“विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्” Destruction is not cruelty when it restores balance. Lord Shiva does not arrive to reward or reassure the world. He appears when imbalance becomes dangerous and correction can ...

At first glance, shiva and psychoanalysis might not seem to have a whole lot in common. One is an ancient Jewish mourning ritual lasting seven days; the other is a secular, talk-based method to ...

I had never covered a mass shooting before. Calling the families of victims was tough, but a familiar ritual helped me. By Emma Goldberg Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers ...

India’s best-selling author Amish Tripathi has been working on documentaries for some time now and his latest outing is Discovery India’s Legends of Shiva With Amish. The mythological figure of Hindu ...

When I told my father I’d be writing about the Jewish tradition of sitting shiva, he nodded with a clever smile, as if he was about to let me in on an exclusive piece of information. “We do that too, ...

“न वैराग्यं विना शान्तिः, न शान्तिर्विना बोधः।” Without detachment there is no peace, and without peace there is no true ...