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Love Means to Give….

March 29, 2012 – 10:23 AM | No Comment | 1,167 views
Love Means to Give….

The essential need within every living being is to seek pleasure. What do people do for pleasure? Now, different types of living entities have different standards of pleasure and they work in different ways to …

All we need is a “Tiger” Mom

March 22, 2012 – 1:26 AM | No Comment | 11,073 views
All we need is a “Tiger” Mom

By Arise India Forum Staff
The tales of pampered children having gone awry en-route their path to adulthood is too familiar these days…Drunken parties, cultural insensitivity, disrespect towards parents and traditions – all these might sound …

LOVE JIHAD: A Sinister Design to Convert Young Hindu and Non-Muslim Girls to Islam by Fake Love

March 19, 2012 – 12:50 AM | 7 Comments | 15,228 views
LOVE JIHAD: A Sinister Design to Convert Young Hindu and Non-Muslim Girls to Islam by Fake Love

By Dr Radhasyam Brahmachari 
This is happening in Bharat not in any Middle East country or Pakistan or Bangladesh
This author has tried to expose how the Muslim boys and men reportedly target school and college girls belonging …

The “Prime” Effect

March 18, 2012 – 12:09 PM | No Comment | 1,040 views
The “Prime” Effect

By AIF Staff
In his book “Thinking Fast and Slow”, Nobel Prize Winner in Economics Daniel Kahenman walks us through a wide range of experiments in behavioral sciences which unravel the nature of human brain and …

The Question on “Indian” Identity

March 18, 2012 – 11:12 AM | No Comment | 1,915 views
The Question on “Indian” Identity

By AIF Staff
Francois Gautier, the Frenchman who has embraced all things India, and professes great attachment for the spiritual traditions of India writes on how the perception of RSS and Hindu organizations has been maligned, …

Sri Prahlada: Sharing a lifetime of Kirtan

March 13, 2012 – 11:31 PM | No Comment | 917 views
Sri Prahlada: Sharing a lifetime of Kirtan

Author: Sri Prahlada

Kirtan is mantra meditation as song. The Sanskrit word man means mind, while tra means to free. Mantra meditation calms your mind of fear and anxiety, and opens your heart to reveal your spiritual nature of eternity and bliss. The …

13 lakh kids in India die before 1st birthday

March 13, 2012 – 10:53 AM | No Comment | 731 views
13 lakh kids in India die before 1st birthday

No matter how much we love India, it still has a long way to go in protecting its future, by protecting the way children can have a nutritious diet to grow and develop to their …

Bollywood Is The Reel Glamour For Real?

March 10, 2012 – 10:56 AM | No Comment | 1,516 views
Bollywood Is The Reel Glamour For Real?

Author: Vraja Bihari Das, MBA

Understanding the fleeting nature of time

All this talk about equality … the only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die .. . ” – …

A love for Krishna that crosses Religious Lines

March 9, 2012 – 11:53 AM | 2 Comments | 1,529 views
A love for Krishna that crosses Religious Lines

For 36 years, Abdul Rashid, a 58- yearold Muslim, has been making clothes adorned by the deities at the ISKCON temple; he is now designing pink outfits embellished with silver zari for the idols for …

Significance and Importance of Holi

March 8, 2012 – 1:26 AM | No Comment | 1,332 views
Significance and Importance of Holi

What is Holi? : Holi, or Holli is a spring religious festival celebrated by Hindus. It is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and countries with large Indic diaspora populations, such as Suriname, Malaysia, Guyana, …