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Philosophy of effective leadership – Check your list

A quote from Mr Disney caught my attention. He said "When values are clear decisions are easy.”  Profound, isn't it? Decision making is an...

Two million participate in Jagannath Rath yatra in Puri

Jagannath Puri saw an unprecedented assembly of devotees on this Rath yatra day, partly due to the Navakalevara event. A crowd of almost two...

Archaeologists baffled again – 2,000 Tiny Gold Spirals Discovered

It's a golden enigma. Boeslunde is in Zealand, the large island that sits between mainland Denmark and the tip of Sweden. It's a hotbed...

Sriman Kurmarupa prabhu leaves body in Sri Vrindavan dham

There are extremely rare souls on the planet today who can live the way Sriman Kurmarupa prabhu did before leaving his body on 28th...

How to balance Pitta dosha

photo source @Watervagabond In Ayurveda, there are 3 doshas or body types: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Pitta is the energy of digestion, assimilation, and transformation....

Counter obesity the Ayurveda way

Looking for a best surgery option to look slim, or, at least in shape?  Tired of trying gyms, pills and starvation? The following articles...

Sriman Brahmananda prabhu leaves body

His Grace Brahmananda prabhu, one of the very first disciples of ISKCON's Founder-Acharya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, left his body in Vrindavan dham. Devotees...

Understanding Vata dosha in Ayurveda

In the ancient Ayurvedic text, the Charak Samhita, Charak describes all the etiological factors which contribute to disturbances in the body’s channels (srotas). ...

Ayurvedic Science of Doshic Imbalance

The goal in Ayurveda is to maintain our prakruti, or our inborn physiological constitution.  This is the amount of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha doshas...

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Knowing Sri Mayapur As It Is – 5

Recently a friend disturbed my firmly rooted illusion. He asked some group members to reveal what attracts them the most about Sri Mayapur. A...

Conspiracy theories that turn out to be true

Be it Stonehenge in England or Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, such prehistoric monuments do create not only curiosity but also fear in the minds...
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Knowing Sri Mayapur As It Is – 10

As months after months and years after years pass by, I keep wondering if my appreciation for and attachment to Sri Mayapur Dham has...

Cow protection and the vigilantes – What’s there in PM Modi’s mind?

Thanks to Narendra Modi's government, cow protection has lately become the talk of the town. His recent remarks condemning violence and business in the...

Earthquakes on Steroids? Stop blaming the Earth!

How many earthquakes? What's wrong with the Earth? Don't surprise if scientists remain clueless as ever. They will keep looking at their machines to ascertain...