SEEMA BURMAN recounts stories associated with the sacred plant ahead of Tulsi VivahaTulsa Maharani Namo Namaha There is an interesting story about chaturmas or the four months of monsoon linked to Vis ...

A belief that Jesus travelled to India and adopted Buddhist teachings and methods has been around since at least the 19th Century when scholars attempted to explain the similarities between Christiani ...

Byline Sunitha Rao R Deepika BurliThe growing menace of drug abuse by teenagers in the city has left doctors and parents worried An increasing number of children mostly teenagers walking into hospital ...

Why Hindu extremists must stop the mindless violence against Christians in India now In 2010 I visited The Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata to pay homage at Mother Teresa39s tomb Along the road towa ...

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Your columnist once visited Karl Marx s grave at Highgate Cemetery in North London The bronze head of the bearded philosopher sat on top of a granite plinth Instead of letting it tower over our heads ...

Chandika devi means vanquisher of foes and negative forces She is the most ferocious form of Goddess Kali one who destroys evilHowever she is also the most benevolent mother who fulfills wishs of her ...