Banaras appears as Kashi in Skand Puran entitled Kashi Khand. It is glorified in golden words as despite being a piece of earth it is not associated with it, despite being tied with all the limits of world it liberates from all the bonds. Since the times of Puranas Kashi is venerated in history as the land […]

Kurukshetra saw a  painful, cruel battle of vested  interests within a mighty, illustrious royal family causing a colossal loss of  human lives. This story is illustrated in the epic Mahabharat and ever since has become a synonym of battles where jealousy, rivalry,  ambitions have a full play clashing in a gory devastation. All the sides have self- righteous reasons to […]

https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/the-art-of-doing-nothing  ‘Nothing’ in the present reference does not reflect even remotely any shade of grey.  The word ‘art’ saves it from falling into the pitfalls of sentimentality, depression, angst, alienation. Rather the word ‘art’ becomes a savior and changes ‘nothing’ into a medicinal pill protecting it from the clutches of all these modern ailments. The […]

This most soothing, most assuring invite in our violently rollicking life comes from Lord Krishna initially given to Arjun, the eternal saadhak in all of us. Part of a shloka this positive declaration appears in Chapter 18 verse 66 in Shrimad Bhagavad -Gita     sarvadharmaan parityajya   maam ekam saranam vraja  It is astounding that Gita […]

Reach the point where there is room for none other than the One, where you are free of all trappings, writes Alka Nigam Using religion as a crutch we climb the stairs of the growth of self and when we reach the summit we don’t need religion any longer.  Its rituals and holy books become […]