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 […]

Colors fascinate me. Once sitting in my lawn I was enjoying   the fruits of my labor that had spurted forth in countless glorious colors. I was trapped in a net of wonder to notice that no two shades of any color was the same. It is hard to imagine that billions of years ago this […]

Speaking Tree, Times of India: July 1, 2018 https://www.speakingtree.in/article/precious-teachings   SHRIMADBHAGWAT GITA, a unique dialogue between God Shri Krishna and His disciple Arjuna, contains the quintessence of Hindu thought. Arjuna is the eternal sadhak in us, ignorant about his raison dˆetre. In the battle of life, he asks the creator of the universe   seated in […]