21st Century marked the imposition of disputes between territories, the 9/11 trauma, Iraq and Afghanistan war, Egyptian uprising and riots in the African countries. The challenges faced by the world in this hour are also widening and prolonging. These impediments are even more multifarious and exhausting in facet. There is a pertaining threat to environment and natural resources, a continuous depletion of natural resources, and the increasing gap between affluent and poor. The society is engaged in technological progress and globalization and so problems today are global rather than local.

Have you ever had to wait to get something that you really, really wanted, only to discover that it didn’t bring you happiness?

Warning: we have approached that time of year when it is impossible to enter any store without being hit squarely in the face with a multitude of hearts everywhere, forewarning the upcoming holiday of “Show Me How Much You Love Me.”

Can we celebrate Christmas because it’s Jesus’s birthday and not because the shopping malls tell us to celebrate it?

Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, poet and philosopher is no God botherer, but he made some insightful points about modern society in a speech denouncing our materialistic society…

The slippery slope of the "bling".

The words ‘History’ and ‘Purana’ appear to have the same meaning but there are differences between the two. History is study of the events which have happened in the past, the past events of a nation which are related to its civilization, political administration, invasion, etc.

According to advertising critic, Kalle Lasn, the United States is just a country full of “marketing targets or demographics,” people who are no longer considered to be citizens, even by their very selves. His article points out to readers that they are in fact members of a cult, whether they know it and admit it, or choose not to acknowledge the truth, forever in denial.

This is a question that has occupied the minds of many seekers throughout human history. There are almost as many different answers, as there are those who have seriously asked it.

Humans are aware of compassion, sympathy and filial piety, but sad to say when it comes to priorities, self interest and materialism overrides all thoughts related to these values.