Deshvidesh | - Part 815

Words to Live by

Bold and Beautiful Facing everything and avoiding nothing is the ultimate spiritual practice. It requires tremendous courage, unusual sincerity and a powerful commitment. Most of all, facing everything and avoiding nothing in every moment demands that we have a very big heart. Why? Because it …

Indians Dominate 2005

National Spelling Bee Competition Eighth-grader Anurag Kashyap of California became this year’s National Spelling Bee Champion. Tied for second place were 11-year-old Samir Patel, who is home-schooled in Colleyville, Texas, and Aliya Deri, 13, a Pleasanton, California, student. Rajiv Tarigopula came fourth in the overall …

The Golden Temple – Ultimate Sikh Pilgrimage

The Golden Temple is the ultimate Sikh pilgrimage. The Harmandir Sahib, as it is traditionally known, actually means the temple of Hari or the Supreme God. Also known as the Darbar Sahib, the stupendous, architectural phenomena is located at the city of Amritsar. The temple’s …

Child Obesity

Sitting your child down to read and write daily, playing with educational computer games or learning a musical instrument are all excellent ways of developing extra life learning skills in your child, however, we tend to forget about the importance of daily physical exercise. As …

Bollywood Awards

Best Film Yash Chopra for Veer-Zaara” Best Actor Shah Rukh Khan for “Veer-Zaara” Shah Rukh Khan Shahrukh Khan the most saleable actor in the business today. Crazy fans or canny distributor. His name is the guarantee. He hedges his bets by working only with best …

Nani Palkhivala’s Vision for India

Those of us who have lived through the earlier days of free India, when the entire nation was looking forward with zeal and with a sense of national pride, cannot but look upon the present times with deep anguish and distress. I do not think …

Advice

Dear Asha, I am having some major problems. I am about to get married to the love of my life. Fortunately for me the love of my life is also my old childhood friend. We have known each other since we were toddlers and have …

Book Review

How to lead a Spiritual life – By SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA A life without spiritual sadhana is a dreary waste. A life with spiritual sadhana is wise living-a life that will lead to Blessedness. The combination, the blending together, the harmonising, the combining of an …

Words to Live By

Friendship We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves: we encou-rage each other in mediocrity I m always longing to be with men more excellent than myself. – Charles Lamb Your friend is the one who knows all about you, and still likes you. …