At this point in time in humanity’s history and evolution, we’re at the end of the Age of Pisces. Western astrological ages are 2,000 years in time-span. In the Sun’s precessional cycle measured by Equinoxes, the ages are around 2,150...
The overwhelming world reaction over the death of Sushant Singh Rajput (SSR) has got me thinking over this issue. Practically speaking, no one really knows what happens when one dies. But metaphysically speaking, the question that comes to my mind...
Over the years, as an army child, I’ve lived in many homes in cities across the country. From all my experiences, one memory, in particular, remains etched in my mind, about when I helped nab some thieves. Well, it was...
Amidst the chaos unleashed by the coronavirus, aggravated by political games, CHANA MEDDIN hears a song within, resonating in triumphant chords of hope and new beginnings I didn’t mean to do it. My friend asked for a haircut. Barber shops...
We fought British colonialism valiantly and ended their rule on August 15, 1947. But the vestiges of the Raj continue to haunt some of us in our thinking and more so in our education system. There was so much of...
Almost everyone I know, dreams. We get strange dreams – some in everyday settings but with strange characters, others exotic and weird, and on waking we can make no sense of it. However, dreams are an integral part of the...
Running an NGO for the last nine years, having cleaned over ninety water bodies across India, I was expecting the founder and the CEO of EFI (Environmentalist Foundation of India) to be suave and swanky, especially as he had worked...
The poet, studied at a girls’ convent school in Agra. After finishing school, the batch went on to graduate and then went their separate ways, at a time long before mobile phones and the internet. As a result, most of...
Tolerance is bouncing back even when you are thrown against a very hard wall. A square can’t bounce because it is made of straight lines, but a ball can because it is round and usually light. Whatever its size, it...
There is a worrying rise in Covid-19 cases all over the country and some cities are worst affected, but to keep ourselves mentally strong, we must have faith and conviction that recovery is possible. The Gond artwork represents that the...
Got no time to cryNo time to laugh No time to reflectWhat just went wrongDidn’t toast to a victoryNor mull over a lossJust shed tearsAnd swallowed the fears Not sung a friendship madeNot grieve friendships that fadeOf friends so nearYet so...
My heart skipped a beat When my new born covered his eyes Using his little hands To escape the harsh bright light maybe Once again when he looked at me With lips curled and eyebrows in a frown! My...
What is the difference between love and attachment? Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati explains that in love we expand, while attachment makes us shrink. Find true love by connecting to the ocean of love within! Watch the video below. Courtesy: https://www.sadhviji.org/ Sadhvi Bhagawati...
As a storm brews 10 kms south of here in Puducherry, electricity fails, internet service drops automatically, ants scurry for protection in the grooves along the keyboard of the unsuspecting laptop. When one lives in the tropics, close to the...
This is a poem about true love. True love is independent of time and distance and brings with it, some tremendous changes in one’s life. It is absolutely unconditional and is eternal. It is always enforced by the Laws of...
Night of ignorance, Is dark and deep! I was fast asleep, Happy in my slumber, Chasing my dreams! Dreams were beautiful, Till nightmares happened! Dreams got shattered, Woke up to a jolt within, Who am I? Why am I here? ...
In the primordial darkness Of the ancient Mother’s womb Something stirred: vestiges of Consciousness, Burst into thousand-petaled lotuses, A light pierced through the pall of clouds, Revealing shards of a shimmering rainbow, The ocean gurgled and laughed its deep cerulean...
Real life lies in the lap of nature: In understanding the carpet of grass In understanding the tranquillity of the forest In understanding the chirping of birds In understanding the reason behind the rising sun In understanding the reason for...
