Mahamaham known to be the Kumbh Mela festival in South, held once in every 12 years at Kumbakonam. Kumbhkonam (the holy city named after Kumbh or pot which settled after the great ‘pralaya’ that covered the Earth with water. The pot contained seeds of all life forms). It is believed […]
Hinduism
A two day seminar on secularism for columnists was inaugurated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on September 19th Saturday. The event, organised by Prachar Vibagh RSS was attended by more than 80 columnists from Southern states of India. The seminar was inaugurated by Sri Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi (Sarkaryavah, All […]
‘For a person, the education is not a path for earning his bread, it is to make a person Vishwambhar, a person who performs and protects the values in Dharma throughout his life. This should be the purpose of education’ said RSS Chief Shri Mohan Bhagwat in Bengaluru today. ‘Education […]
‘Swami Vivekananda 150 Women’s Convention’ with a vision to rearticulate and self-introspect on the Indian concept of womanhood has been initiated in Chennai on 23rd January, 2014 being the Punyathithi of Swami Vivekananda. The theme of the convention being ‘Indian Women as the Guide for the World at crossroads’ initially […]
Ayush Nadimpalli Our ancient Rishis covered various aspects of governance. This is covered elaborately in the book Political Thoughts in the Vedas. The Kaschit sarga of the Ramayana is a treatise on political science and duties of a ruler. This is the chapter in which Bharata comes to Sri Rama […]
OPEN LETTER TO POPE FRANCIS Respected Holy Father, Great hope for a positive change in the Catholic Church is pinned on the Your Pontificate and recent statements indicate that this hope may not be misplaced. The future, your Holiness said in November 2013, is in the respectful coexistence of diversity […]
By S Gurumurthy 26th June 2013 The ongoing debate on the Madras High Court judgment ordering alimony to a victim of desertion in live-in relation is more like the legendary six-blind-men-and-elephant analysis. The discourse has got reduced to asking whether it was not just to order alimony to an unjustly deserted […]
‘Mating as marriage’ judgment is a shocker S Gurumurthy The judgment of Justice C S Karnan of Madras High Court equating live-in relation with marriage has made global news. This is how the Washington Post [18.6.2013] has headlined the judgment: “Indian court rules that any couple who sleeps together is […]
RAASHTRAM – SPIRITUAL-EMOTIONAL CONCEPT OF NATIONHOOD Paper Presented at 2nd ASSE International Conference on Nation, Nationality, Nationhood: What is in the Name? On 2–3 May 2013 at Tirana, Albania by: Sri Ram Madhav Varanasi, MA (Pol. Science), Director, India Foundation, New Delhi, India ABSTRACT Nation, nationalism and nationhood are relatively new concepts […]
Boss, read the true history before speaking S Gurumurthy Apr 6, 2013 Nine years after advent in public life, Rahul Gandhi addressed the Confederation of the Indian Industry [CII]. Media conferred on him the title ‘Boss’. The Boss told captains of industry: “They used to look at India and say, […]