Learn to be humble
Humility and simplicity are the characteristics of greatness. Humility is God’s nature. See God in everything, accept His will. Then one can only be humble because one sees that whatever happens in life, positive or negative, is His will. Humility is total acceptance. The mind should be expanded to embrace and accommodate the whole universe…
About suffering, love and God-realisation
By Avatar Meher Baba A simple life of freedom and happiness is one of the most difficult things to achieve. Man has complicated his life by the growth of artificial and imaginary desires, and returning to simplicity amounts to renunciation of desires. But 99% of human suffering is not necessary. Through obstinate ignorance, people inflict…
How individuals can help overcome terrorism
By Rajeshwer Nath Terrorism is a menace. Often, terrorists do not seek solutions but look to destruction as their aim and achievement. The terrorist community has, over the years, gone to the extent of running terrorist training camps and acquiring stealth hardware to create maximum death and destruction. Military forces of various countries are actively engaged…
I left a little piece of my heart with Mian Mir
By Renuka Narayanan The only time i went to Pakistan was for the first Saarc LitFest ever to be held there. We crossed the border on foot at Wagah and drove to Lahore. The Dawn newspaper got in touch as i was from the media and hospitably asked if there was anything special i wanted…
Nagpur residents revive Chipko movement to save green patch 200 Old-Growth Trees Are About To Be Sacrificed For A New Road
Nagpur: It was an incensed yet a driving Sunday morning in one of the by-lanes of Bharat Nagar in the city. A set of messages seeking public support were circulated on social media the previous night. By noon, about 100 citizens stood tall to save one of the last biodiversity hotspots of the city —…