The Secret Ingredient: Compassion
Compassion is a quality that is supposed to be inherent to humans; it was, in our ancestors. Its expression found its way in varied forms—be... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: karma
A Letter To Krishna
Dear Krishna, I woke up to the first rays of the sun in the mystical land of Vrindavan or the grove of vrinda (tulsi), as it rose in a pool ... Continue Reading
Do You Really Need That Shopping Bag?
Each year, the world produces 60 billion tons of plastic, including nearly 5,000,000,000,000 (trillion) plastic bags. The plastic does not b... Continue Reading
Photo Pollution
“You would not believe your eyes, if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep” this line from a famous song titled ‘Fir... Continue Reading
Human Evolution: How It Is Similar To Snakes And Ladder
Once Yogiji was explaining to us about how as one moves up the ladder of evolution, he/she becomes responsible for all those below. The high... Continue Reading
Truth Over Lies
I remember the first time I bunked school to go watch a movie with friends. I lied to my parents and then later to my teachers and the whole... Continue Reading
Proud As Peacock? Maybe Not
As a child, when I was about 9 or 10, I remember seeing peacocks dancing around the backyard at my grandmother’s place. It was a rusti... Continue Reading
Shanti, Karma And A Rat
Shiv has his state because he is shant (at peace). If Shiv is not shant, there is parlay (destruction). And Shiv is inside you. So if there ... Continue Reading
Camel – The Sinking Ship Of The Desert
Known as the ‘Ship of the Desert’ , Rajasthan and camels have a relation where one accentuates another. Camels are still used as... Continue Reading
A Daunting Tusk – Fall of an elephant
After the recent great fall of an elephant and its calf in a ditch in Assam, the social media drew serious attention to the plight of these ... Continue Reading
Bloodlines Of The Destroyer Of Jyotirlingas
From time to time, many rulers came and conquered, leaving the remains for the countrymen. From Arabs to the British, they ensured that the ... Continue Reading
Start Young
As Yogi Ashwiniji says, “by far the hardest to observe is the dharma of character. Raising your voice and standing up against the wron... Continue Reading
Law Can Save Lives
We’ve all read the headlines that went something like this: ‘Animals used in laboratories either die in testing or are killed at... Continue Reading
Spot The Difference
“Shrinking ice caps forced National Geographic to make the biggest change in its atlas since the Soviet Union broke apart,” President of the... Continue Reading