Bhagavad Gita

9 years after theft, Odisha thief returns deity’s ornaments worth lakhs; pays a penalty too

In the apology note addressed to the priest, Devesh Chandra Mohanty, the thief also left an additional Rs 300 as an atonement along with the jewellery. The man had recently read the Bhagavad Gita and started regretting the theft committed nearly nine years ago

Forget small changes by NCERT, liberals are preparing a dangerous new radical version of history

The sarkari leftist would offer Akbar, but new ones prefer Aurangzeb. The old textbooks had comforting myths around secularism — and all religions being peaceful. The new ones will denounce the Bhagavad Gita, and Hinduness as the root of all evil. It is coming. Because no government lasts forever

Right Word | Gita Jayanti: How Bhagavad Gita guided nationalist movement and shaped modern Indian political thought

Merely positioning it as a Hindu religious text would be a grave injustice to the spirit of the Bhagavad Gita, which primarily is the spirit of our nation

Why patrons of Kashmiriyat don’t want ‘Ishwar with Allah’ in Kashmiri schools

For Kashmir-based Islamists, who repeatedly invoke India’s Constitution and constitutionalism and often swear by secularism, Kashmiriyat is a one-way street. Syncretism is good till Islamic identity remains supreme

Gujarat: High Court issues notice to state government on introducing Bhagavad Gita in schools

The high court, however, declined to stay the resolution and sought the state government's reply by 18 August

Book Review: Gauranga Das' The Art of Focus captivates readers with endearing simplicity

The Art of Focus, published by Penguin Ananda, contains practical, accessible wisdom that would benefit anyone who engages seriously.

After hijab row, what’s the Bible storm that has rocked Karnataka school?

Bengaluru's Clarence High School received flak after it asked parents to sign an undertaking which said that they would not object to their children carrying a Bible to class every day

How to interpret sacred Hindu texts: Making the case for a Hindu hermeneutic

The Vedic Saṃhitās are first and foremost a body of spiritual-sacerdotal texts, then they are literary texts due to the high aesthetic and poetic quotient of the mantras

Gita Jayanti 2021: Here are some wishes, messages and greetings to share with your loved ones

The Bhagavad Gita came into existence on the Shukla Paksha Ekadashi Tithi of the lunar month of Margashirsha, according to the Hindu calendar

Why Indian history textbooks are in absolute and urgent need of revision

After seven years of the BJP government, the education that is given to children is basically a British leftover