A good impartial journalist is one who is in touch with one’s culture, while not being blind to the faults of one’s country. We find in the West that many…

At a time when Hindus and Muslims have again started killing each other, when mistrust, misunderstanding and hate stalk the two communities, it is imperative that Islam and Hinduism learn…

Did you know that Tibetan medicine is one of the greatest surviving natural medical systems of the world, along with Ayurveda ? Tibetan medicine strives to keep in balance within…

Most of the political comments about the victory of the Samajwadi Party in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh elections, miss some very important points. Shekhar Gupta, for instance, wrote that “our…

Today, there is a sense of deep satisfaction, of gloating even, in India: the economy is booming, there are more and more cars on the roads, shares are soaring, a…

Since the late eighties, a radicalism seems to grip some of the Muslim youth. Yet, nowhere but in India, they have had so much freedom to practice their faith. Try…

There is sadness today in India, after the terrible earthquake, which took so many lives. It is said that when so many people die a violent, sudden death at the…

When Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh visited Japan last month, Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi urged India to sign the global nuclear test ban treaty, “so as to remove, he said,…

For 40 years, India did not have relations with Israel. Yet, India and Israel share so much in common and both can learn a lot from each other ! Hindus…

Living here for so many years, one comes to appreciate the greatness that is India, its boundless spirituality, its people, their hospitality, their generosity and openness. More than that, it…