Avatar - Different Truths

February 23, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Rituals and Quest! – XIV

Ceremonies and rituals take one away from being united with the Divine. Sage Narada decided to approach King Prachinabaris and show the path of devotion. He met the king, who received...

February 9, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Story of Ajamila – XII

Nilanjana recounts the tale of Ajamila, who was born in a virtuous family and had a good upbringing. But he was distracted and fell into evil company. Later on, he...

February 3, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri

Faith Healing: How Effective is it!

Shernaz tells us about her visit to a faith healer, few decades back. Her mother had been bed-ridden with chronic and severe rheumatoid arthritis. Medication fortified by strong will power saw...

February 2, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Adi Varaha, the Wild Boar – XI

Nilanjana recounts the tale of Adi Varaha, the Wild Boar incarnation of Narayana. Hiranyaksha challenged Narayana in the form of Adi Varaha, “You beast! You think you can steal...

February 1, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

Samosa won the Hearts of the Emperors and Commoners Alike!

Cookbooks written in Arabia between the 10th and 13th centuries speak about these savoury pastries as Sanbusak. This word comes from the Persian word, Sanbosag. The Central Asian communities carrying it...

January 18, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

Idli Emerges as the Moon-faced Health Food for the Present Generation

Food historian, KT Achaya’s speculation makes us believe that the idli might have its true ancestry in Indonesia. The present day Indonesia had a strong history of fermented food. Hindu kings...

January 5, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Kurma Avatar – VII

Nilanjana tells us the story of Kurma (tortoise) Avatar of Lord Vishnu, in the seventh part of the serial. The story of Amrita1 Manthan2 (churning of the ocean for the...

January 3, 2017
Saheli Mitra
Crime, Gender, Human Rights

Open Letter of a Woman to the New Year Star

She is the woman of the world. She loves stars, those twinkling little stars that dangled on her poetry book and sparkled on cold nights to give her company and...

December 31, 2016
Dr. Amit Shankar Saha
Criticism, Events

Virtual Reality: The Literature of Suspending Disbelief

‘Virtual Reality’ is a poetry anthology born out of interactions between eight poets (Aakash Sagar Chauhan, Anindita Bose, Daipayan Nair, Geethanjali Dilip, Gauri Dixit, Sunila Khemchandani, Fatima Afghan and Lily Swarn) in...

December 29, 2016
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Sankhya Yoga – VI

In the sixth part, Nilanjana tells us few wonderful stories about the three sons of Brahma, who were asked to populate the world by the Creator. Here Narayana says how...

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