- If animals could talk
Once children become adults, their perception of animals undergoes a sea change. Sometimes we're cruel to animals; at other times, indiffer...
08 Feb, 2024, 10.42 PM IST
Who is Amogh Lila Das? What he said about Vivekananda?The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) recently banned Amogh Lila Das, a monk and ISKCON's vice president of the Dwar...
16 Jul, 2023, 12.04 PM IST
Goddess Kali's blessings always with India: Modi at ramakrishna eventThe establishment of Ramakrishna Mission is also associated with this idea, he said in a video message on the birth centenary celebrations ...
11 Jul, 2022, 12.42 AM IST
Goddess Kali's unlimited blessings are always with India, says PM ModiThe PM's speech came in the backdrop of a recent controversy that was created when TMC MP Mahua Moitra, at a conclave, recently said that s...
10 Jul, 2022, 03.56 PM IST
This new book on Swami Vivekananda explores his experiments with food and cookingThe book claims to focus on his love for cooking and feeding people such as feeding his disciples.
13 Jan, 2022, 08.31 PM IST
View: BJP is gaining votes in Bengal. But is it gaining seats?Everyone in Bengal is aware how high Bengal is on BJP's list of priorities.
11 May, 2019, 12.03 PM IST
Is tolerance and acceptance of dissent on wane, asks President Pranab MukherjeePresident reminded the audience of the teachings of Ramakrishna Paramhansa 'Jato Mat Tato Path' "As there are a number of beliefs, there ar...
20 Oct, 2015, 12.35 AM IST
Narendra Modi visits Ramakrishna Mission in DhakaPrime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Ramakrishna Mission, a branch of the Kolkata-based Belur Math, at the heart of the Bangladeshi cap...
07 Jun, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee seeks financial independence for statesBanerjee said major chunk of her state's earnings went towards servicing of debts of more than Rs 2 lakh crore, which was affecting people'...
04 Dec, 2014, 07.27 PM IST
Food of the GodsAn iconic story propagated in some homes in Bengal concerns the mystic Ramakrishna Paramhansa’s intimate identification with the Kali deity.
18 Mar, 2014, 07.01 AM IST
Satisfaction of the soulIn the Upanishads though, the soul or higher Self, and the personality or lower self, are compared to two birds sitting on the same tree wi...
29 Mar, 2013, 04.40 AM IST
- 55 yrs on, Meghnad Saha’s green design gets shape
Six decades ago, when very few had woken up to the ills of global warming, legendary astrophysicist Meghnad Saha dreamt of building a green...
28 Sep, 2012, 03.55 AM IST
- Mamata to protest against cap on subsidised gas, diesel price hike and FDI on October 1
Mamata told her Facebook followers that she will march in Delhi on October 1 to protest the cap on subsidised gas, diesel price hike and fo...
25 Sep, 2012, 06.23 AM IST
Will not bow down to arrogance of power: Mamata Banerjee"I can always hiss if I can't bite," this was Mamata Banerjee's remark after her six ministers quit the UPA government on FDI and other 'pe...
22 Sep, 2012, 04.34 PM IST
How low can reverence get?Almost all forms of greeting involve a gesture or movement of the body that expresses deference, homage or, in rare instances, even genufle...
07 May, 2010, 06.35 AM IST