Simhastha Mela: Pilgrim’s Prowess in Ujjain

Kollam Temple: Praying with Fire

A ban is not the answer. Let tradition live with strict rule of law

The Permanent Pursuit of the Imperfect

Gods, goddesses and the human indicator of happiness

Simhasth: Stage Set for Celestial Drama

Happier Is the Selfless

Building relationships beyond quid pro quo

Love and Language

Poet-saint Andal’s work proves that she regards the body a site of the sacred as much as the soul

A Relative Question of the Ascetic

Adi Shankaracharya and the idea of a sannyasi

A Portrait of Gokarna

Sun, sand and other nourishments for the senses and the spirit on Om Beach

The Intolerance Myth

Is India as wretched as it is being portrayed by a section of the intellectual class?

Calm After the Rage of Evil

‘Europe would need a common enemy to unite and the only one available is Islam.’ Is André Malraux’s prophecy coming true?