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Connecting with your GenZ Children
April 27, 2026, 3:28 PM IST
Teenage years are the most confusing years. They are no more a child who can be pacified with toys and sweets, yet they have not matured enough emotionally. There is loneliness, too. A child does…
April 27, 2026, 3:28 PM IST
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How well do our teens take an insult?
April 7, 2026, 1:29 PM IST
Our ability to accept and look at the criticism indicates how much we have grown. Usually, just one word or one critical sentence is enough to throw us off balance and totally disturb our emotions. Emotional…
April 7, 2026, 1:29 PM IST
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Are you content? If not, when will you be?
March 20, 2026, 3:57 PM IST
Happiness is something that hasn’t left anyone untouched. And yet it is also very fragile. Now you are happy, but just one nasty phone call, and your happiness goes out of the window. What is…
March 20, 2026, 3:57 PM IST
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The place of women in the scriptures
March 7, 2026, 4:02 PM IST
The Vedas and the Puranas originally gave equal rights to women. In Gaya, Bihar, there is a site where it is believed that Sita Mata did the Pind Daan for her father-in-law, King Dasharatha, on…
March 7, 2026, 4:02 PM IST
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Mysterious are the ways of Maya
February 24, 2026, 7:41 PM IST
Maya means that which can be measured. So, saying, “All this is Maya,” means everything here can be measured. Volume, temperature, distance, and time can all be measured. Everything in this creation is time and…
February 24, 2026, 7:41 PM IST
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The deeper meaning behind the story of Devi Uma Kumari and Lord Shiva’s wedding
February 15, 2026, 2:44 PM IST
There is a beautiful story about Kanyakumari, India’s southernmost tip. Shiva was residing on Mount Kailash, which lies to the far north of India. Uma had a desire to marry Shiva. Hearing Uma’s prayer, Shiva…
February 15, 2026, 2:44 PM IST
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Redefining long lasting love
February 14, 2026, 11:44 AM IST
If we see, first comes attraction. When it becomes a little difficult to attain what you are attracted to, then love arises. When we try to possess what we love, it loses its beauty and…
February 14, 2026, 11:44 AM IST
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Into the New Year: Embracing life as an actor and witness
January 13, 2026, 3:14 PM IST
2025 has brought you many gifts and many lessons, too. There were moments you did not want, yet they happened, and somewhere all those events have brought you strength, wisdom, and depth. Everything is evolutionary,…
January 13, 2026, 3:14 PM IST
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Meditation and your third eye
December 20, 2025, 9:56 PM IST
Our minds are racing constantly. When our mind is on a run like that, we are unable to access our sixth sense, which is intuition or the gut feeling that lies beyond reason. You may…
December 20, 2025, 9:56 PM IST
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Why we feel negative and how meditation can transform emotions
December 15, 2025, 2:48 PM IST
How negative emotions linger in the environment When someone feels sad or angry or negative, they create similar vibrations around them. Those vibrations stick to the environment. If you walk into that place, even after…
December 15, 2025, 2:48 PM IST
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What is meditation, and what is the right attitude for it?
December 5, 2025, 3:47 PM IST
‘Never mind’ is a very interesting phrase. The mind can never go where you are; a wave can never go to the depth of the ocean. By the time the wave goes to the depth,…
December 5, 2025, 3:47 PM IST
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From scenery to the seer: Transcending the mind’s soap opera
November 21, 2025, 9:52 PM IST
The mind is engaged in the outside world all the time, and it is rarely turned inward. From the moment your eyes open in the morning, you are caught up in all that you see,…
November 21, 2025, 9:52 PM IST
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Turning loneliness into strength
October 22, 2025, 1:19 PM IST
A gentleman got sick, and so he went to visit a doctor. The doctor checked him thoroughly. Found nothing wrong. The doctor said, “All is good. You simply have to laugh more. Do one thing….
October 22, 2025, 1:19 PM IST
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Can meditation be the answer to the global mental health challenges today?
October 17, 2025, 2:38 PM IST
Health is not just absence of disease. It is a positive state of well-being. Today no discussion about health can be limited to just the physical body but must include the mind as well. It…
October 17, 2025, 2:38 PM IST
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Overcome self-doubt this Navratri
September 24, 2025, 3:31 PM IST
Navaratri is a time for self-referral and getting back to the source. It is celebrated to mark the victory of spirit over inertia, pride, shame, craving, and aversion. During this time of transformation, nature sheds…
September 24, 2025, 3:31 PM IST
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Peace within creates peace outside
September 21, 2025, 7:35 PM IST
It was during turbulent times that the Bhagwad Gita came up and we continue to immensely benefit from it to this day. This knowledge was given to Arjuna on a war-field; not when everything around…
September 21, 2025, 7:35 PM IST
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When the suicidal thoughts arise
September 10, 2025, 10:54 AM IST
People choose to end their lives because they feel there is no escape from misery. You forget that everything here is temporary; it will all go away. Events, like waves rise and fall in the…
September 10, 2025, 10:54 AM IST
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A word for parents of teens
August 29, 2025, 2:44 PM IST
We are headed towards a better time. Today, I see, young people are becoming more environmentally conscious; they want to serve. They want to be part of a greater mission in life. They are less…
August 29, 2025, 2:44 PM IST
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Is patriotism opposed to universalism?
August 15, 2025, 11:49 AM IST
A tree gets its stability through its well-nourished roots, but the roots are invisible. Unless you honour the root, the tree will not survive. A country’s history and heritage are its roots. We must respect…
August 15, 2025, 11:49 AM IST
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International youth day special: Mending a broken heart
August 11, 2025, 5:10 PM IST
(International youth day is celebrated on August 12) When a bud breaks, it becomes a flower. When a heart breaks, it becomes divine. What you thought was love was not love. A broken heart means…
August 11, 2025, 5:10 PM IST
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