Even today; with a population of 7.2 billion people, we still have enough resources on the planet if we learn to live sensibly. But that sensible living has not come in most of humanity. That mentality and attitude towards life has always been there, but the scale and our capacity to do things that has…
Who designed the modern helicopter? With which power did the British sign the treaties of Salbai, Bassein and Mandeswar? Which acclaimed actress has won a record 5 National Flim Awards for Best Actress? Where will you find members of the Drokpa tribe? Which city does not hold a famous camival every year before Lent? Rio…
Universally, the best gift that is bestowed upon mankind is the power of friendship. The topic of friendship also holds a special place throughout the annals of time. Even the great Indian epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata show us this. It is amazing that all the divine personalities who came to this Earth experienced, and…
People are generally aware of the positive effects of yoga on the body but every few know about its effect on the brain. A review of the science finds evidence that yoga enhances many of the same brain structures and functions that benefit from aerobic exercise. Focusing on 11 studies of the relationship between yoga…
Every time you are unhappy, miserable or disturbed, you are coming in touch with your own boundaries…and what can you do? You can feel thankful: “Oh! This was my limitation. I came in touch with my boundaries.” Then, that moment, you turn the whole situation into a prayer: “Let There be peace, not just in…
I bow to all the seekers of truth. It’s very surprising that it took so much time, so many years, for people to come to this state where they are asking for the real thing. This is your own. This power is your own. And it is just waiting there to be awakened. Any amount…
On this planet, there is nothing that I can lay claim to as belonging to me. All that I have heard and been taught from birth is that everything belongs to God. This following incident is the pastime of Guru Nanak whose story conveys how closely he felt linked to God. Guru Nanak’s parent did…
THE pull that Earth exerts on every body on its surface is called gravity. The weakest known force in nature, it causes bodies to fall on Earth at a fixed rate of acceleration. It gives weight to objects with mass. Galileo and lsaac Newton were some of the early scientists who tried to explain gravity….
IN 1910, an Englishman, Captain Robert Scott, set out on a scientific expedition to the South Pole. He was unaware that another man, a Norwegian named Roald Amundsen was also on his way there. Roald Amundsen had planned to be the first to reach the North Pole but had been beaten to it by the…
