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  • The Story of India-Pakistan Partition: Part Three

    “The exchange of population is uncivilised. The exchange of population would testify to unalterable and unnecessary hostility between peoples who are akin in blood, customs and economic and cultural interests.” Louis Fischer Following the India-Pakistan partition, the migration of their respective populations had begun. It was one of the biggest migrations in history. The Partition…

  • Sacred Hymns from The Guru Granth Sahib

    In medieval India, there were some who were trying to combine the elements of Hinduism and Islam. The Mughal emperor Akbar (1556–1605) was one. He wasn’t the first, though. Many spiritual movements were going on — poets were telling their stories, as they always had. In the middle of all this, Sikhism emerged. The founder…

  • The Story of India-Pakistan Partition: Part Two

    In the first part of our India-Pakistan partition series, we observed the events leading up to the independence day in 1947. Now let’s take a step further. The day of independence arrived and the Union Jack over the old Lucknow residency, which had never been lowered by day or night, was hauled down at sunset…

  • How to Practice Visualisation Meditation

    Today let’s focus on the practice of visualisation meditation. In your attempts to calm and concentrate your mind, you have probably noticed visual images among the many things that distract your attention from the object of meditation. This can include faces of loved ones, your home, other familiar faces and places, memories of films you…

  • The Origins of Western Philosophy

    Let’s discuss the origins of western philosophy. Well… nobody will ever know who started it. It could be that some poor genius invented philosophy and then fell into the abyss of unwritten history before he could announce himself to posterity. There is no reason to think that there was such a person, but then there…

  • Prayer Meditation: The Path of Devotion

    The idea of devotion or praying makes some people uneasy because they equate it with blind faith and mindless submissiveness. However, it does not have to be like that. It is, in fact, a positive attitude: to be devoted to one’s family, friends, or work is to have love, care and responsibility. In this sense…

  • Why You Should Read The Arabian Nights

    There is as much doubt about the history of “The Arabian Nights”, or “The Thousand and One Nights” as it is often called, as that which veils the origin of the Homeric poems. It is said that a certain Caliph Shahryar, having been deceived by his wife, slew her, and afterwards, married a wife only…

  • Meditation on Loving-Kindness

    Loving-Kindness is wanting others to be happy. It is a natural quality of mind, but until we develop it through meditation and other practices, it remains limited, reserved for a few select individuals — usually those we are attached to. Genuine love is universal in scope, extending to everyone, without exception. We may have certain…