Puffing Thoughts
Here’s an intense love poem by Anindita, where she sets her lover free. A poignant verse, in Different Truths. I will not take the effort to reach back if...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Vishwamitra – XXIII
Nilanjana retells the story of Rishi Vishwamitra and how he changed, through penance, from a proud King Kaushika, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. King Kaushika was...
Thomas Hardy and Charles Darwin: Far From the Madding Crowd
The influence of Charles Darwin on Thomas Hardy is palpable. Basudeb critiques Hardy’s novel, Far From the Madding Crowd, in this context, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...
Krishna and Karl
Marxism was formulated in the Geeta. Karl merely stole it from Krishna, says humourist Soumya. He tells us that the basic premise of Marxism is that History is a...
The Impact of Herbert Spencer on Thomas Hardy
Herbert Spencer’s influence on Thomas Hardy is palpable with reference to the novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Spencer saw ‘the minds of men and the forms of society’ in...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Ambarisha, the Yogi King – XIX
Nilanjana retells the story of Ambarisha, the Yogi King, a devotee of Narayana, and what happens to Durbasha Rishi, when in a fit of anger, he curses king. How...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Elephant and the Crocodile – XVIII
Strange are the ways of the Divine. The elephant and the crocodile fought each other till Narayana slew the crocodile and saved the elephant. Both these creatures were cursed...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Narasimha – XV
Happy with Brahma’s boons, Hiranyakashipu captured heaven and earth. Very soon Indra, Kubera, Varuna and Yama became his vassals. However, Hiranyakashipu was not happy. The boon of immortality, his conquests and...
Do you Love God? – VII
Follow your heart. And if your heart takes you open-eyed to Him, why should you close your eyes? You can look at His glorious, illuminated beautiful face, His kind...
How Imagination Shapes Your Reality
Research has proved time and again – that imagination is indeed a magical power, which shapes our thoughts as well as reality. Thoughts are vibrations, manifestations of energy,...