Search for IdentityJean Jacques Rousseau's autobiography Confessions delves into his journey towards self-discovery, emphasising the importance of confronting...
- Deepfakes: It's All Maya
Maya conceals Brahmn, entangles consciousness, projects unreal as real. Adi Shankara states Brahmn alone is real, illusory world resides wi...
Jala Neti, Kapalbhati: Yogic kriyas to remove toxins, cleanse the body and mindPractising these yogic kriyas daily can help restore internal health by improving resistance to disease.
Rise in demand for Yoga accessories from abroad: ExpertThe Maharashtra government had last year appointed a committee headed by Surve to prepare a roadmap for Yoga treatment system.
Beat the post-Holi flu with these simple yogic techniquesA mustard oil foot massage is an excellent way to fight any symptoms of cold and infection.
Himalaya forays into pet nutrition with 'healthytreats'Company said that 'healthytreats' is the first herbal and nutritional snacks brand for pets, with special health benefits, that come in thr...
Bangalore Literature Festival is home-ward bound with a 'Look East' theme this yearBLF seeks to democratise literature with balanced representation of English and regional languages to encourage a new generation of readers...
- Croc Mama
For Augustine, as compared to God, all of physical creation was prope nihil, or next to nothing. Of course, the Saint didn’t mean that lite...
Treading no-waySwiss novelist and entrepreneur Rolf Dobelli begins the epilogue to his bestseller The Art of Thinking Clearly with story of the Pope.
A closet full of beliefsImagine Adi Shankaracharya as a brand ambassador of spiritual atheism. Others walked that way before him - Siddhartha Gautama, for example.
Gut & ToeAll one needed was evolutionary chaos, he reasoned, and not the hand of God to ‘explain’ the birth of the solar system.
Random worldsRecent developments in cosmology may be tempting some physicists to throw in the dice and retire hurt to the library.
Spinoza's spin'Software' today has almost become synonymous with the 'India Shining' story. For 'hardware' and its association with the rise of the Asian...
Gardner of beliefsMartin Gardner, who died at 95 recently, became synonymous with recreational math with his column in Scientific American. But he also had a...
Faucet drip, or monsoon?Genome pioneer J Craig Venter sports a small salt-and-pepper goatee , appropriate for someone claiming to have synthesised life from off-th...
Radicals have relatives tooRaimon Panikkar, the 92-year-old mysticmaster of comparative religions who lives in Spain is the son of a Hindu Indian father and a Roman C...
The ineffable nature of Ultimate RealityThe story of the elephant and the blind wise men warns us about judgements with blinkers. It's also found in the adage used in IT which say...