As another International Day of Happiness passes by and the latest World Happiness Report comes out, ET Magazine looks at what one needs to...

The Chinese government must respect Tibetan culture and the Tibetan language, said Dalai Lama.

PM Modi's verses would resonate with the masses in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh which has a large audience for Sanskrit and Hindi poetry

Thamizhachi considers atheism or irreligiousness as a feature of a social movement that fights caste inequality and subjugation of women.

Asked which Indian philosophy appeals him the most, Tripathi said Advaita philosophy because it makes a person feel one with God.

Normally, Modi is quite forthcoming with comments on Twitter. During the elections, this was a refreshing change from the tight-lipped inac...

Anonagenarian friend was bereaved after 58 years of marriage. As a rationalist, his first impulse was to say no to funerary rituals.

Why do so many people swear by a sense of value, mystery and purpose in life in spite of their atheism rather than in addition to their ath...

Debt has a hoary history not just in Artha, wealth and finance, but also in Moksha, liberation or salvation.

In RSS's version, minorities have to be bludgeoned into second-hand status. So long as BJP does not forsake this vision, its allies will re...

"It is only prudent to make a very high estimate of human nature, first of all in order to contain the worst impulses of human nature, and ...

After cremation, there's no coming back of the body; hence, a person ought to do whatever he has to when he's alive.

Pitru Paksha is extremely solemn business. This is when the Sun enters Virgo, when the spirits of the ancestors leave their customary haunt.

Why do most people continue to hanker for deathless life or willfully deny the immutable prospect of their own mortality?