In the 20th century, a frail man named Vinoba Narahar Bhave walked across India with a simple but extraordinary message of compassion, equality and sharing. For years, he travelled from village to village, walking tens of thousands of kilometres and asking people who possessed more land than they needed to voluntarily share it with those…
Month: September 2026
The Chameleon and Its Changing Colours
Once, a man went into a forest and saw a strange animal sitting on a tree. When he returned, he told another man that he had seen a beautiful red-coloured animal on the tree. The other man replied, “No, you are mistaken. I have also seen that animal, and it was green.” A third person…
Janmashtami: The Birth of Lord Krishna
Janmashtami, celebrated as the birth of Lord Krishna, the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu carries a meaning far deeper than simply celebrating the birth of a divine child. Krishna was born in darkness, in a prison surrounded by fear, cruelty, and oppression, yet his arrival marked the beginning of the end of Kamsa’s tyranny. His…
Dr. Bhupendranath Datta: The Revolutionary Brother of Swami Vivekananda Who Chose a Different Path
There are families in history whose members seem to belong to entirely different worlds. The nineteenth-century Datta family of Calcutta was one such family. The elder son, Narendranath Datta, would become the world-famous Swami Vivekananda, travelling across the world and carrying India’s spiritual message to a global audience. His younger brother, Bhupendranath Datta, would take…
Dadabhai Naoroji: The Grand Old Man of India
On 4 September 1825, Dadabhai Naoroji was born in Bombay, a man who would go on to become one of the most important thinkers, reformers, economists, journalists and early nationalists in Indian history. He is remembered as the “Grand Old Man of India”, a title that reflected not only his long life but also his…