Pulling Strings    Children play with dolls but many people just collect them. Which brings us to an interesting point, are people simply dolls for other people to play with or collect? One could make the argument that we are all Tod Cliftons’, doomed to dance by invisible strings while wearing a mask of individualism. However, unlike Tod Clifton, most of us will not realize that who pulls the string, is...

The Art of Relaxation    Life is very stressful in today’s world. Relaxation is thus the key to survival today. Relaxing successfully also holds the key to a healthy body and a healthy mind. When our muscles are in a state of tension, ‘ it affects our internal organs. Our thought processes become fuzzy; even our sight can become blurred. We are unable to carry out daily activities successfully. When in...

Rock Music Rock music is a group of related music styles that have dominated popular music in the West since 1955. Rock music began in the United States, but it has influenced and in turn been shaped by a broad field of cultures and musical traditions, including gospel music, “the blues”, country-and-western music, classical music folk music, electronic music, and the popular music of Asia, Africa, and Latin America (often grouped...

Indian Music is as Diverse as Its Culture    Just as there is no such language as Indian, but instead many hundreds of languages, with over a dozen considered major, so there is no single entity as Indian music. The range of musical styles and traditions in the subcontinent of South Asia, which comprises modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri – Lanka, is in proportion to the vastness of the...

Objectivity in Journalism    Objectivity is expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices or interpretations. Objectivity, as defined by the school of media ethics, means standing so far from the community that you see all events and all viewpoints as equally distant and important or unimportant for that matter. It is employed by giving equal weight to all viewpoints—or if not, giving all...

Ancient Literature of India   Veda is the most ancient sacred literature of Hinduism, or individual books belonging to that literature. This body of ancient literature consists primarily of four collections of hymns, detached poetical portions and ceremonial formulae. The collections are called the Rig-Veda the Sama-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, and the Atharva-Veda. They are known also as the Samhitas (roughly “collection”). The four Vedas were composed in Vedic, an early form...

India – A Tourist’s Paradise    “If we were to look over the whole world to fine out the country most richly endowed with all the wealth, power and beauty that nature can bestow-in some parts a very paradise on earth-I should point to India”. Max Mueller What Max Mueller said is indeed true. Crowned by the Himalayas on top, and vast seas surrounding its peninsula, India is quite distinct on...