A beautiful song by Malini Awasthi, preserved from the villages of the Indo-Gangetic basin of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

For us in India, respect for nature is an integral part of spiritualism. We treat nature's bounties as sacred.

This is an 11 day celebration at the Art of Living Bangalore Ashram.

We call it Bharatvarsh. Even now they say ‘Bharat’. It is not India. ‘India’ is a historical exigency. Similarly, the word ‘Hinduism’ – there is no such thing as that. It is Sanatana Dharma – eternal religion. It is eternal religion because it

Q: Why are there differences between religions? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Religion has three components: symbols, customs and traditions, and values. As far as values are concerned, there is no difference, because all talk about oneness. Customs and

In an age of so much inconsequential tweeting, it’s worth recalling the advice of yogis: Sit still, they say, so still that a bird can land on your head. From the cold lakes of the Himalayas to the sand dunes of western Rajasthan to the

Marigold, roses, pink asters and leaves make this floral rangoli.

On another occasion he made a series of remarkable predictions. He said : “India will be free in another fifty years and freedom will come in an unusual way. A great war will flare up within twenty years, and if the Western nations do not give up

The white cheeked barbet is a common bird in my garden in Lucknow, North India. In this picture it is eating berries of giloi herb. It also see it enjoying figs, and the banyan tree fruit.

Out of the total number of 10,000 Grus Antigone, Indian Saras, Demosil Crane and Common Crane, nearly 2,500 of them are said to be nesting in and around Etawah and nearly 1,000 in Mainpuri district besides a good number of Sarus birds have also been