Mira Anand For years, modern India treated many of its oldest traditions like heirlooms kept carefully behind glass. Respected, certainly, and occasionally celebrated too. But, rarely lived. Classical dance belonged to annual school functions. Ayurveda belonged to grandparents. Handloom belonged to festive occasions. Sanskrit chants belonged to temples. Ancient Indian practices often survived culturally, but […]Read More
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Team L&M Two days back, on May 11, we celebrated the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, marking the 1000 years since the first recorded attack occurred in 1026. The day also marks 75 years since its modern reopening in 1951. This observance is not merely ceremonial. It is a reflection on endurance—on how faith, culture, and collective […]Read More
Madhukar Swayambhu Bidar district is the northernmost part of the Karnataka state in India. The administrative headquarters of district is Bidar city. Geographically, it resembles the “Crown of the State”, occupying its north-eastern end. It is bounded by Kamareddy and Sangareddy districts of Telangana state on the eastern side, Latur and Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra […]Read More
Team L&M British-born-Indian author Sonal Sachdev Patel recently released her latest book, GITA: The Battle of the Worlds (HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, Fiction, Rs 250, 104 pages). Based on Paramahansa Yogananda’s interpretation of the Gita, the book covers some of the key spiritual messages within a fictional adventure story for children. It is a modern-day instructional manual that […]Read More