Quote of the day by Leo Tolstoy: 'What counts in making a happy marriage is not how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility' - A life lesson on handling differences in relationships by the legendary Russian authorQuote of the day: The quote by Leo Tolstoy highlights that a successful marriage is not built on perfect compatibility but on how couples h...
Ashoka vs Qin Shi Huang: Two contrasting paths to unity and empire-buildingMore than two millennia ago, leaders Qin Shi Huang in China and Ashoka in India confronted the vital issue of creating unity within their r...
IIT Baba marriage: Who is Abhey Singh's wife Pratika, with whom he tied the knot on Mahashivratri in Himachal? Check detailsIIT Baba marriage: Abhey Singh, a former aerospace engineering student from the IIT Bombay, who gained popularity during the Mahakumbh Mela...
IIT Baba, who left Rs 36 LPA job for spirituality, gets married to Bengaluru techie. Who is Abhay Singh?Abhay Singh, the IIT Bombay engineer turned spiritual seeker, has married Preetika. The couple tied the knot at the Aghanjhar Mahadev Templ...
FYI, no great HDFC renunciation hisIn a surprising turn of events, HDFC Bank's chairman Atanu Chakraborty has stepped down, citing his personal values as the reason for his d...
A Naga Sadhu at Maha Khumb was asked about missing normal life. His reply will amaze youAt the Maha Kumbh Mela, a Naga Sadhu was asked if he ever missed a "normal" life. His response amazed many—he explained that asceticism was...
Maha Kumbh 2025 saw 20% of newly initiated Naga sadhus from Dalit, tribal communitiesNaga sadhus, traditionally from privileged castes, welcomed Dalits and tribals during this Maha Kumbh. Over 20% of newly initiated sadhus w...
When Hindus converted without much fuss, cuss or troubleMiracle as a motif for persuasive religious conversion has a long history in India. From Tamil bhakti saint-poets in South India to Sufi sa...
Seers and the ascetic community divided over Ayodhya land issueHead of Akhil Abharatiya Akhara Parishad, Narendra Giri, told ET that those raising voices against the land acquisition process have always...
Shed Karma Via SacrificeToday is Akshaya Tritiya, a holy and auspicious day for many. It is celebrated as ‘Parana diwas’, the day Adinath Bhagwan, the first Jain t...
Got rapists tortured, made them beg for their lives as CM: Uma BhartiThis is the latest of the ascetic and senior BJP's leaders numerous controversial statements, including during her tenure as Union minister...
On the Gumnami trail: 'Netaji didn't die in crash'Recently, the UP government decided to set up a museum at Faizabad to preserve the articles used by an ascetic who bore a striking resembla...
Was this ascetic from UP's Faizabad actually Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose?It was Netaji's elder brother, Suresh Bose, who had tasked Gupta with exploring every news and rumour that surfaced on Netaji's return to I...
Maha Kumbh witnesses factional feud among 'akharas' of sadhusThe controversy is rooted in a split in the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad that had taken place during the Haridwar Kumbh of 2010.
Mahakumbh begins, lakhs take holy dipAsh-smeared naked 'naga' ascetics, sadhus and seers perched atop decked up chariots led millions of pilgrims in taking a holy dip in the Sa...
Makar Sankranti: Maha Kumbh Mela begins, lakhs throng confluence of Ganga and YamunaDevotees from across the country had started pouring in since last evening and the influx continues despite cold weather.
Footloose, fancy-free @ home everywhereSixteen years ago, William Dalrymple journeyed up from the banks of the Bhagirathi towards the great Himalayan temple of Kedarnath, believe...