Music knows no boundaries Gita Menon

It knows no religion or language. It flows gently, bathing all that it touches with its soothing melody, spreading the message of love............Gita Menon mirrors that same fluidity. The Goddess of Western Music in Madras, is tall and always dressed in pristine white, with a sprinkling of salt in her hair and a disarming smile. Say 'Music' and watch her eyes light up! She belie..

Fire

Fire, a film directed by Deepa Mehta was released in 1997. This film became a focus of attention of film lovers as well as the critics from all over the world. The film was also released in Srilanka. Fire is made in English and has India as its background. The film deals with the development of a loving sexual relationship between two Indian women. A lot of controversies were involved when Deepa M..

Hanuman

Hanuman is an animated feature film directed by V. G. Samant, Silvertoons and Milind Ukey. Sumit Kumar and Purva Naresh produced this film. Written by Milind Ukey, the film Hanuman is a good effort and gained immense popularity among the children. Not only kids, but the parents or adults also appreciate the story and facts of this film. The film Hanuman was released in the year 2005 and as an anim..

Visit Badrachalam

Here's your nifty, constantly up-dated look at eclectic travel destinations. We'll be covering the globe from our backyard (why not?) to the back-of-the-beyond. And for all those of you who've dreamt of taking over from Ian Wright as the Lonely Planet honcho who gets to circumnavigate the world, remember, I'm the first in the line!! Here's a small quiz for travel hungry hordes. It's called 'What..

Yoga and Weight Loss

Yoga is a group of ancient spiritual practices that originated in India it General Hindu term and has been defined as technologies or disciplines of asceticism and meditation which proceeds towards spiritual experience and profound understanding or into the nature of existence. Yoga is also connected with the practice of different religious beliefs and practices of many other religions practiced i..

Short stories

Love, Stars, and All ThatKirin NarayanLove, Stars is about the experiences of a desi graduate student studying anthropology at UC, Berkeley. When the white South Asian professor hits on Geeta, it seems like a situation you've heard of before. When Feroze talks about how tense desi women are with him- his irrational guilt, his retreat into detailed, impersonal political theory- one can relate to th..

Hindu Deities

BhairavaBhairava, the Terrible One, is the destructive form of Shiva.BrahmaBrahma, the first god of the Hindu trinity, is the creator of the universe and the patron of many craftsmen. He has four heads, is dressed like a priest, and often holds a text and a water vessel, signifying his importance to knowledge and worship.DurgaDurga is the all-powerful form of the consort of Shiva. She wields a mul..

Hinduism

From the word Hindu meaning `people living on the banks of the river Sindhu' to a religion-cum-philosophy, Hinduism has certainly grown a lot. The roots of Hindu Philosophy are the ideas of the vedas, called Shruti or 'that which is heard'. They are regarded as revelations to sages passed down orally to disciples and students. This led to the Samkhya philosophy, which is astik (theist), rational,..

Krishna avtaar

Kamsa the tyrannical king of Mathura had imprisoned his father Ugrasena, his half-sister Devaki and her husband, Vasudeva.It had been prophesied that Devaki's eighth child would kill Kamsa. Kamsa had already killed seven children born to her. He was anxiously waiting to kill the eighth one as well and thus render the prophecy false. It was time for the baby to be born. Mathura was reeling under an..

Bollywood Critical Movies

Critical movies belong to a different genre. They differ in every aspect from the simple entertainment based movies. Most of the Bollywood critical movies are generally slow paced ones, less action and good characters played by some good and established actors. Since its inception, Bollywood has made many different genre of movies out of these some commendable creations have made a mark in the Ind..