Rewiring the Brain
The brain is superior to most advanced computers; it can execute very complicated and elaborate tasks with seeming ease. It is not hard-wired and we are not trapped with...
How Purba, the Survivor, returned from a Journey to Hell?
Trafficking of women is an international commercial activity in which force, coercion, and fraud are used to transport women across international boundaries for economic gain. As a complex organised...
Child-bride
Here’s a poem by Luz María. She dedicates it to the child-brides for their suffering is a shame to humanity. the full morning was sunless, like a premonition at...
Healing by Loving the Inner Child
All of us have a suffering inner child. As children, we all have all had times of difficulty as children and many of us have experienced trauma. When we...
Today is Love
Anindita writes about Amma, her soulmate. She deals with love and avoid. The person she loved is no more. Love lingers, with sadness. Here’s a personal journey of the...
The Impact of Industrialism: Thomas Hardy and D.G. Rossetti
Thomas Hardy does not belong to the Pre-Raphaelite Poets. But both Hardy and Rossetti experienced the poignant sufferings of the people after the Industrial Revolution in England. D. G. Rossetti who...
Work is Yours, Result is reserved by Him – V
In the fifth part of the Goodness Guide, Krishna says that God allows each one of the freedoms over all our actions, good or evil. The choice to choose the...
Backbends for Suppleness, Strength and Rejuvenation of the Body
Continuing with backbends, our Yoga expert, Navodita, tells us about Ushtra Asana and Bheka Asana. Backbends stimulate the proper functioning of the digestive system, help preserve the health of the spinal...
Anguish of a Lonely Soul
Why do we feel lonely? Is it because we are not happy? Somewhere, we feel, we have lost the purpose of our lives. We no longer know ourselves. We do...
Old is Gold: These are few of my Favourite Films about Aging and the Elderly
Rita revisits seven sensitive films that break the stereotypes of the elderly – grumpy old men or kindly, self-sacrificing grandmothers. Only once in a while does a movie with interesting senior characters...