR SANJAY TEOTIA explains what consciousness is and how it applies to our daily life Consciousness is our own unique way of processing information, rather than merely imbibing it in a way that won’t be meaningful or individuated for us....