Article Archive for April 2010
Scandalous Swamis and Irresponsible media
By Swami Abhayananda Tirtha
Nityananda swami is now a household name, and for the wrong reasons. While the sex scandal of this swami has sent shock waves across the country, the media is all out exposing …
Cricket lover’s agony
By Swami Abhayananda Tirtha
Going down memory lane…(2003 world cup)
As all politicians, cutting across party lines and personal differences came together and unanimously congratulated the Indian team, the finance minister went a step ahead. Declaring tax …
The Glory of Sanskrit
Author : Rajeev Dalvi
It is indeed a privilege to speak on the greatness and glory of Sanskrit. Sanskrit is often hailed as a divine language – Deva Bhasha. Therefore, only celestials are qualified to expatiate on …
On Ignoring History
By Madhusudan Sharma
(Based on Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul’s views on the subject expressed at various fora)
“How do you ignore history? But the nationalist movement, Independence movement ignored it. You read the Glimpses of World History …
Global Impact of Yoga
By Max Strom
Worldwide, billions of people covet the industrial world’s wealth and are replicating its system of modern consumerism as rapidly as possible. But what they are ignoring, perhaps perilously so, is the fact that as materially well off …
The Limits of Tolerance
By Babu Susheelan
Kierkegaard, the existential philosopher, once wrote the story of an absent-minded man so abstracted from his own life that he hardly knows he exists until, one fine morning, he wakes up to find …
Intellectual prowess of Ancient India
By Sujay Adukia
India’s glorious past is embedded with a rich Scientific and Technological Heritage from the Vedic age and is an inspiration to create a scientifically advanced and spiritually enlightened human society in which peace, …
Coping with envy
By Vraja Bihari Dasa
‘Neighbor’s envy…owner’s pride.’ We grew up at an age when television was a new phenomenon and thisadvertising slogan had really caught the imagination of the public. Owning Onida T.V was considered all the more glorious …
Black out or Back lash?
By Swami Abhayananda Tirtha
Year – 1996, Place – Atlanta, Event – Olympics
Will he? Won’t he? As the world waited with bated breadth, Mr. Mohammed Ali, the boxing legend held the torch nervously. Three decades ago with the …
Lord Krishna – History or Mythology
By Jaideep Sahu
“Most certainly Krishna is a historical personality”, says Dr Manish Pandit, a nuclear medicine physician who teaches in the United Kingdom, proffering astronomical, archaeological, linguistic and oral evidences to make his case.
“I used …
