(RNS) — When I was young, my grandmothers and my great-grandmother would tell me stories from the Hindu epics, sharing ancient wisdom with a kid who was raised on 1980s rap and rock ’n’ roll. While ...

A thousand years ago, India was very different from what it is today. North India had yet to face significant conquest by Muslim warlords from Central Asia A thousand years ago, India was very ...

What is bhakti? How can it be defined? Sankara Bhagavadpada gives an example to explain bhakti. Suppose there is a newly wed couple. When the husband is away at work, the young wife waits eagerly for ...

Alavandar, in his Gitartha Sangraha, shows us the structure of the Bhagavad Gita, throwing light on the various topics dealt with in the Gita, said V.S.Karunakarachariar in a discourse. Chapter 10 of ...

The Bhakti movement, which had a major role in Indian literary history, was no monolith as often portrayed. It shows great diversity in its central icons (Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti and their regional ...

Indians in general and Calcuttans in particular must feel delighted by the news that Mother Teresa is shortly to become an official Catholic saint: for people here she has been a saint a long time ...