“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” ~~~ The Dalai Lama When we say the word ‘religion’, many images, memories and experiences flash across our minds. We think of lyrical hymns echoing inside a church; the sound of bells as a priest raises an aarti lamp shimmering with golden flames to light the… Read More »
“ For the ignorant you are the island city of the sun Flowing from a bouquet of intelligence For the poor you are a rosary of wishing jewels.” ~~~ Praise for the Devi in Saundarya Lahari Devi or Ma means the Mother Goddess and within her we see every aspect of a woman. She is… Read More »
“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.” ~~~ Denis Waitley When we sing the national anthem on the morning of15th August it echoes across our land like a paean to freedom. Seventy years ago we had won the right to build the country we… Read More »
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” ~~~ Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. When we think of the word ‘faith’, the images that flash across our eyes are of people at prayer or worshipping at a shrine, temple, church or holy places. Or it is of devotees sitting… Read More »
To listen is to learn. To learn is to grow. Sadly in today’s hyper connected world we are so busy talking, mailing, texting… we are forgetting to listen. And the loss is ours. As babies we would not have learnt to speak if we had not listened. Speech and language is a gift of listening.… Read More »
In many ways Lord Kartikeya is a mysterious god. In North India he has been virtually forgotten and there are no temples dedicated to this son of Lord Shiva. In the east he is remembered once a year during Kartik Puja. Then during Durga Puja he stands beside Devi Durga with Saraswati, Lakshmi and Ganesh… Read More »
The Sermon on the Mount was the longest sermon given by Jesus Christ and it was among Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite religious texts. What is amazing is that Gandhiji was influenced and inspired by what a wandering Jewish healer and preacher said in far off Palestine, two thousand years ago. History talks of many preachers and… Read More »
Easter is coming and the life and martyrdom of Jesus Christ is on the minds of the faithful across the world. First there is the forty days of Lent when people pray, fast and seek forgiveness for their sins. Then comes the Passion Week; of Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday; when… Read More »
We all have money on our minds as we stand in queues at the closed doors of banks. The newspapers and television channels are full of stories about the huge amounts of hoarded cash being found that run into lakhs of crores. Most of us cannot even imagine how much space a lakh crore of… Read More »
Once upon a time, our days began at the milk booth waiting for a glass bottle of watery milk. Then we would be at the ration shop standing in line hoping to get a few kilos of sugar or dal. Now we wait at the closed doors of banks trying to get our own money.… Read More »
