Articles By: guest

A Clothes-line from Cities to the Country

A Clothes-line from Cities to the Country

0 Feb 22, 2010 2:48 PM

Drought in some parts of the country, notably Rajasthan and Gujarat, made big news in the months preceding the monsoon. […]

Chain of Love

Chain of Love

0 Feb 16, 2010 6:01 AM

Someone once asked Hellen Keller: “How do you account for your remarkable accomplishments in life? How do you explain the […]

Education and Initiation

Education and Initiation

0 Jan 16, 2010 5:02 AM

In olden times, in our country, nay, in China, Egypt, Greece and amongst all ancient nations there was in practice […]

Water Harvesting – The Silent Crusaders

Water Harvesting – The Silent Crusaders

0 Jan 16, 2010 4:47 AM

Drought in some parts of the country, notably Rajasthan and Gujarat, made big news in the months preceding the monsoon. […]

A Violin with Three Strings

A Violin with Three Strings

0 Jan 16, 2010 4:44 AM

On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at […]

Love Is…

Love Is…

0 Dec 15, 2009 2:12 PM

This is what a group of children had to say when asked what they thought was LOVE… “When someone loves […]

A Tryst with Destiny

A Tryst with Destiny

0 Nov 15, 2009 1:32 PM

(The following speech by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was made on August 14th 1947 in New Delhi while introducing the pledge […]

The Busy, Busy Bus

The Busy, Busy Bus

0 Sep 15, 2009 6:43 AM

“Doorstep” is the story of how a small individual initiative has blossomed into a mini movement. Begun in Mumbai in […]

A Dangerous Cult of Absolute Nonviolence

A Dangerous Cult of Absolute Nonviolence

0 Sep 15, 2009 6:39 AM

In the 1940 presidential address at the Twenty-second Session of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha at Madurai, Savarkar criticizes Gandhi’s […]

Not so Mysterious, After All

Not so Mysterious, After All

0 Sep 15, 2009 6:35 AM

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to […]

Spiritual Education

Spiritual Education

0 Aug 15, 2009 5:41 AM

The future of mankind depends on the education it gives to itself. And the kind of education that it develops […]

Staring Down Droughts

Staring Down Droughts

0 Aug 15, 2009 5:26 AM

In just seven years, with a modest one-time investment, BAIF, Dharwad (Karnataka) has lifted 10,000 people to good lives. It […]

The Dawn of Freedom

The Dawn of Freedom

0 Aug 15, 2009 5:22 AM

(The following speech was made by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on the eve of taking a pledge on the night of 14-15 […]

The Rise and Decline of Nations

The Rise and Decline of Nations

0 Jul 22, 2009 5:16 AM

Amongst the hundreds of unsung heroes of the freedom struggle was Ajit Singh from Punjab, better known as Bhagat Singh’s […]

The Spirit of Education

The Spirit of Education

0 Jul 15, 2009 4:43 AM

The spirit of education is inherent in the word `education’ itself. Education is that which brings out the best in […]

Pearls before Breakfast

Pearls before Breakfast

0 Jul 15, 2009 4:26 AM

A man sat in a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold […]

Different Perspectives

Different Perspectives

0 Jul 15, 2009 4:10 AM

One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the […]

Practical Hints for Spiritual Education

Practical Hints for Spiritual Education

0 Jun 14, 2009 2:23 PM

A complete psychic and spiritual education is a life-long process, and yet, in so far as they truly give meaning […]

Patriotism in Samskrit Literature

Patriotism in Samskrit Literature

0 Jun 14, 2009 2:09 PM

(Radha Kumud Mukherji, the noted historian and politician, avers in his speech that Samskrit literature is not all religion and […]

The Power of Money

The Power of Money

0 May 22, 2009 4:35 AM

Some of you may already know that I travel around the region pretty frequently, having to visit and conduct seminars […]

Realities of Spiritual Education

Realities of Spiritual Education

0 May 14, 2009 1:37 PM

The revolution of the 16th Century, which is usually termed the Reformation, contributed to the most far-reaching and profound awakening […]

Aspiration

Aspiration

0 May 14, 2009 1:28 PM

Aspiration A yearning for Thee An infant awareness aspiring Responding timely To a blind faith old A heavy handed silence […]

A Learning Place as Home

A Learning Place as Home

1 May 14, 2009 1:21 PM

Every evening between 4 and 8 o’clock, Kamalam, Kannan and their little son surrender their house to 150 children who […]

Courage

Courage

0 May 14, 2009 1:16 PM

World War II produced many heroes. One such man was a Lieutenant Commander Butch O’Hare. He was a fighter pilot […]

Freedom is My Birthright

Freedom is My Birthright

0 May 14, 2009 1:13 PM

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was sentenced to six years imprisonment for seditious writing in 1908 and was sent to Mandalay jail […]

Because, He Saw Them Standing There…

Because, He Saw Them Standing There…

1 Apr 22, 2009 1:06 PM

Anuradha Goburdhun Bakhshi says she is paying back a debt to India. But that is strange accounting. She hardly owes […]

Education for Perfection

Education for Perfection

0 Apr 14, 2009 12:47 PM

Our religions have proclaimed from the very beginning that each human individual is to be regarded as a spark of […]

Science and Politics

Science and Politics

0 Apr 14, 2009 12:35 PM

In the following speech made at the Indian Science News Association, Calcutta, on 21st August, 1938, Subhas Chandra Bose elaborates […]

The Significance of 4’th April

The Significance of 4’th April

1 Apr 4, 2009 12:25 PM

Calm was the day, and through the trembling air, Sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play. – Spencer Such a day was […]

Towards Freedom

Towards Freedom

0 Feb 14, 2009 10:52 AM

(Lala Lajpat Rai had left India in 1913 and gave the following reason for his departure: ‘I began to suspect […]