We all know that human being like animals, used to live in jungles. Gradually, they could channelise their intellect to rise above all other beings. As such, it can be said that refinement, creativity and education were the factors that led to civilisation. And with civilisation, we started amassing...
“I am real Mother to all,” said the Holy Mother Sri Sarada. A house where mother used to stay in Bishnupur is waiting to become a pilgrimage site for the devotees.Once a rich and pioneering centre in sculpture, art and music, the town of Bishnupur stills bear witness to a magnificent histo...
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875-1950) was the ‘Maker of United India’ and a leading patron and defender of Indianness of his time.Vallabhbhai belonged to the clan of Leva Patel of the Patidar community renowned for fighting and sacrificing for nationalism. Leva Patidars protested actively against...
The Buddhist viewpoint of education is not much different from the general Indian view of education. Shiksha the basic spirit of which is to realize, develop and draw out what are already within and on the basis of that, the purpose of education is to lead a human being to the pathway of all-round d...
For the last several years, we have been witnessing discourses on globalisation, global changes, and their effects upon individuals, societies, and states. Seminars, symposiums and debates are being organised continuously on subjects related to globalisation and global changes. It is essential that ...
In Hindu mythology, Kabandha (“headless torso”) is a Rakshasa (demon) with very long arms and a mouth in his belly, who is killed and freed from a curse by Lord Rama and his brother Lakshmana.Rama, Sita and his brother Lakshmana were exiled to the forest for fourteen years. While in the forest, ...
What is Spirituality?How does spirituality help you and me as a professional? Does it mean we need to be religious? Does it mean we need to be virtuous in all that we do? How does being spiritual help us in our daily lives, if at all?Let me tell you a little story before I answer for myself. It wasn...
There are countless creations in the world. We believe and have faith that they have been created by the omnipresent God. The word ‘sristi’ in Sanskrit does not mean creation but projection. Just like a spider that brings out web matter out of itself and builds a web with it and lives in it, sim...
One day while going through an English daily, I came across a news item that was headlined ‘Man Made Barriers.’ I readily presumed it might mention some heroic deed of men in constructing barriers against floods. Out of curiosity, I went through the news item minutely.The news said that a 45-yea...
A review of thousands of years of history of human civilization, in which various civilizations raised their flags in different parts of the globe, from time-to-time, confirms the fact that morality always remained an essential part of the code of conduct in human society in both forms, direct as we...