Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Saraswati, goddess of knowledge and speech, has ancient roots in the Vedic river Saraswati, the cradle of learning and ritual. Over time she evolved from river to goddess, depicted with manuscript, rosary and water pot — symbols of wisdom. In the Hindu Puranas, she became the consort…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam By all accounts, I should have been celebrating. A senior government position in Delhi, the sort of achievement that gets your name embossed in gold on invitation cards and mentioned in reverent tones in drawing rooms. Instead, here I am, clinging to my ordinariness like a child gripping a security blanket,…
By Ashvini Ranjan Our cruise ship set sail from Corsica, the rugged and beautiful island that gave the world Napoleon Bonaparte. As the coastline slowly receded, I sat on the balcony of my cabin, gazing at the vast expanse of the Mediterranean Sea. The rhythmic sound of waves brushing against the hull had a strangely…
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Generally, in most parts of the world, anything that people refer to as divine is always referred to as good. But if you read through the Shiva Purana, you cannot identify Shiva as a good person or a bad person. He is Sundaramurthy, but he is also the ugliest….
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist One day, King Shantanu stumbles upon two abandoned babies on the forest floor: a boy and a girl. He adopts them, names them Kripa and Kripi and raises them. They are children of a tapasvi (fire-ascetic) named Saradvan and an apsara (water-nymph) named Janapadi. Mahabharata thus…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam I first realised how little control I have over my better judgement while standing by the roadside with a plate of churumuri in my hand, watching traffic move past in uneven bursts as dust settled gently on everything except my attention. The vendor mixed puffed rice, onions, chilli and lemon with…
By Sujata Rajpal Three decades ago, in my parents’ house in Chandigarh, once we hovered in quiet delight over a new carpet, beige, strewn with blue floral patterns. It lent a touch of grandeur to our modest living room. Outside, rain had been falling since morning, turning the streets into a churn of mud and…
Sadhguru on the mechanics of an intoxicating emotion By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation There is a lot of emotion attached to the subject of love and lots of fanciful things have been said about it, but I would like to bring it down to the mechanics of love. For example, people are saying, “God…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Krishna uses three powerful words in the Gita to understand relationships: adhyatma, adhidaivam and adhiyajnam. They appear in chapters 7 and 8, when Arjun asks how to understand the layers of existence and why humans struggle to deal with the world. These Sanskrit words can sound…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam I live among people who carry laptop bags and extend their personal space with confidence. The bag becomes a second spine and the person walks as if this new shape came with a licence. They turn and the bag turns after them, swinging like a thought that arrives late. When contact…
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