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Guruji Mahendra Kumar Trivedi. (Photo by arrangement)

Divine Consciousness: The Pioneering Role of Guruji Trivedi

In the last 25 years, more than 300,000 people worldwide have benefitted from Guruji Trivedi's Divine Blessings

11 Aug 2023 8:36 PM

The Kerala Chief Minister also said that some people in the region are trying to deliberately mislead others over the practice of yoga. (Photo: ANI)

Yoga should not be misunderstood as a religious practice: Kerala CM

‘Anyone can practice yoga; people irrespective of religious and caste boundaries should practice yoga,’ Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said.

21 Jun 2019 1:38 PM

Nuns have broken ranks with the church by openly protesting in the streets of the Kerala against bishop Franco Mulakkal for allegedly raping a nun.

It’s time clericalism is banished

They would need to be held accountable for any misdeeds, both from a religious and civil perspective.

08 Oct 2018 2:08 AM

While religious and political activities are believed to be shaped by culture and socialisation, they may have neuroendocrine roots (Photo: AFP)

Higher levels of testosterone may make men less religious

Higher levels of testosterone are also connected to antisocial behaviour, aggression and cheating.

01 Jun 2018 5:05 PM

Culturally and geographically, burqa may be considered as more Indian than Western attire such as shirt-pants. Questioning its usage and that of other religious symbols is nothing else but manipulating false notions to target particular communities.

Targeting ‘religious identity’: Manipulated notions!

When noise is made about dress, with specific focus on its religious nature, it is important to analyse it totally.

04 Apr 2018 12:48 AM

Journalist Chintha Mary Anil didn’t fill the religion column when she enrolled her daughter Cea in school.

Secular in stance

Over one lakh children’s parents in Kerala don’t want their kids to be identified on religious and caste lines.

31 Mar 2018 5:29 AM

A 'temple' devoted to a bitch in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh: A bitch ‘deity’ that helps clear exams, get jobs

The local people dug a pit and buried the bitch at some distance from the road.

04 Mar 2018 2:10 AM

Researchers from the UK, New Zealand and The Netherlands, have found meditation doesn't change how adults behave towards others.

Meditation doesn't make calmer person, claims study

For decades, meditation that incorporates a range of spiritual and religious beliefs, has been touted to make the world a better place.

06 Feb 2018 12:55 PM

The soldiers killed were Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh of 22 Sikh Infantry and Head Constable Prem Sagar of 200th Battalion of BSF. (Photo: PTI)

Nation’s rage: Why are Indians so angry?

Most front page stories are about violence in some form or the other.

20 May 2017 12:23 AM

J. Krishnamurti (May 1895-February 1986)

The legacy of a solitary pilgrim

Krishnamurti did not address just the contemporary crisis: his prophetic vision warned us of coming events far ahead of his time.

12 May 2017 1:42 AM

$A radical shift in perception, then, from ‘them’ to ‘us’ , from ‘many’ to ‘one’, and from ‘ego’ to a universal sense of ‘Self’ is perhaps what is needed to heal our fractured humanity.$

Mystic Mantra: Drop duality

The awareness of self and other is the foundation on which any form of society is built.

28 Feb 2017 6:16 AM

Brain activity during the religious experience has been found to be similar to that seen during gambling, sex, love and listening to music.

On a high: Being religious is like being on drugs

Religious experience is perhaps the most influential part of how people make decisions that affect all of us, for good and for ill.

09 Dec 2016 12:09 AM

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