This ques­tion was asked on Day 2 of the 7 Day Retreat pro­gram in Rishikesh ‑Dec 2015 Ques­tion: What is Aham Brah­mas­mi? Aham...

The Pan­da­va broth­ers had agreed that Drau­pa­di will spend one year in the palace of each of the broth­ers. If incase any of them...

Had the good for­tune of being at Ujjain for the Simha hasth kumb­ha mela last week. What amazed me most was the the way things are...

It was an impromp­tu trip to the Himalayas last month. Had gone to Rishikesh to meet some­one but coud­n’t stop there. The upper...

It is believed that old habits die hard and new habits are hard to form. Espe­cial­ly as we grow old­er, we expe­ri­ence dif­fi­cul­ty in...

I was at the ThinkE­du Con­clave recent­ly. The main theme of the con­clave was “Indi­an­iz­ing Edu­ca­tion”. It was heart­en­ing to see...

Was at Hubli this week­end. I always feel more com­fort­able stay­ing in an ashram than a hotel. I stayed at the Sid­dha­rood­ha Mut­ta...

The Ramayana and Mahab­hara­ta have been trans­mit­ted across sev­er­al gen­er­a­tions in the form of sto­ries, poems, nar­ra­tives and...

In our day to day lives, we see so many peo­ple around us depressed and sad because they feel that they haven’t done as good as anoth­er...

Sav­it­ri was silent­ly count­ing the days and grew anx­ious about the fate­ful day that Nara­da had men­tioned. When the day was four...

India is known for great Rishikas and women with excep­tion­al capa­bil­i­ties. Sav­it­ri is one such woman who is a Tapaswi­ni...

We have all got­ten used to the idea that fam­i­ly means con­flicts. We notice elders around us casu­al­ly say “In a fam­i­ly, fights and...

In the Indi­an con­text, Upavasa is of immense impor­tance. Fast­ing or absti­nence from food is a part of Upavasa. Upavasa is much...

The Shan­ti Par­va of the Mahab­haratha, which is the longest book and hav­ing the most num­ber of vers­es, has excel­lent insights on...

Mahab­harath is filled with sto­ries of great kings and queens known for the val­or, intel­li­gence, strat­e­gy and expan­sive vision. It...

The Mahab­haratha has won­der­ful sto­ries about Acharya (teacher) and Sishya (disciple/student) rela­tion­ship. One such unique...