
The wounded child within us
In each of us, there is a young, suffering child. We have all had times of difficulty as children and many of us have experienced
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In each of us, there is a young, suffering child. We have all had times of difficulty as children and many of us have experienced

Some years after I became a Catholic, I joined Mother Teresa’s congregation, the Missionaries of Charity. I was one of her sisters for nine and

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The long-awaited Chandni Chowk redevelopment plan has finally started on the ground, with various agencies like the Public Works Department and traffic police working in

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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.

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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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