“What is in a name?” said Shakespeare, “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The famous bard could not be wrong. Call Laxmi Niwas* Mittal by any other name and he would be as rich. But it is amazing that the connotation and denotation of his name merge […]
The Bible: A Book Of Hope
Christmas is around the corner. The festivities of Christmas have painted the world in rainbow colors. The cord that binds the large sea of the population of Christians in one religious thread is The Bible. The reason the Bible is such an amazingly all -time popular book is that it takes the whole humanity in […]
Are We Still In Kaliyuga?
IN SEARCH OF THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION scholars acknowledge the impressive accomplishments of ancient civilizations of Anatolia, Egypt, Meso- America, Tibet and Central Asia but consider the Indus valley civilization to be the oldest continuous and living tradition. A section of the oldest Vedic literature written by an archetypal god- man Manu deals with the […]
Modern Problem Ancient Solution
Blog by Alka Nigam at SpeakingTree.in https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/environment-680465 In hoary Vedas one of the peace prayers is for the various aspects of Nature apotheosizing the powers of air, water, earth, sky, fire and vegetation.** It encompasses the ancient wisdom of our saints that recognizes and salutes their vast, unlimited powers. People of India having immense faith […]
I Had A Dream
We all dream. Sometimes the dreams are happy and they thrill us, sooth us or simply leave us with a sense of mysterious inexplicable joy. My dream that I had sometime ago was nightmarish and so full of life that I still feel the goose bumps when I am reminded of it. Nay the fact […]