By M.R. Narayan Swamy On June 21, when the world celebrates the International Yoga Day for a second year in running, yoga enthusiasts around the world must remember Paramhansa Yogananda, who did more than anyone…
By Ankit Sinha Few poets in the country have been as influential as the 15th-century mystic Kabir. His poetry, written in vernacular Hindi, borrowed elements from various dialects like Avadhi, Braj and Bhojpuri and focussed…
Kurnool, June 20 (IANS) A top police officer in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district has come out with an album to encourage people to practise yoga. Ake Ravi Krishna, the Superintendent of Police of Kunrool, released…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Mind of a Terrorist – The Strange Case of David Headley; Author: Kaare Sorensen/Cory Klingsporn (Translator); Publisher: Penguin Books; Pages: 376; Price: Rs 599 In the current phase of Islamist…
By Rachel V Thomas Title: Yoga and Diet for Ailments; Author: Bijoylaxmi Hota; Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 296; Price: Rs. 295 If yoga has broken all barriers — transcendental as well as geographical — in recent…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Stressing on yoga’s secular nature, Baba Ramdev, who led about 35,000 people in a rehearsal ahead of the International Yoga Day at the Rajpath on Sunday, said yoga was not…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday said yoga was not a religious but a spiritual practice and did not make a practitioner lose his religious identity. “Practicing yoga is not…
By Surender Bhutani Warsaw, June 19 (IANS) Thousands of people on Sunday celebrated the Second International Yoga Day in Poland, a country where yoga has become a way of life for many Poles. The celebration…
Dublin, June 19 (IANS) Hundreds of enthusiasts practised yoga poses in Dartmouth Park here in Ireland to mark the International Yoga Day, a media report said on Sunday. About 400 people gathered on Saturday for…
By Vikas Datta Author Samuel Butler once observed that “to die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead”. By this standard, well alive…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) A total of 10,000 participants will be performing yoga in various places in Delhi including Lodhi Garden, Nehru Park and Talkatora Stadium as part of the second International Yoga Day…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Advertisements are unthinkingly reinforcing gender stereotypes, says noted journalist Naghma Sahar during a travelling photo exhibition titled “Each Click Counts” on the theme of “Being A Girl”. The exhibition was…
By Akanki Sharma New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) In today’s digital era where technology has almost swamped art in all its forms, has Urdu literature once famous for poetry — especially the verse forms of…
Tokyo, June 17 (IANS) Young designers in Japan are infusing fresh life into the kimono, Japan’s traditional dress, and transforming it into clothing items and accessories — including scarves, light coats, parasols and purses –…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) INOX Leisure Ltd (INOX), a cinema exhibition chain, has teamed up with Isha Foundation to celebrate the International Day of Yoga (IDY) on June 21 by giving yoga a modern…
Shanghai, June 17 (IANS) Nine cities in eastern China are to host the 2nd International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations from June 18-26 June, with the theme “9 Cities, 9 Days bringing 9,000 Chinese Yoga…
Bhopal, June 17 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh cabinet ministers will attend programmes on the occasion of World Yoga Day on June 21 in various districts. According to an official statement, Home Minister Babulal Gaur will take…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the completion of the India-Myanmar-Thailand highway was New Delhi’s priority to improve access to Southeast Asia. “Connectivity is an important area and is…
Embark on a journey of remorse, redemption and love where a girl falls for a man with dark secrets; then a modern day version of the Mahabharata presented with a humorous corporate twist. Learn the…
By Vikas Datta Title: Stasi Child; Author: David Young; Publisher: Twenty7 Books/Bloomsbury; Pages: 416; Price: Rs 399 With one agent for every 166 of its people, one in every 63 a collaborator and one in…