Freedom and Calamity: The day that changed the map of India
“At the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” So declared Jawaharlal Nehru in his speech on
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“At the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” So declared Jawaharlal Nehru in his speech on
Do youth today associate ‘freedom’ with the country’s Independence or with their personal freedom? You value something more when you have some memory of the
Manjul Bhargava, a maths professor who just won the Fields Medal, once simplified a 200-year-old number theory law with help of an Indian mathematician’s work
Today, the phenomenon known as ‘burn-out’, which is an important concomitant of stress, has become a common experience amongst members of the helping professions such
Astanga sangraha: Acharya Vagbhata says that one should take स्निग्ध (unctous), लघु (light), उष्ण (hot or warm) food. These kind of foods improve the digestive fire, cleans the gastro intestinal
The 12 Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva — where each stands, its sacred story, and how to make the Dwadasha Jyotirlinga pilgrimage in person or in spirit this Shravan.
The Rudrabhishek is the abhishekam said to please Lord Shiva fastest. What it is, the meaning of each sacred substance, the Sri Rudram, and how it is performed at home this Shravan.
Shravan runs July 30–Aug 27 in 2026, with four Sawan Somwars (Aug 3, 10, 17, 24). Why the whole month belongs to Mahadeva — the churning of the ocean, the poison He drank, and how to keep the Sawan vrat.
Thiruvonam 2026 falls on Wednesday, August 26 — the crown of Kerala’s ten-day festival. The Bhagavata story of King Mahabali and the Vamana avatar, and why Onam is a homecoming, not a defeat.
On Monday, August 17, 2026 — a Shravan Monday — Hindus offer milk and prayers to the serpent. The stories of Shesha, Vasuki, Kaliya and Astika, and the puja vidhi for Nag Panchami.
Sanskriti comes from the Sanskrit root “kr” which means to do or to make prefix “sam” is applied before it to convey a sense of embellishment. It means actions done for the holistic refinement and perfection all the potentialities within a human being.
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