From the desk of Spiritual Writers

Yesterday my daughter turned eight months old . Given the Covid-19 situation, we are avoiding going out. There's no telling when we will feel confident enough to take our little one outside, but I hope it is soon. So the day was spent inside and we...

While watching a fascinating nature programme on NHK World -- the Japanese public broadcaster -- I got drawn to a particular species of fish found in the picturesque Suruga Bay in Shizuoka prefecture. It was the elongate ponyfish that is bacterially...

One of the things that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has made clear is that religious bigotry or communalism is the stupidest thing in the world. Thinking that one's religion is superior and looking down on other religions, or believing that one's...

With the country observing a Janata curfew yesterday and 80 districts going into lockdown till March 31 to fight the Coronavirus pandemic, self-imposed social distancing in these trying times can certainly be put to good use. Apart from playing a key...

As the world goes through a state of high alert due to the Coronavirus pandemic, countries are scrambling to put in place various quarantine measures to curtail the fast-spreading disease. Already, more than 2 lakh cases of infection have been...

The recent Delhi riots took everyone by surprise. That such violence would take place in the heart of the national capital, that too when a VVIP foreign dignitary was visiting, is truly shocking. I, for one, was left shaken. The trail of devastation...

Recently my mother-in-law was in town for a couple of days to see our new baby. It had to be a short trip because she is unwell. But her desire to see her grandchild gave her the energy to take a two-and-a-half hour flight to be with us just for two...

It's Durga Puja time again and two of my must-do rituals during the festival involve food. First, on Maha Ashtami it is a must for me to partake in the communal prayer/divine offering or anjali. Dressed in the my new kurta, I enjoy the spiritual...

Of late there have been lots of examples of young people protesting. The deteriorating global climate seems to have galvanised many with 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg emerging as a role model. Her recent speech at the UN...

We often think that a spiritual state of mind can be achieved independently of other things in our lives. That we can lock away our day-to-day issues while we pursue a spiritual aim. However, I am increasingly coming to the realisation that...