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Though the pilgrimage took place over a year ago, it is only now—upon finding my mirror—that I can make sense of what once ...

Genesis chapter three promises us all something that we each get to experience in various ways; pain. After Adam and Eve disobeyed God, the promise that God made to them ...

The Very Rev. Fr. Milad Selim asks, "What are we willing to suffer for Christ? What price are we willing to pay for His endless love?" ...

It is fascinating that some of the most splendid prose in the Hebrew Bible emerges from the mouth of Balaam, a brilliant poet ...

My parents recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

It has been one year since the wedding of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani captivated the nation and the world. Their ...

Kenya has bid farewell to Fr. Hermann Borg, the multi-award-winning German Priest famed for his environmental conservation ...

The meticulously organised and deeply spiritual ceremony further augmented India's image as the spirituality capital of the ...

The Ramayana in Sanskrit was authored by Valmiki There was no literature meant for commoners prior to the Ramayana Only Vedic literature existed before it That s why Valmiki is referred to as adi kavi ...

The Mahabharata is full of colourful characters and they have lots of lessons for various contexts of corporate life not least for a new CEO Here are six things one must not do if one has just become ...