Happiness Class or Curriculum. What an idea, Sir ji. Whose? HH the Dalai Lama, no less. Where? Delhi govt. schools, as models. And thanks to the most sauve Delhi culture-scene broadcaster Rajiv Mehrotra – he of the PBS fame – a documentary got made on the subject, recently screened at the IIC, Delhi. Dr Binay […]Read More
Upasana Kaura Launched as a social enterprise with a mandate to research, document, showcase, handicrafts and heritage in 2009, today, Gaatha is a one of its kind e-commerce platform that sells Indian handicrafts and heritage items, both décor as well as utility. The platform It has over 250 artisans on board from across the country. […]Read More
Kamlesh Patel Holi – a festival that brings vibrancy, joy, hope, aspiration, togetherness, generosity and a chance for change and transformation. This eclectic gamut has made us refer to it as the ‘Festival of Love’ or the ‘Festival of Colors’ or the ‘Festival of Spring’. Do you know how the festival of holi originated? According […]Read More
Team L&M With an aim to preserve and celebrate the long-lived Hindu culture and promote positive vibrations in the surroundings, Mumbai-based abstract artist Krupa Shah installed Abhiscka, a conch sculpture at Mumbai’s Vasantrao Naik Chowk, Tardeo. The inauguration of the conch was initiated by Krupa Shah along with Maharashtra Minister of Tourism, Environment & Protocol […]Read More
Benoy K Behl About 3,500 years ago, deities were created in Vedic Indian thought. These embodied the world of nature around us and provided us a deep connection to the forces which control our existence. The later deities of the Upanishadic period and the Puranas are the personifications of concepts and qualities. These qualities are […]Read More
Yogi Ashwini The Sanskrit term ‘sankranti’ translates as ‘transference’ and is used to indicate the movement of sun from one constellation to the next through the year…Our ancients had known the nuances of creation, the motion of sun and the planets, shape, size and location of various heavenly bodies millennia ago. The observance of 12 […]Read More
Team L&M The chronology of Indian civilisation is ‘dubious’, says the newly-published IIT-Kharagpur calendar, which is dedicated to the Centre for Excellence of Indian Knowledge Systems. The ancient Indian history suffered from “suppression, compromises, contractions, and distortions,” it states while debunking those myths through its pages. Titled ‘Recovery of the Foundation of Indian Knowledge Systems’, […]Read More
Benoy K Behl Do you know that the largest rock-cut reliefs of Lord Shiva are in Tripura? How many know that some of the earliest Buddhist Vajrayana depictions are found in a Pala period stupa in Tripura? Or that Tripura is one of the great centers of the worship of Durga? Tripura is a land […]Read More
Team L&M Throughout his life, Shankaracharya propounded a monistic view of spirituality. Though he wrote numerous treatises, many of which have been considered the bedrock of Hinduism, the contribution he made towards propagating an Advaitic philosophy that suggested a unified universal view of Vedanta, is particularly significant. The Kerala-born philosopher saint widely travelled across India. […]Read More
Team L&M This Saturday, October 16 at 6pm, Art Historian, Film-maker & Photographer Benoy K Behl is presenting an online talk and showcase his film Indian Roots of Tibetan Buddhism. Directed and narrated by Behl, and produced for the Union Ministry of External Affairs, the film is shot extensively in Tibet, Ladakh, Spiti, Arunachal Pradesh, […]Read More
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