Is it a ‘crime’ to be a Sanyasi at 13?
Column by Advocate Padma Prasad Hegde In all Indic religious traditions the idea of renunciation or Sanyasa is considered to be a true mark of spiritual life. It is understood to be a simple and straightforward More...
Understanding Hinduism
Column by NS Rajaram – Essence of Hinduism is spiritual freedom. It has no dogma or concept of heresy. Defending and nurturing spiritual freedom is the ideal that sustains India as a nation. India is the sacred More...
Locating the everlasting modernity of Kabir
Songs of Kabir (translated) | Author: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra | Publisher: Hachette India | Pages: 192 Rs. 350 Book Review by Rohit Chopra – Poet, critic, and professor Arvind Krishna Mehrotra’s More...
Why Krishna is unique
Lord Krishna is seen differently by different people. He is simultaneously a great teacher, a spiritual inspiration as well as a politician. On the one hand, he is Yogeshwara — the Lord of Yogas — while on the More...
Living with Lord Krishna
When we are able to practise and develop a habit of becoming a witness to our thoughts, actions and their good or bad consequences like a non-reacting observer, we learn to live in the Krishna consciousness. When More...
He was king, counsellor, politician and spiritual guru
By Asha Goswami Lord Krishna is the most charming figure in the three worlds (vibhradvapuh sakalasundarasannivesham… tribhuvanakamanam). He is eternal, and is beyond time and space. He is the embodiment of More...
‘Total surrender in love is the greatest path to realisation’
‘Total surrender in love is the greatest path to realisation’ … said renowend danseuse Sonal Mansingh as she performed and recited shlokas from poet Jayadeva’s epic composition, Geet Govinda. Report More...
Abandoning of Sita by King Rama
Why was sita abandoned by King Rama? By KBS Ramachandra Of the many twists and turns in the Ramayana, the most troubling one is that of Rama abandoning Sita based on the public perception of her character. More...
Understanding Casteism
By Stephen Knapp Casteism in India has gotten a lot of criticism, and rightly so. The way casteism is at present should not even exist. We should throw it out. Casteism as we find it today is now nothing more than More...
Distorting History
The Hindus: An Alternative History | Author: Wendy Doniger | Publisher: Penguin Viking | Price: Rs 999 The Hindus: An Alternative History by Wendy Doniger raised great expectations of a new refreshing approach. More...
