Article Archive for May 2010
Tragedies-preventing them or transcending?
“My close friend ran away with my sister. I feel cheated and my parents are wild”. As the 21 year old sobbed his tale of woe, I was struggling to conceal my own shock, while …
When Zakir Naik blasphemes Mohammed
By Swami Abhayananda Tirtha
Dr Zakir Naik claims that the Bhavishya Purana predicts Mohammed. Let’s see what the relevant section of the Purana, that is, Pratisarga ParvaSarag Parv III Khand 3 Adhay 3 Shloka 5 to 27, actually …
Mumbai Passion- A case for compassion
By Vraj Bihari Das
“More than ten million travel in the local trains of Mumbai daily!” my friend read out the statistics aloud. As we discussed the bizarre lifestyle of Mumbaities, rushing at a breakneck speed to work from sunrise …
Is the media brainwashing the world?
By Balaji Tumke
I grew up hearing my father advice, “You should read the newspapers daily. Otherwise how will you get knowledge of the world, and how will you grow to be intelligent?” I did read them …
Temples for Purification
By Chaitanya Charan Das
Spiritual knowledge and practices are not meant only to make bad people good, but also to make good people better and better till they become the best they can be.
Purification is the key that unlocks the treasure of happiness …
Biological Mythology and Social Disaster
By Chaitanya Charan Das
Once the philosopher Maxim Gorky was explaining the glorious achievements of modern science to the Russian peasants, “By the power of the latest technology, humans can now fly in the sky like the birds ?.and swim in …
How British looted India
What happened to India when the British arrived? HOW INDIA WAS DRAINED OF ITS WEALTH; India: ‘Milch Cow of the Empire` On receiving silver bullion from Spain for the provision of 4,800 African slaves, Britain had a …
The Universe of the Vedas
By Sadaputa Dasa
At first glance, the cosmology of the Srimad-Bhagavatam might seem like fantasy.Here are four ways to make sense of it all.
The inquisitive human mind naturally yearns to understand the universe and man’s place within it. Today scientists …
Our “Eminent Historians”
By Sujay Adukia
Arrogance and elitism are the hallmarks of the India’s leftist intellectuals.Marxist historians of India out to have been an empty land – filled by successive invaders.
They have made present-day India, and Hinduism even more so, …
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
By Stephen Knapp
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu [pronounced Caitanya] (February 27,1486 to 1534 A.D.) was born in Navadvipa, Bengal, on a full moon night during a lunar eclipse. It is typical for people to bathe in the …
