Navratri and the nine forms of Shakti teach the interconnectedness of life and spirituality, emphasizing that truth and divine essence are found within daily experiences. Complete liberation is ...

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I don’t know when man will be able to drop that tail. Evolution has failed. By - Acharya Prashant, a Vedanta teacher, social reformer and a national bestselling author.

In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, ...

The cessation of suffering is about recognizing its falsity and stopping the confidence placed in it. Suffering starts with resistance based on self-perception as limited and threatened. Pain is ...

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

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Charles Baxter’s novel charges along so boisterously that it’s easy to forget the author is batting around some of the weightiest concerns of human experience. John le Carré’s son Nick ...

Acharya lab works on these areas to address a variety of diseases including Melanoma, Ovarian Cancer, Traumatic Brain Injury, Rheumatoid Arthrits, Osteoarthrtis, Weight loss, Pain dynamics among ...

Katharine Spurrier dives into the stunning selection of photographs by Carlos Muñoz-Yagüe in this new book which takes us behind the scenes of iconic designer, Yves Saint Laurent. Alexander ...

Our columnists on new books by John Banville, Kate Christensen under a pseudonym and more. By Sarah Weinman Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now.