Every home tells a story…
Family is a small unit and an important building block of any society. Making a happy family is no great magic. But not all families are happy families. A happy family may not make an interesting story...
View ArticleHow to relax when feeling unhappy
Distraction from the painful topic for some time does not mean forgetting or ignoring the problem. It just means allowing the mind to calm down so that it will function better, writes DR SHRIRANG...
View ArticleUshering the New Year
MEERA S. SASHITAL gives us a glimpse into the legends and different New Year celebrations across the world. Days speed by and in a twinkle the New Year arrives before us. This is the time when we bid...
View ArticleMother-in-laws disinterest
I have a problem with my mother in law. Recently we moved into different flats in the same building. But since I have had a baby I have noticed my mother in law has just put her hands up from taking...
View ArticleWhat happens in the mind when we meditate?
Meditation is like net practice, we find it very difficult at first, but we get better with practice, writes DR SHRIRANG BAKHLE. A very common experience: A person feels ‘stressed’ because of office...
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Let us open our arms out to our elders
SUMA VARUGHESE says that elders in the Indian society are being increasingly neglected and are very vulnerable. India has always been a nation that respected and venerated elders. Unfortunately with...
View ArticleThe infectious nature of emotions
One of the reasons for this infectious nature of emotions is empathy. When we see another human being feeling some emotions or experiencing anything, our brain creates the same feelings in our mind,...
View ArticleHow mood influences thinking
The mood acts like a filter. Emotional events of the same emotion produce a bigger response, writes DR SHRIRANG BAKHLE. “Normally, I am a very calm and cool person. But I don’t know what came over me...
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The art of healing
The healing has to be both physical and spiritual, says RAVI VALLURI. Humans are creatures of their habits. Aristotle wrote, “We are what we repeatedly do.” Habit has also been defined as acquired mode...
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New Year Resolutions
We can make New Year Resolutions based on religious teachings, says MEERA S. SASHITAL. Years roll by and before we realise what we have gone through this year we herald the New Year with joy and cheer....
View ArticleDon’t make noise! Gods are in deep meditation
Residents of 10 hamlets located on the outskirts of this picturesque tourist resort, some 250 km from the state capital, don’t allow anyone to make noise — in this time of the year. They themselves...
View ArticleConfucius: The icon of ethics
Confucius was a philosopher in the sense he emphasised personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity, writes MEERA S. SASHITAL. Confucius was born in...
View ArticleOver 750 new genes involved in long-term memory identified
A new study has identified genes involved in long-term memory as part of research aimed at finding ways to retain cognitive abilities during ageing, reports IANS. The team from Princeton University...
View ArticleThe great sage Veda Vyasa
Veda Vyasa or “splitter of the Vedas”, the splitting being a feat that allowed people to understand the divine knowledge of the Vedas, writes MEERA S. SASHITAL. Amongst all the sages in the annals of...
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Valmiki and Ramayana
The connection in many ways, of the life of Valmiki with the “Rama Story” was an incentive for him to write the Ramayana, writes MEERA S. SASHITAL. In our lives many a times transformations take place...
View ArticleAgony Aunt: Baby woes
Dr. Anjali Chhabria Q. My wife and I are expecting our baby in a few months. All this while its just been my wife and me and now seeing her planning for our baby is making me feel left out and a little...
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The significance of Mahashivaratri
The Shivaites observe this day by keeping fasts and vigil the whole night to get Lord Shiva’s blessings, writes Meera S. Sashital On 17th of February we will find people flocking o the temple of Lord...
View ArticleBanabhatta: The great Sanskrit poet
He, it is learnt, used to use clear demarcation between the Brahmins of the society and the rest of the general public, writes Meera S. Sashital. India is famous for its Sanskrit literature and...
View ArticleAgony Aunt
My wife doesn’t socialise with my work colleagues I want my wife to socialise with my work colleagues. My wife won’t come to corporate events with me and I fear this may damage my career as I am on a...
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Are you ready for the journey?
Life is a flow of becoming, and so the journey is the process of becoming. On this journey there is no goal, for the journey is the goal, writes Viloo H Adajania. Man cannot live by bread alone. He...
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