A new edition of Shiv K. Kumar’s novel, Nude Before God, has been released by Random House India, and so this is a good occasion to revisit this satirical work on death by the eminent litterateur. First published 30 years ago, in 1983, it nevertheless represents a contemporary take on a debate that has been of interest to humankind for centuries, central to which are questions like: What happens when we die? Do we come back in another form? How do our actions in this life affect the afterlife?

Swati Chopra

There are so many misconceptions and misunderstandings prevalent about spirituality that I thought it necessary to explore what it actually is.
As I understand, and I am no guru, just a seeker on the path, spirituality is a way of seeing things radically differently from what we have been used to, from birth until now.