He’s done it again! Just yesterday, I got an email message from Swami-ji. It reads as follows:
Blessed Atman,
Your loving email has been received.
Noted what you write about the suffering of Mother Nasreen [name changed]. A sum of Rs 5000/- is being sent today to your address, which you may pass

India is a multi-religious society. It is imperative that harmony be maintained in a multi-religious society like India in which people have to live with differences. Now, difference is not simply a part of religion. In fact, it is an essential part of nature. It is a part of God’s creation plan its

Inter-religious or inter-community dialogue is a pressing imperative today. I have had the good fortune of having been able to engage in such dialogue initiatives, although in a limited way. When I was doing my PhD in Lampeter, from the University of Wales (1990-1994), I used to talk to my Christian

Christians in in the village of Waga Chakawa woke up on Sunday morning (January 26) in Nigeria and prepared for a day of worship. However, a day of rejoicing turned into another Islamist hell because Boko Haram members were waiting to start their usual slaughter. Boko Haram, like all militant Islami

Society, in general, is witnessing ‘a quantum leap in violence,’ in the form of hatred, confrontation, enmity, conflict and civil strife. One of the main reasons for this is that people are increasingly reacting to differences and problems around them based on the culture of violence and confrontati

The recently concluded 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (7th APCRSHR) in Manila saw some interesting discussions on protecting and advancing Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity (SOGI) rights and improving their access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)

We are living in an age of information – the age of the knowledge explosion. Today, everyone wants to know more and more about everything, including religion. The result is that, today, on the subject of religion, people are far better informed than ever before.
At the same time, we are living in a

‘Smoke healthy, smoke Lite-joy-- A better alternative'; ‘Health e-cigarettes—Smoke and Quit Whenever'; 'Vapours- benefits of e-cigarettes'; 'Green-Smart-Living - easiest and most affordable way to start living a smoke-free life'... These are just a few of the several online advertisements one comes

TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) has courageously carried out new string of attacks on security forces in Bannu and Rawalpindi. The attacks come after a couple of months of relative calm as the Taliban regrouped following the death of leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone strike in November. A drone al

If you reside in Israel or Saudi Arabia and you happen to be a NATO member like Turkey, then it appears that you don’t have to currently worry about Al-Nusra (Al-Nusrah). After all, this al-Qaeda affiliated group only hates the Alawites, Christians, secularists and Sunni Muslims opposed to their Tak

At the time of Christmas 2013, Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, when he was congratulating Christian for Christmas day ,on his twitter account wrote that" I want to see Christian prime minister in Pakistan in my life time. It is his wish to see Christian prime minister in Pakistan.
This statement is ver

People are generally not content with what they have. Instead, they run after what they do not have. Because of this mentality, everyone is leading a life that is rife with discontent. Someone who appears to be very fortunate, someone whom others envy, is actually as discontented as those who envy h

Worldwide, a woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes, taking the annual toll to 275,000. The disease is preventable, and yet the second largest killer of women in low and middle income countries, with most women dying in the prime of life. According to the Cervical Cancer Global Crisis Card

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan is extremely dismayed by the behavior of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission. Kiir is hinting that the UN is providing safe havens for rebels inside UN camps. The UN denies this but Kiir is adamant that the UN is behaving like “a parallel government” base

What is man’s greatest longing? It is to lead a life full of happiness. This is the greatest dream that people have dreamt in every age. Every person lives with this dream. But everyone dies without this dream of his being fulfilled. All philosophies and ideologies, all human efforts, revolve round