Category Archives: culture

An Ideal Charity Organization

This is probably the first post in this blog specifically eulogizing a person or organization. However, I cannot resist myself from doing this, because it is exemplary. I want to bring to attention two incidents here. This happened sometime in … Continue reading

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Living Together – Responsibilities and Challenges

(An edited version of this article was published in the December 2019 issue of Vedanta Kesari, the monthly magazine published from Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.) With the changing dynamics between individuals and social structures like family, society, country and religion, and … Continue reading

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Shanti Mantra

Shaanti Mantras are loudly chanted usually at the beginning and end of any lecture, study or meditation session. Loud chanting helps us to switch the context of our mind from whatever we were doing earlier to the current activity. Chanting … Continue reading

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Four Pursuits of Human Life

I asked several students and professionals this question: “If I give you 10 lakh rupees to spend, how will you spend it?” I got several interesting answers: “Invest in stocks”, “Go on a vacation”, “Start a business”, “Give in charity”, … Continue reading

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Solving the Caste Problem

Caste in its current form is a horrible, irrelevant, inhuman and highly condemnable social custom. It is not only among Hindus in India. It is also in Christianity and to an extent in Islam in India. I am not sure … Continue reading

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