Mithila, the native place of Kalidasa

There are widely diverging opinions about the native place of Kalidasa. These differences have arisen primarily from his work Meghadutam where he describes scenes from the Himalyas ; naturally, people from ...

Practice of meditation

CHENNAI: Scriptures recognise two types of knowledge, the lower comprising the knowledge of the rites, rituals and scholarly study of scriptures and the higher comprising the knowledge of the Self and of the ...

Spirit of renunciation

CHENNAI: Scriptures have taken into account the different stages in the life span of a human being and allotted duties accordingly.

A steel web of hearts and minds

It's Ramadan again and I recall last year's iftar and dinner at a mainly Muslim university, where dignitaries from several Islamic countries were among the guests.

Lean Meat: What Not To Eat

How many of the world's murderers are meat-eaters and how many are veggies? French philosopher Rousseau believed that meat-eaters are generally more cruel and ferocious than other men.

The Institution of Marriage

Family life has been considered as a very important unit constituting the social structure of a mankind.

Not quite the cuddliest thought...

What made him do it? Steal away into the night from a sleeping, trusting wife, to go find himself? And what made him do it? Send a provenly faithful wife away into the woods while pregnant, because some drunken ...

Import of Vedas

CHENNAI: The Vedas discuss all aspects of life in a holistic manner. Broadly, they are divided into two sections, the Karma Kanda and the Jnana Kanda - where the former deals with sacrifices and rituals that ...

The light within

CHENNAI: The quest for spiritual knowledge is a process of introversion of the mind for which it is necessary to distinguish between the Self and the non-Self. An individual is aware that he knows or does not ...

'Make study of Sanskrit compulsory'

HYDERABAD: Sanskrit should be given the status of a compulsory language to be studied in schools.