The Origin of Indian Classical Music Music is a fact of life that we take for granted. A child starts crooning tunes long before learning to speak. From the beginning to the end of our life, we come across, appreciate and listen attentively to the form of music that appeals to us most. And unless one has an extremely inquisitive disposition, one naturally ignores investigation into something that permeates our daily...

India Needs a Strong and Impartial Civil Services  Before the country’s independence, Indian civil service [ICS] was the senior most amongst the services of British Crown in India. After independence the government of Free India also felt the need for the All India Service for maintaining the unity, integrity and stability of the nation. Accordingly a provision was made in Article 312 of the Constitution for creation of one or more...

Peace is a Precious Commodity  “Peace”, in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s words “is a precious commodity, necessary for any progress”. It is very difficult to maintain peace in this troublesome world. Wars and rumours of wars have cast black shadows on the lives of twenty-first century men and women. If wars become a permanent feature of international life, if we are to live in this tense atmosphere of constant dread and preparedness,...

Has The Human Race Evolved Completely? We have entered the third millennium, still we have not been able to solve the greatest mystery of life—the origin of life. In the past 50 years or so, a series of our most brilliant men have been struggling to postulate a universally acceptable theory about origin of life but all in vain. In spite of our best efforts we have been unable to recreate...

Mughal Architecture in Delhi Akbar’s long reign was a period of expansion and consolidation. He was not only brave warrior but also a man of exceptionally fine taste in art and architecture. To him also goes the credit of refining Sher Shah’s administrative systems and putting in place a regular source of revenue for the empire, which stretched over all of North India and was beginning to threaten the Deccan. All...

The Gupta Age : Era of Temple  After the reign of Ashoka the Great, there was an interregnum of relative anarchy, with the collapse of two powerful dynasties, the Kushanas (236 AD) in the north, and the Andhras (225 AD) in the south. Buddhism too suffered from a lack of political patronage during this period, leading to its slow decline, despite the valiant efforts of its monks. Also notable was a...

The Science of Vaastu And Geopathy Vaastu is the ancient science and is based upon realistic energy effects. This can be related to magnetic radiation or sound waves. The concept of “negative” and “positive” energy being properly harnessed forms the basis of several ancient sciences on the well being of man. Environment, mental and physical health of the human being is closely related. Once this factor gained recognition, efforts were made...