The life of a woman in India is still shaped by customs that are centuries old and even though, things have gotten better, strong patriarchal traditions continue to persist in many different ways in our society. Being pushed into a marriage, and having her dreams dissolved into nothingness is still a norm and it is, to be honest, demeaning and pathetic. But recently, Humans of Amsterdam — a Facebook page […]

The mind can affect the condition of the body, just as the condition of the body can affect the mind. We deplete our vital energy when we live a fragmented life — when our body, mind and soul are not in agreement with each other. Existentially, our body belongs to nature, our soul belongs to God, and in between is our mind which goes through a long process of conditioning […]

Thoughts, most of the time, prevent you from experiencing the moment. Whenever there are thoughts, you are closed to this moment. Thought is an expression of memory and memory being the past, pulls you backward and not towards the present moment. Whereas life is in this moment, and one is meeting life with the past. This is one of the greatest errors in our living. Thought has its place, and […]

Navratri is extra special This year, Navratri is extra special because it is a 10-day-long ritual to be observed. As the Dwitiya tithi falls on two days, Navratri will be celebrated for 10 days instead of the usual nine days ritual. One more reason is that this year, the Pitri paksha period has reduced by one day while the Devi paksha has increased by one day. In this Navratri, Brahma […]

On the Line of Control (LoC), life is no picnic. Yet a year ago, soldiers could break the monotony of keeping the troubled border under watch with occasional leisure. Sometimes, this meant, a game of chess or carrom. Or, flipping through a Bollywood glossy. Soldiers would even soak in the breathtaking beauty of the treacherous mountains. Back then, when this correspondent toured the LoC for a week, things may not […]

As the Indian Army said on Thursday that it has carried out surgical strikes and inflicted serious damage on terrorists and those supporting them across the Line of Control, Pakistan will find that it has little space to respond to the daring operations. Here’s why: 1) New Delhi successfully isolated Islamabad diplomatically before it carried out the strikes. It was not merely how it quickly wrecked the Saarc summit in Islamabad, […]

Rumi was a man who knew how to speak from the heart that not many could parallel. His words will teach you about compassion, unconditional love for others and yourself. Here are 25 sentences that can change your look on life. 25. The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself, everything that you want you already are. 24. Actually, your soul and mine are the same, we appear […]

India celebrated its 500th Test in style on Monday when they overcame New Zealand’s final dogged resistance to win the series opener by 197 runs and go 1-0 up in the three-match series. New Zealand were always going to do well to manage anything more than delaying the Indian celebrations when they resumed on 93 for four in their pursuit of an improbable 434-run victory target on a track offering […]