MEETING DEVI SITA
As Lord Hanuman lies across the ocean to do the karya of Shri Ram, he is tested on the way. Mainak Mountain offers itself for
Culture
Fate Served on a Plate
Our past, present and future is governed by the world of energy, physical attempts to alter it do not work. Let us understand this with
Essence of Herbs - Rasa (taste)
Dashanan’s wife, Mandodari was bearing his child in her womb, and under terrible pain, when she asked him, ‘Oh Lord of three Worlds, with
Madhubani
Madhubani, literally translates as ‘from the forests of honey’, and refers to the traditional wall art of the ancient city of Mithila (present day Bihar)
700-YEAR-OLD Sun Dial
“Here the language of stone surpasses the language of human,” expressed Rabindranath Tagore, for the architectural ingenuity of the Sun Temple at Konark, Odisha. The
mind over matter
Religion and science go hand-in-hand; they are the two windows we look out of to understand and steer life towards a purpose. Pitching them against
THANK INDIA FOR THESE
Bharatvarsha is the mother to a lot of inventions, which are widely used even today. Often we attribute these to the colonial powers since they
GEOMETRY AND SCIENCE OF YAGYA
Fire, is a magical element and its magic was explored square and wide by the Vedic seers, quite literally. Most of us know of fire
EDUCATION BEFORE AND AFTER MACAULAY
Vedas say Sa vidya ya vimuktaye, in other words, ‘that it is Gyan which liberates us’. Our ancients put gyan on the highest pedestal—as