by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Dec 17, 2020 | Social
During my recent visit to the Pink City, I came across a banner that read – “शराब से नहीं, दूध से करें नव वर्ष की शुरुआत” (start the new year with milk – not with alcohol). Just the imagine of people clinking glasses of milk at new year...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Dec 21, 2018 | Social, Spiritual
I turned vegetarian in my mid-twenties. I still remember the day; it was 11th of August. The date remained in my memory as I had pre-decided it. Why I chose 11th? In fact, during those days I was not aware of actual date of my birth which wasn’t 20th as...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Dec 12, 2018 | Social
My second favourite story is about a non-dynastic ruler, who was in search of his successor as he approached the age of Vanaprastha – one of the four stages of life according to Hindu philosophy where a person gradually start giving up worldly pursuits and hand...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Dec 10, 2018 | Social
I’m sharing two of my all-time favorite fables. Both the stories are very simple but hold very important truths of life. The first story is about a poor Brahmin, an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, living in a remote village. Once he was invited to perform some rituals...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Nov 30, 2018 | Social
Recently, a Division Bench of Hon’ble Supreme Court, while pronouncing its Judgement in a 1997 gang-rape case, observed that “Even assuming that the woman was of easy virtue, she has a right of refuse to submit herself to sexual intercourse to anyone.” ...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Nov 16, 2018 | Social
Ananya – I met this little girl of about 7-8 years on a train journey in the summers of 2016. I was travelling with my elder cousin to Igatpuri (Maharashtra) for taking up a Meditation Course there. Ananya was travelling with her mom, grandma and brother Vaishnav...
