Hills That We Climbed

क्या सीता परित्याग तर्कसंगत है? ऐसा सोचते ही दो बातें पहले ही आ जाती हैं - क्या धर्म के मामले में "तर्क" का प्रयोग व्यावहारि...

Ramayana, Rama's journey or Rama's way was originally told to the world by sage Valmiki. Valmiki is revered as Adi Kavi , i.e. ...

Ramayana can be taken in many ways, but I think it’s also a love story. It’s a love story of a prince who had to be separated from his wife ...

Reproducing a part from the book which I believe all of us should read and understand: Now, a word to those of our times who read Raamayana ...

Fate is weird. We would never be able to understand fully, why things happened the way they happened. The author describes it in a wonderful...

Fate and Karma Life is weird. At one point, the author describes the unfortunate end of the mighty and righteous king Dashratha: As describe...

When Hindus die, their children offer shraadha to them and do some rituals for the peace of the departed souls. I found reference to a simil...

Leaving the body when purpose is over At two places in Ramayana, I found instances of rishis entering into fire in order to get them free ...

Ram killed the vaanara king Vaali while hiding behind a tree. He had to do so, because Vaali had got a boon from Indra which gave him powe...

Diversity When Hanuman ji went to Lanka, he saw the city and its people. He also checked Raavana’s army. Ramayana describes at one place...

Wrong Path is Easier It is often understood that the wrong path is easier, to attain a short-term goal. Students cheating in exams can p...

If Only There is a very interesting episode when Hanuman ji is goes to Lanka, is captured and brought in front of Ravana. What he sees, ...

Sympathy with Bad Characters I guess all of us would at one point or the other, sympathise with characters like Duryodhana or Karna in t...

There is a very interesting episode where Ravana’s spies are captured and brought before Raam. How does he react? Mercy, Confidence or St...

We often wonder at the relation or distinction between God and Nature. Here is an important portion which comments on the same. Nature an...