In a rare showing of warmth, the sun visited the village of Prestbury for a second day in a row. It crossed the market and strolled down west to Withinlee Road where it encountered a rare and beautiful object. A gleaming red Ferrari would bring oohs and aahs to almost…

ஆரோவில் எதிர்கால இந்தியாவின் தேவை ராஜேஷ — முருகேசன் தேவராஜ் மொழிபெயர்த்துள்ளார் (original English version) 1960களின் பிற்பகுதியில் பிறந்த ஆரோவில் எந்த திசையிலும் பயணிக்கும் சூழலில் உள்ளது, ஒன்று அது மெதுவாக ஒரு மெழுகுவர்த்தி போன்று அணைந்து விடும் அல்லது அது ஒரு அருமையான மறுமலர்ச்சியை பெற்று அதன் உன்னதமான குறிக்கோளை அடைய ந‌ல்ல வாய்ப்பினை அடையும், இந்தக் கட்டுரை இச்செய்தியை தெளிவுபடுத்த விரும்புகிறது.பழைய மற்றும் புதிய கட்டுக்கதைகள்…

Born in the late 1960’s, Auroville lies at a crossroad. It can fade away, its candle slowly extinguished. Or it can have a brilliant resurgence, take on a fantastic opportunity to achieve its glorious vision. This essay aspires to clarify this choice — it is hard to see because of…

At my Jesuit school, i grew up saying the Lord’s Prayer every day. Normally when i sit in a church it comes up. In my travels in Latin America, i have sat in many churches and found that it was not coming up fully. …

I have one big question. As a non-virus-expert, it strikes me that having the lab virus and the blueprint (protocol) of its design, it would tremendously help create any medicines (not only vaccines) to defend against it, and confirm how it is transmitted, etc. …

In 2020 the government started a wave — a pre-emptive response that was far more draconian, more inhuman, than any disease. Hundreds of millions of displaced Indians bore the brunt of this man-made force. Yet they absorbed it peacefully as they took on the suffering of long journeys home. Hundreds…

Ravidas, one of the most influential poet-saints of the bhakti-movement, is still venerated five centuries later. One of the most stunning poems of the beloved saint is You Me (Tohi Mohi): तोही मोही मोही तोही अंतरु कैसा कनक कटिक जल तरंग जैसा जउ पै हम न पाप करंता अहे अनंता…

Bangalore’s gated communities are learning new ways to welcome back residents who have traveled. They usually go beyond state recommended codes and create additional quarantine and social isolation procedures. Here is a satirical letter to welcome a neighbor. Welcome back! Since its been a while (in the time of corona…

We have done many Earth Hours. We are now aware. Aware of the Earth. We are now aware of how we are pillaging it. And that we have not slowed down a bit. Not since the introduction of the Earth Hour. Or Earth Day. In fact, we have accelerated our…