Articles in News, Reviews and Opinions
Is Kalki the only hope?
By S Gurumurthy
This article originally appeared in the Indian Express
With each passing year of the United Progressive Alliance rule, scams are rising in numbers and in the sums looted. According to one compilation, there were …
Old Sanskrit center struggling to stay alive
B Sivakumar, TNN
CHENNAI: The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute attached to the Sanskrit College in Mylapore is in doldrums because of lack of government patronage. The institute, one of the three involved in Sanskrit research in …
A ‘Western’ Opinion on Indian Affairs
Arise India Forum team received following email from British person of Christian origin named Daniel Baines. Kindly go through the email chain that we are sharing with all of you here:
From: Daniel Baines writes:
Dear Arise India,
I …
A wife should be like goddess Sita : Bombay High Court
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has observed that married women should take a cue from goddess Sita, who followed her husband Lord Ram even during his exile, while hearing a divorce petition on Tuesday, filed …
Pollution : a great leveller
Do you think closing the windows of your car and switching on your AC will save you from the pollution on jam-packed Indian road? Sunita Narain, the renowned environmentalist and director of Centre for Science …
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?
By: 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 Islam and …
Are we becoming a society of materialistic fanatics?
By Chaitanya Charan Das
The rampant corruption and the blatant inequity that assault us in our current socioeconomic system are symptoms of the materialistic fanaticism that is afflicting humanity today. Just as religious fanatics care for …
