Benoy K Behl The great Borobudur stupa of the 8th-9th century CE in Indonesia clearly illustrates the purpose of the stupa in Buddhist thought. The vast stupa has exquisite relief made around it, which one sees as one goes around the stupa. At the lowest level of circumambulation, we are presented the kamadhatu, the life of passions […]Read More
Four out of five dentists prefer Sensodyne, touts the toothpaste advertisement in an attempt to get you to try their product – a double blind study conducted by a top university concluded – shared in a late night commercial. If the product is good enough for professionals, it’s good enough for you, the advertising eggs […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha It was at the 12th Web Baithak of Pracheen Kala Kendra last evening that Dr Troilee Dutta enthralled one and all with her sarod recital. Born in Kolkata in a culturally sound and music-loving family, Troilee is a first generation sarod player. Her younger sister, Moisilee, also plays the sarod. Troilee was just […]Read More
Jaspal Soni “Beloved ones, you must know that your pride must regularly be tested to see whether it is still there! You must know whether you retain personal pride by how you react to remarks that you consider to be disrespectful or challenging or demeaning. “—- Understand, beloved, that it is important that you have […]Read More
Isn’t this August, the month India gained Independence? For when in the same month the country gained Independence, the voice of its citizens was silenced due to pressures from the same quarters from whose clutches it managed to break free. In such a scenario, what does one do? Where does one go? These were the […]Read More
In an interview with SAURABH TANKHA, actor-director ROHIT ROY says he just hopes the situation during shootings changes at the ground level to ensure safer work environment for everyone around What’s been up with Rohit Roy? The last one year has been hectic — shooting for Mumbai Saga with John (Abraham) and Sanjivani on […]Read More
It was in 2013 that Kerala-based Thaikkudam Bridge music band was formed by Siddharth Menon and Govind Menon. All set to perform at Red FM’s South Side Story tomorrow, the band members have a chat with Saurabh Tankha How did you all meet and the band was formed? Also, how and why Thaikkudam? Our present […]Read More
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
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