Preserving Faith
0Can faith be increased by personal effort? Faith is certainly a gift given to us by the Divine Grace. It […]
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Pressure of the Spirit
0The mental intelligence and its main power of reason cannot change the principle and persistent character of human life, it […]
Words of Wisdom
0Sometimes you stumble upon a piece of writing which you instantly fall in love with and have this compelling need […]
I and My Typewriter
0I place the typewriter in front of me and I begin typing a page. It is supposed to be a […]
The Grammar of Prayers
0How little we understand the way the physical world works and so when it comes to the world that remains […]
The Mother of Indian Culture – II
0India, said a western historian, is the Mother of the human race. The ‘Veda’ is the Mother of Indian civilization […]
Vande Maataram in Pop Culture
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Although written as far back as 1882, Bankim Chandra’s ‘Vande Maataram’ (from his novel Anandamath) is very much part of […]
The Last Day of Raja Nandakumar
0(On the occasion of India’s Independence Day which falls on August 15th, we take a page from history which gives […]
August 15: Its World-Significance
0(This article by Amal Kiran was published on August 15th 1950 in the monthly journal Mother India. The sub-title read: “Pointers […]
Vande Mātaram in Music
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Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote Anandamath in 1882; while the novel itself was hugely popular, it was the song Vande Maataram […]
The Story of Krishna
0. . . . . Krishna At last I find a meaning of soul’s birth Into this universe terrible and […]
The Mother of Indian Culture – I
0India, said a western historian, is the Mother of the human race. The ‘Veda’ is the Mother of Indian civilization […]
Quit India
0Bombay, 8 August 1942 The speech which Gandhi delivered at the commencement of the Quit India Movement on 8th August, […]
Vande Maataram in Film
0India’s National Song ‘Vande Maataram’ was written as part of a novel Anandamath by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1882. The […]
The Secret behind Pain
0“Pain and grief are Nature’s reminder to the soul that the pleasure it enjoys is only a feeble hint of […]
Inner Technology
0There is an outer technology of machinery and equipment which has made human life a little more comfortable. A lot […]
Meanderings
0(Through the ages, authors and poets have walked – through nature, through towns and cities – to tap the wellsprings […]
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
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“If you aren’t prepared to be wrong you will never come up with anything original.”
Innovative India
0Each page would be an eye-opener for many of us who know the word innovation but have rarely chanced upon it and yet, here it was in full form, in practically every field of human activity.
Kanyakumari
0One early dawn in March I swam off Kanyakumari just as the great Swami had done back in 1892. The […]
Copyright Laws and the Dissemination of Higher Ideals
0Most of us are familiar with copyright laws. You can see it on the first page of any book published […]
A True Professor
0The Mother says a professor, a true professor, must be truly a yogi. That is to say, a teacher, even […]
Hymn to the Mother
0(‘Bande Mataram’ was written as part of ‘Anandamath’ (1882), a novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterji. It caught the imagination of […]
Man is a Transitional Being
0Man is a transitional being, he is not final; for in him and high beyond him ascend the radiant degrees […]
A True Hero
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A tribal man with raging fever is carried on a stretcher over a long distance to the only doctor available […]
Yoga, Psychology and the Indian Genius
0India is well-known as the land of religion and philosophy. The spiritual masters of modern India like Sri Aurobindo and […]
The Extraordinary Average
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At times one feels the sudden urge to do something – something larger than we are, more powerful, more impactful […]
The Beginning
0A million years ago the animal sprawling in the swamps of Africa and Asia stood erect, – a marvel of […]
FDI In Retail and Political Decision Making
0The decision of the Government of India to bring in foreign companies to retail has generated much heat, controversy and […]
