Grateful or Indebted?
2On numerous occasions in the course of a single lifetime, one finds oneself grateful — grateful for the support extended […]
On numerous occasions in the course of a single lifetime, one finds oneself grateful — grateful for the support extended […]
Institutions. Organisations. Committees. Councils. Boards. Groups. Gangs. It would come as no surprise if nine out of ten who read […]
President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above […]
Parenthood is such a thrill… for most at least. Apart from the miracle of having created another human, there is […]
How often do we find that praise turns upon itself, wiping itself off the slate in the bargain? Swami Vivekananda […]
The last wolf hurried toward me through the ruined city and I heard his baying echoes down the steep smashed […]
I was shocked, confused, bewildered As I entered Heaven’s door, Not by the beauty of it all, Nor the lights […]
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to […]
I hear You breathe In the void of silence Echoes vaguely light Awake and still I sit To miss not […]
Spring breezes sweep the green meadows. Rains have stopped, but from the bamboo leaves water still drips. Suddenly a white […]
In 2007, celebrated writer Doris Lessing, aged 88, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Presented below is her acceptance […]
No matter how many languages one knows or to what extent one is proficient in each, when you really look […]
Wide mouthed the earth drinks, Ambrosial rain that to heaven links, Her leaves and twigs, trembling in joy, Her buds […]
I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get […]
Human beings are notorious for creating problems for themselves. Sticky tricky situations where there is need for none. Bickering and […]
Purusha of golden eternities of might, Sun-self of bliss august, unknowable, Whose sheer altitude of timelessness and light Is the […]
What a lovely month…! A leap year for most, an occasion to celebrate for some. Not just those who celebrate […]
Now this is what we believe. The Mother of us all is Earth. The Father is the Sun. The Grandfather […]
Holy Earth Mother, the trees and all nature are witnesses of your thoughts and deeds. – Winnebago Indians Repeating the […]
The year end is always so welcome for it brings on a wave of fresh possibilities, dreams, aspirations, all lurking […]
We all have our own ways of understanding things, events, words. What is meant by what is said or done […]
Many of us are prone to working better when under pressure – the self imposed or external deadlines induce a […]
Near Tokyo, there lived a very great Samurai who had grown old and now devoted himself to teaching Zen Buddhism […]
(Mahasweta Devi had people in tears at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2006. Delivered with passionate heart, her inaugural speech […]
It is held by many that one of the most difficult tasks in life is to have a baby. The […]
Book: Totto-Chan; Author: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Totto-chan is a recollection of memories spent while growing up, during which the school that […]
One of the most frequent questions we often ask ourselves and others is, “what really is this life all about?” […]
Satprem was born Bernard Enginger in 1923 in Paris. At twenty, he was arrested by the Gestapo and spent one […]
Wisdom says that Man is an aggregate of habits. Good ones, nasty ones. Those that prove beneficial in maintaining discipline. […]
One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried […]