Lord Ram is one of the most popular figures and deities in Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma). Many of the details of Shri Ram’s life come from the Hindu epic Ramayana.

The real issue is the state and morale of the defense forces, not the leaked letter or petty politics. Fifty years ago, demoralization and neglect of the armed forces by Nehru and Krishna Menon led to national humiliation in the 1962 China war. Navaratna Rajaram “History does not repeat itself,” it is famously said, “but […]

Ram Navami, also referred to as Ram Nomi is the birth-day of Lord Shri Ram. Presently in 2012, Ram Navami will be celebrated on April 1st. It is the 9th day of the Hindu calender and coincides with the last day of Navaratri. Ram Navami is celebrated with great enthusiasm all over India and by […]

(CHAKRA) BBC News website posted a short video on March 29 under its “week’s weird videos” in “Newsbeat’s odd box” showing youth playing Holi in Utah (USA) and titled the segment as “Filthy festival”. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that terming the “festival of color” celebrated by Hindus […]

“Be different or be digested; be confident of who you are; be strong not apologetic. In interfaith dialogue replace the term ‘tolerate’ with ‘mutual respect’ for each other.” These were some of the thoughts expressed by Dr Rajiv Malhotra to a keen audience while promoting his latest book, “Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western […]

(CHAKRA) The Bhagavad Geeta is one of the highly revered and most read scriptures in the Hindu community with great consecration. It is the essence of all the Vedas in concise where the Lord Krishna delivered this hymn in the battle field to Arjuna when he peevishly declined to fight the battle in the Kurukshetra.  […]

(CHAKRA) Varna is one of the most misunderstood and misused concepts in Hinduism, and as a result it has a lot of stigma attached to it. “Caste System” is a very poor, if not an incorrect translation for varNa-vyavasthA. This article aims to explain varNa in detail. Most of what is said here is based on […]

Ugadi is the New Year’s festival for people originated from Andhra Pradesh and also for Telugu Hindus all over the world. Those who live north of the Vindhya hills observe it as Barhaspatyaman. Residents south of the Vindhya hills observe it as Sauraman or Chandraman. According to Chandraman, Ugadi is celebrated on the bright fortnight […]

“Alinah Khan”, a sixteen-year-old girl, now living in the town of Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab is still adapting to her mother calling her by her new name. Before marriage she was known as Radha and still calls herself that when outside of her home the rare few times when she is allowed to go […]

Lord Ramji, also referred to as Lord Rama, is the incarnation of Vishnu that appeared in Ayodhya during the Treta Yuga. According to the Vedas, the universe is constantly created and destroyed and each creation is divided in to four yugas, or time periods; Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and the Kali Yuga, which […]