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A Kathmandu-based friend who ran a travel agency had organised a trip to Tibet for Bunny and me. It was 1994 and till recently Tibet had been the Forbidden Land for foreigners. When our passports were presented to the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu to get visas, my application was turned down flat. Indian journalist?No way!
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We all agree that each citizen must be educated and trained to be committed to disciplines, codes of ethics, codes of conduct, commitment to duties and to the fundamental duties of our constitution, Article 51A, etc. aka kartavya-palan, obviously because it leads to excellence in work, success, and prosperity. However, all modern systems, education, politics,
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I was in grade 7 or 8 when Wasi Ahmed Shamsi sahab joined B D Y High School as an Urdu and Persian teacher. Tucked away on the bank of a pond and surrounded by cultivable land and greenery, the school in rural Darbhanga was like a sanctuary, a gurukul. Away from the din and
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By: Narayani Ganesh The Heart Sutra, in Buddhism, speaks of navigating the path from emptiness to compassion. Buddhist teachers have stressed that emptiness is not the same as nothingness. HH The Dalai Lama has explained how we can use emptiness “as a way to dissect and dissolve the heart of hatred. If you hate someone,
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By Mona Mehta Hidden in the lyrics of American singer Madame Gandhi’s single ‘Waiting For Us’ is bucketsful of Vedantic wisdom. Let it wash over you. ‘Waiting for us’, one of the latest songs by singer Madame Gandhi, aka Kiran Gandhi, an American electronic music producer, drummer, artist and activist, goes like this: “I’m not
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By Sumit Dhanraj The incarnation of Jesus Christ is the manifestation of God’s infinite love for humankind. In order to set people free from the clutches of sin, God reveals His divine power and benevolent love by sending Jesus as love par excellence. Jesus lived a fully human life, experiencing difficulties of the world. He
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As I entered Ayodhya, probably for the 7th or 8th in many years, this time it was very different. A sense of calm and peace engulfed me. It was a day when the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh was also visiting the town, to take stock of the preparations for the inaugural ceremony of Ram
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Google recently introduced its latest AI model, Gemini, which is tipped to outperform ChatGPT on most parameters. This launch is just one example of the ongoing AI race that has gained momentum over the past year. Big tech companies are investing heavily in AI to maintain their competitive edge and relevance in the rapidly evolving
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In most of the market/work places people often queue up or take a channelized approach for the intended activity. The people in the queue have enough patience and are ready to wait for their turn. This is the ordered behavior of the society. Yet there is another set of people who do not have that
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By Homayun Taba Sometimes, three short lines can pack quite a punch, as in the Brihadaranyak Upanishad 1:3:28: ‘Asatoma sadgamaya; Tamaso ma jyotirgamaya; Mrtyor ma amrtam gamaya’ – Lead me from reality to the truth;/ Lead me from darkness to light;/ May I be led from death to immortality. Asat, reality, in the first line,
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