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Amarnath pilgrimage is inarguably a tough expedition in the best of conditions This year s pilgrimage has seen its share of casualties and a temporary halt to pilgrims movement A look at how governmen ...
A small band of young consumer firms riding the Patanjali wave is repackaging the ancient healing system for healthconscious Indians and forcing investors to take note writes Biswarup Gooptu As a teen ...
Oppression and violent crimes against women especially stalking and murders surged in 2017 Incidents like the rape and murder of sevenyearold Hasini Chandru or more recently the immolation of 21yearol ...
It is a story of a Buddhist monks quest for enlightenment Tashi Shawn Ku is raised as a Buddhist monk since age five When he gets erotic phantasms as an adolescent his spiritual master decides to send ...
Conservation of and reverence for nature together with healing practices were an intrinsic part of the Vedic way of life writes SWAMI SHANTATMANANDA head Ramakrishna Mission DelhiWhether it is to do w ...
At Jal Mandir in Pawapuri PRANAV KHULLAR reflects on the Jaina tradition and Mahavir one among a galaxy of deified men who guide the ignorant minds across the stream of sufferingIt is easy to be overw ...
Wedding may be a universal celebration but sometimes it becomes an unbelievably crazy adventure Though the Indian weddings today are changing rapidly the traditional approach is still maintained in mo ...
GUSTASP and JEROO IRANI return from the island nation blessed to have witnessed nature at her creative best in a land where the past and present coexist peacefully Old habits die hard When Reverend Th ...
MONA MEHTA writes of her learning experience during a visit to the centuryold Gauri Shankar temple in Chandni Chowk Shiv Shiv Shiv Shiv the gentleman behind me was chanting eyes closed the mantra was ...
Why should the Bhagwad Gita or any other sacred book get designated as national scripture Why does one have to learn Sanskrit With selfproclaimed Hindu nationalists assuming the right to decide who is ...
Ganesha says Aries is primitive energy unleashed Many astrologers feel Aries is a cocktail of power force and passion By western astrology in April there is the Cardinal Cross meaning all sorts of com ...