I am a practicing #Hindu. A student and teacher of Vedas, Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita in the light of Sri Aurobindo! I also practice Vipassana! I have never come across expletives in Devabhasha Sanskrit, never come across hatred and intolerance in these texts! Therefore I

In my interview with Ravindra Singh Sheoran, I explain how Sonam Wangchuk’s answer on Kargil’s desire to part of Kashmir is deliberately misrepresented as plebiscite for Kashmir in the detention order despite being rubbished by fact checkers 1.5 years ago when it was first published.

A lot of people quote the #Bhagavadgita while endorsing violence or revenge. But the call to action of Sri Krishna was not to the ego-ridden revenge-seeking Arjuna but Arjuna, the soul, purified from ego, desire and attachment - thereby becoming an instrument of the Divine! This

60 Illustrious Indians have won the prestigious #RamonMagsaysay: Vinoda Bhave, Verghese Kurien, M S Subbulakshmi among others. Of these, 20 have won #PadmaShriPadmaBhushan awards, Dr V Shanta being the latest, awarded in 2016. Surely Indian Government does not award

Here’s my interview with The Telegraph on Sonam Wangchuk’s detention! Watch full video here: telegraphindia.com/video/govt-cre…

“Plurality” is the middle name of #SanatanaDharma. The only philosophical worldview that can accommodate opposites from Charvaka’s materialism to Advaita Vedanta’s pure consciousness as the essence of Reality. The followers of each of the 9 Darshanas which is 9 ways of

Met Sonam Wangchuk yesterday. He asked me to thank the #TimeMagazine for the surprise. The timing could not have been better, he chuckled!! Deeply thanking everyone who stands with him and Ladakh, he reiterated his faith in the judiciary, the constitution of India and his firm

Met Sonam Wangchuk today. He was missing being 1700 kms away from #Ladakh. But he was happy that there was something common between the minus 30 cold desert of Ladakh and the plus 50 hot desert of Rajasthan - Life in both the deserts is directly connected to the #Himalayas everyday!

And about the nip in the air Sonam Wangchuk said that he feels at home when the northerly winds blowing from the High Himalayas cast a cold spell all over north India including Jodhpur. But the industrial air that mixes with it and raises the AQI makes him sad and wonder at the