Encounter/New Age musician Patrick Bernard

Recitation of mantras and healing prayers could have profound and calming influence on anyone, says Patrick Bernard whose meditative journey started in India more than three decades ago. One of the......

'Meditation helps remove negative emotions'

On Thursday, Swami Pragyapad, a IIT graduate and senior teacher of the Art of Living foundation, offered online trauma counselling for those affected by the Mumbai terror attacks. Following is the......

'Desis forget they can be perpetrators of racism'

Pooja Makhijani, 26, is the editor of Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America. She told Senior Editor Arthur J Pais in New York that her book is an anthology of essays by women who......

Sports Shorts: India assured four medals at boxing WC

IMAGE: Amit Panghal is assured of a medal. Photograph: BFI/Twitter Amit Panghal (52kg) stormed into the final after three other Indian boxers were assured of medals at the World Cup in Cologne,......

Balaji seeks consistency

Having been clobbered all over the park in his opening spells during the recent one-day cricket series against Pakistan, Laxmipathy Balaji is now determined to plug the loopholes in order to......