Category: Between You and Me
Years ago, I asked a friend – What Is the Purpose of Life? He said: “Purushartha!” “Ah, it’s just a Sanskrit translation of the question. (Purusha=human being; Artha = here the meaning is purpose,...
“I have recently read your book ‘You don’t eat a lion doesn’t mean that lion won’t eat you’. You’ve said that right and wrong are relative concepts…” Kaveri Gupta, a reader. “Yes, right...
“I am fed up with life…Every day I have to face problems at the home front, in the office, while commuting, in the shop, in the marketplace – everywhere others create problems for me....
She is just 24 and diagnosed with a life-threatening disease. She was a rationalist and no one in her family forced her to believe in God. It seems her doctor advised her to pray...
Yesterday a reader from the UK called me and described the pathetic circumstance around him – he is amid a hotspot of dreaded coronavirus pandemic – it indeed is a very sad situation. The...
How can my son excel in his school/college? “My son is in 11th class (plus one) now. He is a good student, but we want to make him the best in the school. Uday...
Few months ago, a reader – Abdul Gafoor- sent me a WhatsApp message. He is a South Indian settled in New Delhi. His question was if there is any formula to overcome fear, stress...
“I want to live a divine life. I am all fed up with the worldly troubles. I am too honest to live in this unfair world. So I need to attain eternal peace by...
When I went to the Barbar shop yesterday, I saw my regular Barbar had tonsured his head and removed his moustache. What’s more, among the images of pantheon of Hindu Gods that he displayed...
“Have you really seen Shri Krishna? Have you talked to him? Can we really talk to God? Will God reply? If it was pure imagination, how come you revealed few unknown secrets?” These are...
The undertone of most of the messages/letters I get is based on the same complaint: “I have been doing good, but in return, I get set back, end up in miseries and sufferings.” Long...
I have been to Hong Kong ten years ago. I had a press conference there. I took my family along with me. One day evening, I found the group of journalists from Mainland China...
