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These are the sounds i like to hear
June 5, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Ruskin Bond All night the rain has been drumming on the corrugated tin roof. There has been no storm, no thunder, just the steady swish of a tropical downpour. It helps me to be…
June 5, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Be sporting, give your very best!
June 4, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Francis Gonsalves There’s a joke about Jesus viewing a football match between the ‘Catholic Conquerors’ and ‘Protestant Punchers’. Both teams were excellent; the match was exciting. The Conquerors scored a goal first. Jesus jumped…
June 4, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Rethinking anger management
June 2, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Pulkit Sharma Anger is a primitive emotion. Let’s face it, we all get angry over big, small and imaginary things. We become furious when our wellbeing is threatened, our needs and expectations are not…
June 2, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Seek out the crown of contentment
June 1, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Swami Avdeshanand Giri Most of us are familiar with the story of a man who had a hen which laid a golden egg every day. He lived by selling it. One day, he thought…
June 1, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Brahmn, the unknowable phenomenon
May 31, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Kishor Kulkarni What is this physical creation? There are two broad ways of looking at it. First, creation with a creator behind it who may have designed and programmed it, possibly with some degree…
May 31, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Happiness has something to do with you
May 30, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By James Anderson The wise will always state that happiness does not depend on circumstance. Being happy is truly a natural state; there are no pretexts – one is simply that. However, from birth, happiness…
May 30, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Here’s the right way to observe fast
May 29, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Talk: Acharya Shriram Sharma Eating is an essential function for the survival of body but what to eat and how to eat is a very important aspect. Even members of other species in the animal…
May 29, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Implications of rajasic guna in Anu Gita
May 28, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By MM Goel The mid-point of the three gunas, is rajas – between tamas and sattva. All non-spiritual activities including social, economic, political and religious ones fall in the domain of rajas. As a teacher…
May 28, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The Gita verse, ‘Sambhavami Yuge Yuge’
May 26, 2018, 2:01 AM IST
By B Shankar The scene is the battlefield of Kurukshetra, where opposing armies of the Kauravas and Pandavas are arrayed in battle formation. Arjuna is seated in his chariot driven by Krishna. Looking at kith…
May 26, 2018, 2:01 AM IST
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Remember that you are part of nature
May 25, 2018, 2:08 AM IST
By Swami Vishwananda The world is suffering because of pollution. There is no point in shouting from the rooftops that carbon emissions are rising substantially. Every individual can act with the realisation that his actions…
May 25, 2018, 2:08 AM IST
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Deal with destructive emotions & be happy
May 24, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Kamal Jain The key to happiness lies in our own state of mind, as it is the mind that is the primary obstacle to happiness. The greatest impediments to our happiness and our ability…
May 24, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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The redemptive power of true love
May 23, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Bishop Michael Curry There’s power in love. If you don’t believe me, think about a time when you first fell in love. The whole world seemed to centre around you and your beloved. Oh, there’s…
May 23, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Practical guide to transcend the mind
May 22, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Anandmurti Gurumaa That which can never be satiated is a desire. Now many may not believe this statement and argue that quite a few of their desires have been fulfilled, so how can anyone…
May 22, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Let’s use all our emotions creatively
May 21, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
Satsang: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Q. Can you elaborate on how sadness can be a means of growth? A. Most people do not know what it means for misery to strike in the form of life….
May 21, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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We believe what we think is true
May 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Janki Santoke When thoughts are not examined and reflected upon, they can have disastrous results. They may be dramatic, as in the case of Othello, who murdered his noble wife Desdemona on suspicion of…
May 19, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Direct your decisions & actions for unity
May 18, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Sant Rajinder Singh Every day we are faced with choices. Are we going to take an action that tears people apart or that brings people together? In our jobs, we have to work on…
May 18, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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What happens in the presence of a deity
May 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Shammi Paranjape Though a deity is usually made of stone, it has presence. But, to draw divinity out of stone, a devotee’s intense prayer and supplication are needed. The Vedas declare that God pervades…
May 17, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Spiritual progress makes existence meaningful
May 16, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Shri Shri Anandamurti What is mantra? “Mantra is that which when repeated again and again, shows the way to trana, liberation.” In the spiritual sphere, the word trana is used in the sense of…
May 16, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Annual Roza during Ramadan is hunger shock
May 15, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Shock is a kind of treatment adopted by nature. Throughout life, there are different kinds of shocks nature exposes us to and one among them is ‘hunger-shock’. Hunger and thirst is…
May 15, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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Passing relationships and meaningful ones
May 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
By Janina Gomes When we look back, we find that we have had encounters with thousands of people, who have not made it to our present. Most have been passing relationships. Perhaps, we interacted with…
May 14, 2018, 2:00 AM IST
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