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2026-10-14T02:32:04+00:00

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When Knowing How Isn’t Enough

Last updated on: October 14, 2026 at 2:32 am By Shweta Goyal

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A school principal has handled many difficult decisions. She knows how to investigate bullying, speak with parents and apply school policy. Now an investigation has established that one pupil has repeatedly bullied another, who is afraid to come to school. The policy allows suspension. The principal knows how to carry it out, but the letter stays unsigned. The pupil responsible has a troubled home life. School gives him supervision and support that may disappear during a suspension. Sending him home... Read more

2026-08-28T01:52:02+00:00

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The One Thing You Have Never Seen: Yourself

Last updated on: August 28, 2026 at 1:52 am By Shweta Goyal

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Try this for a moment. Look at your own eyes. Not in a mirror. Not in a photograph. Try to actually see your own eyes, directly, the way you see everything else in the room right now. You cannot do it. Your eyes can see the walls, the light, another person’s face across the table. They can see almost anything in the world. The one thing they cannot see is themselves. This small, almost silly fact turns out to be... Read more

2026-08-10T16:25:17+00:00

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What Ancient Sanskrit Wisdom Says About Real Success

Last updated on: August 10, 2026 at 4:25 pm By Shweta Goyal

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We Have Confused Success With Decoration Ancient Indian wisdom asks a harder question: not what you possess, but what you are becoming. We spend an extraordinary amount of life decorating ourselves. We decorate the body with clothes and jewelry. We decorate our names with qualifications and titles. We decorate our lives with houses, cars, careers, followers and achievements. None of these things is necessarily wrong. But somewhere along the way, we began confusing what surrounds a person with what constitutes... Read more

Business, Finance and Religion

2026-07-10T18:41:06+00:00

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If the War Was Destined, Why Did Krishna Try to Stop It?

Last updated on: July 10, 2026 at 6:41 pm By Shweta Goyal

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One of the most common questions people ask after reading the Mahabharata is this: If everything is already destined, where is free will? The question seems reasonable. The great war appears inevitable. Krishna knows its outcome. Many events seem foretold long before they happen. If the ending is already written, what difference do our choices make? It is a question that has puzzled philosophers for centuries. But perhaps we are asking the wrong question. The Divorce That Never Had to... Read more

2026-06-25T23:11:25+00:00

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The Doorway You Keep Avoiding

Last updated on: June 25, 2026 at 11:11 pm By Shweta Goyal

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There is a moment in the Bhagavad Gita that most readers rush past. Arjuna stands at the front of the battlefield. Armies stretch before him. He has prepared his entire life for this moment. And then he collapses. His body trembles. His mouth goes dry. His bow slips from his hands. He turns to Krishna and says: “I do not know what the right thing to do is.” Most people read this as a moment of weakness. The hero faltering... Read more

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2026-06-23T04:27:15+00:00

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The Question That Opened the Bhagavad Gita

Last updated on: June 23, 2026 at 4:27 am By Shweta Goyal

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Arjuna asked Lord Krishna: “You have said that fighting is my duty, but fighting against one’s teacher is unrighteous. We are taught Acharya Devo Bhava—the teacher is to be regarded as divine. Yet my duty is forcing me to raise my weapons against my own guru. By performing dharma, I seem to be committing adharma. I cannot see the highest good, whether I fight or whether I walk away.” This is one of the deepest dilemmas in the Bhagavad Gita.... Read more

2026-06-23T03:06:10+00:00

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Why Arjuna? The Question Behind the Bhagavad Gita

Last updated on: June 23, 2026 at 3:06 am By Shweta Goyal

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People often ask a simple question about the Bhagavad Gita. The entire teaching begins because one man collapses on a battlefield. Yet there were millions of men gathered there that day—five Pandava brothers, a hundred Kaurava cousins, and the greatest warriors of the age, lined up and ready for battle. So why Arjuna? Why did the crisis come to him and to no one else? The answer is more profound than it first appears. It reveals something fundamental about... Read more

2026-05-11T02:48:48+00:00

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When Strength Collapses: Finding the Inner Krishna

Last updated on: May 11, 2026 at 2:48 am By Shweta Goyal

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The Collapse Nobody Sees There comes a moment when even the strongest person quietly collapses. Yesterday, I reached that moment. Not the kind of collapse people notice from the outside. The world still moves. Emails still arrive. Responsibilities still wait. You still speak normally. You still smile at people. But inwardly, something gives way. I was tired of being strong. For many years, I had taught myself one thing: you cannot break down. No matter what happens, you must stay... Read more

2026-04-28T01:12:07+00:00

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The Most Unexpected Gita Teacher in My Life

Last updated on: April 28, 2026 at 1:12 am By Shweta Goyal

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When a Child Teaches You the Gita I was angry. Not the kind of anger that shakes walls, but the ordinary frustration of motherhood – the kind that arises when your child has made a mistake and you want him to understand it. I expected defensiveness. Instead, my son said calmly, “I know you’re angry because I made a mistake. I thought Mum is a little mad right now. Let Mum calm down. If I talk now, it will escalate.”... Read more

Family, Parenting and Religion

2026-04-18T00:16:21+00:00

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Fate, Free Will, and the Unseen Mind: Rethinking Oedipus Rex

Last updated on: April 18, 2026 at 12:16 am By Shweta Goyal

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He Tried to Escape Fate—But Couldn’t Escape Himself: What Oedipus Rex Still Teaches Us There is something deeply unsettling about the story of Oedipus. Not because it is ancient.Not because it is tragic. But because, even today, it feels familiar. A man runs his entire life trying to avoid a fate he fears only to discover that every step he took to escape it was a step towards it. We like to think we are in control of our lives.... Read more

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