Why India gives NRIs special status
NRIs are a pampered lot. Even though they have taken up foreign citizenship they have their own minister, their own annual day and many other
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NRIs are a pampered lot. Even though they have taken up foreign citizenship they have their own minister, their own annual day and many other
His Holiness the Dalai Lama turns 79 on July 6, 2014, lets celebrate by taking a look his life through the years. The Dalai Lama
Sumantra Chattarji is frying a bit of brain. Or so it seems. The neurobiologist at Bangalore’s National Council of Biological Sciences (NCBS) is passing current
[hr] हिन्दी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें Observations by someone who grew up in the stifling atmosphere of dogmatic Christianity and appreciates the freshness and
Written by RSN Singh A former military intelligence officer who later served in the Research & Analysis Wing. The author of two books: Asian Strategic and Military
In India God is alive and omnipresent. He is not different from you and me. In fact, he is our inner Self. “Don’t forget about
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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