The captivating beauty of the Upper peninsula of Michigan lovingly called UP  has made this sparsely populated region  a  famous tourist destination. In  -25 degree Celsius the  entire area  radiates in white snow. The lakes become solid ice, hard enough to run heavy cars on it. The time and zone is declared and people with families […]

           Suicide is as ancient as humanity. It has its place in ethics, religion, literature, history and art. The newspapers apprise us that suicides are rather frequent. People all over the world kill themselves with an alarming rate and make suicides a major cause of death.  Amazingly many times more is […]

Nandi, the bull and the vahan of Shiva is a very loveable and formidable figure in Hindu religion. His pure love and intense devotion for Shiva has attained him the status of godhood. Nandi and Shiva have become inseparable in our imagination. In Indian spirituality there exist two realities – one that is for the […]

Shri Shyama Charan Lahiri Shiva is the presiding deity of Kashi and Shiva is said to be a Mahayogi and Mahabhogi. This duality   pervades the air of Kashi. The inhabitants of Kashi are blessed with this mysterious gift, which is manifested in their   stoic gusto, which they show in their approach towards life. To them […]