Quitting smoking is the easiest thing I have done and I have done that hundreds of times over, many times over with regular continuity […]Read More
Benoy K Behl Stupas are amongst the earliest Indian monuments which survive both of the Buddhist and Jaina traditions. Recent excavations near Nalanda have also unearthed a large stupa made between the 8th and the 10th centuries BCE. In Indic thought, the final truth which is sought is formless, arupa or nirguna. The concept of the stupa (of Buddhist, […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Around midnight when vocalist and percussionist Varun Sunil was busy making music with his sound engineer at a Mumbai studio, his phone rang. On the other side was Sumesh Lal, Music Mojo’s director. Music Mojo is a music show on Kappa TV. Lal asked the name of the band Sunil was a part […]Read More
Jaspal Soni “The heart chakra is not the chakra of the threefold flame. The threefold flame is sealed within a sacred chamber that lies behind the 12-petal heart chakra. This chamber belongs to the 8-petal chakra, positioned slightly to the side in alignment with the physical heart. Therefore, the first step on the spiritual path […]Read More
Picture this: Two young students get together to jam during their days at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science. They stay in touch and indulge in music even after passing out from the Pilani-based educational institution. Over time, it leads to the formation of a band – Studio F6 — from a studio apartment. […]Read More
Monsoons are already here! The humidity is already high, with increased sweat and oil secretions. An oily and sweaty skin attracts more dirt and chemical pollutants, leading to pimples and rashes. An acne condition can also get aggravated. In fact, fungal infections are also common. If an infection is severe and causes itching or pain, […]Read More
RICHA DUBEY pays tribute to model-turned-designer SIMAR DUGAL who passed away on August 12 after a long battle with cancer “She walked in beauty like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies” Possibly no other poet could be paraphrased as aptly in memory of Simar Dugal as Lord Byron. That was the first […]Read More
If someone were to hold a bank with a banana in his pocket, he would be charged with armed robbery. Clearly, no victim was in any danger of being shot, but it’s the belief that the robber has a real gun that is considered by the law. Knowing fully well that fear will motivate them […]Read More
On the 74th Independence Day of the country, we asked a cross-section of society on what do they want freedom from and why Santoor player, composer and conductor Pandit Bhajan Sopori India is a country of age-old civilisation. The tradition of our country is that we seek shanti (peace) for and from Nature like Shanti […]Read More
Benoy K Behl It was the beginning of the First Millennium BCE. There were many principalities of the northern plains of India. Some of them were Gana-Sanghas, with an elected council that ruled. In others, the concept of hereditary leaders was evolving. It was a time when great philosophic concepts, which were to last forever, […]Read More