Brahmachari Sudhanand ji and Karan Rawat honoured with 6th Ankit Junaid social harmony award

The Ankit Junaid social harmony award for youth was started in September 2018, by Khudai Khidmatgar in memory of Hafiz Junaid and Ankit Saxena. Junaid was Killed brutally in a train two days before Eid  while Ankit, killed in Delhi for loving a girl from different faith. The fellowship and award includes a Memento, a… Read More Brahmachari Sudhanand ji and Karan Rawat honoured with 6th Ankit Junaid social harmony award

Street Cafe

NB: May 15 is the eighteenth anniversary of my father’s passage into eternity. He died in the Research and Referral Military Hospital in Delhi on this day in 2007; and was given a military funeral at the Army cremation grounds. Scores of his old students, many of them senior military and service officers were present… Read More Street Cafe

The kindness of strangers: I was injured and using crutches, when a group of scary teens offered to help me

Richard Munoz I wasn’t especially good at basketball, but I loved it. One day while playing, I broke my ankle. I needed corrective surgery and would be on crutches for months while I recovered. Getting to and from work, and running errands, was suddenly a huge struggle. I could order groceries online, but there were… Read More The kindness of strangers: I was injured and using crutches, when a group of scary teens offered to help me

Albert Camus on Strength of Character and How to Save Our Sanity in Difficult Times

By Maria Popova In 1957, Albert Camus (November 7, 1913–January 4, 1960) became the second youngest laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded to him for work that “with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times.” (It was with this earnestness that, days after receiving the coveted accolade, he sent his… Read More Albert Camus on Strength of Character and How to Save Our Sanity in Difficult Times

Pahalgam guide became guardian angel for Chhattisgarh BJP worker: ‘Hugged the children, saved their lives’

Nazakat, however, lost his cousin in the attack, which claimed the lives of 25 tourists and one local who ferried tourists on horseback. That local was Nazakat’s cousin, Syed Adil Hussain Shah (30), who was shot dead reportedly while trying to stop the militants. NB: Since some people are hell bent upon punishing Kashmiri Muslim… Read More Pahalgam guide became guardian angel for Chhattisgarh BJP worker: ‘Hugged the children, saved their lives’

The music of humanity

First posted January 29, 2014; and published in the Asian Age (January 30, 2014 was the 66th anniversary of Gandhi’s assassination) The music of humanity The force of love is the same as the force of the soul or truth. We have evidence of its working at every step. Hind Swaraj – M.K. Gandhi One of the… Read More The music of humanity

Sant Shri Balak Nath, Mahant, Gorakhnath Math, Bhuntar, visited Khudai Khidmatgar / नाथ सम्प्रदाय के संत श्री बालक नाथ १०८  महंत गोरखनाथ मठ, भुंतर हिमांचल प्रदेश पधारे

For Khudai Khidmatgar, the work of communal harmony is not a program based thing, that can be kept aside or forgotten for long after organizing a seminar .For us It is a continuous process, in which training, dialogue, travel, discussion, etc. keep happening as a continuous process. On 13th April Shri Balak Nath 108 Sant… Read More Sant Shri Balak Nath, Mahant, Gorakhnath Math, Bhuntar, visited Khudai Khidmatgar / नाथ सम्प्रदाय के संत श्री बालक नाथ १०८  महंत गोरखनाथ मठ, भुंतर हिमांचल प्रदेश पधारे

Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen review – rage and queer romance under an icy sun

Hannah Jane Parkinson Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, in which Crimson is set. Photograph: Alamy One has to understand Greenland to understand the excitement that greeted Niviaq Korneliussen’s debut when it was published there in 2014 as Homo Sapienne. Crimson, which came out of Korneliussen’s success in a short story competition, tells the tale of four queer characters… Read More Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen review – rage and queer romance under an icy sun

A Glimpse: award-winning short film about the price of love

A blossoming relationship unfolds when two strangers have a chance encounter in a London cafe. Winner: Best Short Film – Florence Film Awards 2020 Rachel Shenton stars in this award-winning short film about the price of love ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times. By Marcus Markou “Papa old-age home se bhaag gaye. Mrs Sharma ke saath”… Read More A Glimpse: award-winning short film about the price of love

Teenage boys are in crisis. The message of ‘Adolescence’

Harmeet Kaur The world for kids today looks a lot different than it did for their parents. A scene from the hit Netflix series “Adolescence” captures just how vast that difference is. In the show’s second episode, Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe (Ashley Walters) is at a secondary school to investigate why 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen… Read More Teenage boys are in crisis. The message of ‘Adolescence’