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Build boundaries without building walls
Do you ever think about setting boundaries—not to shut people out, but to protect your peace, preserve your energy, speak your truth, and stay true to yourself? Try it—for your growth and peace of mind. Read more
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Five million Jains: One choice, a gift to animals and humanity
As animal products demand rises, can Jains lead with plant-based choices, giving up dairy? Discover how small community acts spark global change. Read more
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Lessons from the womb: Why growth doesn’t have to be loud
Silent work gets quiet results until it suddenly changes everything. Real transformation happens in the dark—just ask any mother. Read more
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Unity in Oneness, decorated with diversity
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s Madison Square Garden address reclaims pluralism not as a compromise, but as the vivid decoration of an underlying universal oneness. Read more
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat delivers Hinduism’s universal message to the world
Amid pushback in New York, Bhagwat champions pluralism and interfaith unity as part of the right wing Hindu organization’s globe outreach in its centenary year. Read more
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Bhāvanā in a world of uncertainty: A reflection from the Nepal floods
Observing the Jain festival of Paryuṣhaṇ this month focusing on self-purification, the author finds Jain reflections (Bhāvanās) on impermanence particularly poignant when viewed in the light of recent Nepal floods Read more
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Beyond the myths: How sleep really impacts the aging process
Is eight hours of sleep a scientific fact or just an old wives’ tale? Dive past the hearsay and discover how your nightly routine slows or accelerates the biological clock. Read more
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The velvet dusk: Why melancholia is not a malady, but a sacred gift
Before we pathologized pain, humanity knew a secret: sorrow is not a broken heart, but a heart broken open. Vintage cinema, Romantic poets and Sufi wisdom even transmuted quiet sorrow into profound beauty. Read more
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Cricket icon Sunil Gavaskar bats for children’s free healthcare in New Jersey
Long-time supporter of One World One Family, Sunil Gavaskar joined their USA chapter in New Jersey to advance free healthcare for children. Read more
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The child you actually have – A guide to understanding your child
Why your child deserves to be discovered, not corrected—through multiple lenses to understand who they are and how their nervous system, mind, emotions, and unconscious patterns shape them. Read more
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The mind’s hidden engine: How neuroscience is proving Freud’s theories right
Modern brain imaging shows that our daily decisions, behaviors, and memories are driven by neural processes far beneath our awareness. Read more
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Cultivate presence to transform your emotional intelligence
Shying away from your feelings is never the way forward. True emotional intelligence begins when you recognize what you feel, stay present long enough to understand your emotions, and reflect before you react. Read more
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I moved through the world with intention, not limitation: Neil Doshi on blindness and success
New Jersey-based Indian-American entrepreneur Neil Doshi lost his eyesight, but not his vision for life or zest for success. Discover how intention, resilience, and independence helped him turn adversity into purpose—and a life of possibility. Read more
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Vivekananda—the monk who opened America to India’s inner world
In 1893, an Indian monk walked onto a Chicago stage and changed America’s spiritual conversation. Today Swami Vivekananda’s ideas on yoga, Vedanta, and inner freedom still resonate. This is the first article in a series titled ‘Sacred Roots, American Soil’ that we are running to commemorate 250 years of America’s independence. Read more
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America@250: The India that America did not expect
Starting a series on Lotus titled ‘Sacred Roots, American Soil’. Read more
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