Article Archive for April 2012
Are we devaluing sex by glamorizing it?
By Chaitanya Charan Das
This article originally appeared in The Spiritual Scientist here
Our contemporary culture constantly glamorizes sex through gaudy images permeated with sexual undertones and overtones. Due to this incessant glamorization of sex, most people …
Aurangzeb, as he was, according to Mughal records – Part 2
by AIF Staff
Dara Shukoh’s farcical trial and verdict.
Dara’s immense popularity and sympathy for him among the masses was evident when he along with his young son was taken out on the streets of Delhi on …
Viktor Frankl – Why to believe in others
By AIF Staff
In this rare clip from 1972, legendary psychiatrist and Holocaust-survivor Viktor Frankl delivers a powerful message about the human search for meaning — and the most important gift we can give others.
If we …
Story of a “Real” Hero
By AIF Staff
An amazing story of grit, determination and perservance to face almost impossible odds in life. That is what S. Ramakrishnan stands for. What could a man do with a body immobilized down from …
Reflections on Titanic Disasters – By Giriraj Swami
About the Author: Giriraj Swami was born Glenn Phillip Teton in Chicago on September 13, 1947. In March 1969, as a student at Brandeis University near Boston, he met A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, author of numerous books on Vedic philosophy …
Zakir Naik’s idea of Peace?
Author: Vikram Thapar, Student of Chartered Accountancy from Mumbai (article received via email)
For those who don’t know Dr. Zakir Naik proclaims himself to be a student of comparative religions. He gives lectures and seminars on …
Holy Cow!
By Subramanium Swamy
Posted by AIF Staff
This article originally appeared in the Express Buzz here. Photo credit : harmonist.us
Our West-influenced intellectuals sneer at the mention of the cow. The same intellectuals first sneered at yoga. Now …
In Search of a Lost Love – Lessons from the Musk Deer
Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys, rivers and trees; they all served as my teachers when I lived as …
Shivaji’s protest against Aurangzeb’s Jaziya Tax on Hindus
By AIF Staff
Aurangzeb, the fanatic Islamic emperor of India, imposed a “jaziya” tax on the non-Muslim population of India, in the year 1679. Much time has been devoted by scholars to understand the jaziya tax, …
The Laws of Nature: An Infallible Justice
Source: From the book- The Laws of Nature – by Srila Prabhupada
Man prides himself on being a creature of reason, above the lowly beasts. Yet it seems that when he applies his reason to unlocking the …
