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Goa is a beautiful and cosmopolitan state with Panaji or Panjim as its capital. This is a tiny state with good infrastructure and relatively low cost of living. Pollution is low and lifestyle easy. We recently visited the capital city of Panjim in North Goa and this article is about …

Farmer’s suicide issue is a burning one in India. Opposition parties always severely criticize the party in power, whosoever it is, on this issue. Fact of the matter as discussed in this short article is that Indian farmers commit suicide at a much lower rate that other Indian citizens and …

तत्व चिंतनः भाग 5 – नई दुनियां, पुरानी दुनियां बिल मेरे एक अमरीकी मित्र हैं। उन्होंनें कोई बंगाली फिल्म किसी अमरीकी टैलीविजन चैनल पर देखी।फिल्म उन्हें अच्छी लगी पर एक बात उन्हें समझ नहीं आई और वे यह समस्या ले कर मेरे पास आए। फिल्म के नायक और नाइका एक …

This article discusses the aim of living a life; its Eastern and Western perspectives. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जीवन का ध्येय जीवन जीने को एक यात्रा कहा गया है। जीवन जीना यानि कि जीवन पथ पर चलना। पर यात्रा का तो एक लक्ष्य होना चाहिये। हमारे जीवन का लक्ष्य क्या है? …

Love is a great enigma. Young people are washed away with the strength of feelings and emotions that seem to take over ones personality. It is like an acute fever that rises and falls in due course of time. From biological point of view, love and sex are amongst the …

Faith in God is central to the thinking of common Indians. This faith has given our culture an ability to survive innumerable calamities that have befallen us over several millennia. The soothing idea that an almighty God is eventually in-charge of our world provides relevance to our lives. The things …

You would have heard that Hinduism is the most liberal religion or religious philosophy. What does it really mean? One reason is its acceptance of multiple routes to ultimate religious goal of Moksha or liberation. Read on. For comments, feedback or questions please write to rajivksaxena@gmail.com – Rajiv Krishna Saxena …

This series of articles are for those readers who would like to get acquainted with the essence of Indian thought and its evolution. Religions that originated in the Indian soil (i.e. Hindu, Jain, Buddha and Sikh etc.) may have small differences but are not too different in their basic principles …

In view of rising salaries and better facilities in India, going to USA purely on monitory considerations is gradually losing its charm. Yet in intellectual challenge and satisfaction, India is still way behind the Western world and that gap is unlikely to be filled in next several decades. In the …