Swati Chopra

Watching the horrific devastation in Uttarakhand, I was reminded of my visit to Badrinath and Kedarnath some 25 or so years ago. There was nowhere the kind and scale of construction that seemed to have sprung up of late, and the numbers of pilgrims were in hundreds, not thousands.

Father Dominic Emmanuel

The scene of devastation in Uttarakhand, particularly around the Kedarnath, where hundreds of pilgrims and rescue officials have died is beyond description. The Bible begins with a beautiful story of God creating the universe in seven days.

Swami Chaitanya Keerti

Bulle Shah, the Sufi mystic saint of Punjab, says “Rab da ki pana, ethon putiyan the ethe lana (God-realisation is as simple as uprooting a plant from here and replanting it there)”. It is not a long and arduous journey. Zen masters in Japan do not even call it a journey from here to there.

Does a daughter need an invitation to go to her father’s house?” countered the innocent Sati when Shiva, her husband, stopped her from going there uninvited. But when Sati’s arrogant father, Daksha, abused his “uncouth, ill-kempt” son-in-law in the presence of a legion of assembled divinities and venerable sages, it set off a chain of events that culminated in a fiery suicide by Sati, the desecration of the ceremonial hall by Shiva’s hordes, a terrifying dance of destruction and virtually the near-end of the world.

A woman who became blind due to a congenital ocular defect firmly believed in God. Her blindness did not deter her from living happily.

Amrit Sadhana

While reading about the sad story of Jiah Khan I was reminded of Osho’s wisdom about human love and its frailty.

Raji P. Shrivastava

In Valmiki’s Ramayana, the war between Ram and Ravan is described as the war when the world stood still. And how did two evenly matched heroes fare in this keenly-watched battle?

Come Sunday (June 16), and it would be Father’s Day. Though fathers have been around for as long mothers, it is Mother’s Day that came into existence first.

Come Sunday (June 16), and it would be Father’s Day. Though fathers have been around for as long mothers, it is Mother’s Day that came into existence first.

Questioner: When we are on a spiritual path, how do we know we are moving ahead?