Category: Blogs

Differences between the terms nationalism and patriotism generally confuse people. On the surface, the two terms may appear to be similar, however, there are differences between the two. Historically, although both terms have been used roughly in a similar manner, both depicting a strong sense of pride and belonging to […]

On a hot and humid evening in August 2022, five Kashmiri Pandit men, in the age group of 50 to 80 years, excitedly chitchatted over traditional Kashmiri kahwa tea in an airconditioned room at a residential house in Jammu, India. Accompanied by their respective wives, two of them, seemingly in […]

Who does not want freedom? We all do, we love it. We all wish innately and strive – actively or passively, consciously or subconsciously – to be absolutely free from the unwanted clutches of everyone out there, including our own parents, siblings, friends, partners, neighbours and bosses. Many of us […]

God helps those who help themselves. Man proposes, God disposes. No one can undo the God’s Will? Thank God for everything. Never take God’s name in vain. We humans are full of contradictions in our thoughts and actions. In a nutshell, we are eternally confused. Every now and then, we […]

We humans haven’t been in existence since the inception of Earth, we have arrived here rather quite recently. Our distant ancestors took millions of years to evolve and, in the present form, arrived here just about 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, around the time when Earth may have completed nearly […]

It was an unusual Sunday. At daybreak, feeling a little sluggish, I decided to use the day as a relaxing holiday. Little did I know, however, that the lull through the first half of the day would be followed by a fierce storm in the afternoon, a storm of a […]

In 1929, J Krishnamurti (1895-1986) said at a public gathering: “Truth is a Pathless Land and can’t be approached by any power whatsoever, or by any religion, or by any sect. Truth being limitless, unconditional, unapproachable by any power whatsoever, can’t be organised, nor should any organisation be formed to […]

“Who am I, where did I come from, where am I going?” These questions bothered him since his pre-school days. He was no saint and there was nothing extraordinary about him; he was just an average kid, albeit with interesting contradictions in the shades of his nature. Despite having an […]

We humans depict grave contradictions through our contrasting behaviours. We encapsulate both good and bad of the Creation. Despite being mortals, we are so much better than gods in so far as our benevolent endeavours are concerned. Our present life is all due to relentless human endeavours since our existence. […]

Deepawali (also known as ‘Diwali’) unified my world a few days ago, albeit for a day at least. Many friends and well-wishers from across the planet, belonging to all major religious faiths — Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam (both Sunni and Shia), Jainism and Buddhism — sent me warm, personalised greetings […]