Category: This & That
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The Healing Power Of Ragas In Music Therapy
The awareness of Raga Therapy is growing in society. Research has embarked to re-discover the therapeutic ragas on a trial and error basis which is already providing promising results. Simple interaction to musical rhythms in bhajans and kirtans is capable of relaxing the mind which can also provide positive hormonal changes in the system. We…
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Ring Out, Wild Bells!!
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring…
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Still I Rise
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. …
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Everyone Has A Story
“Coffee And Us”, a café where dreams blossom, hopes grow and finally, we meet a story that writes a beautiful journey of love, friendship, dream and hope. In her words, “It’s about you. Yes, you. Real and powerful.” Author Savi Sharma, a girl from Surat, wanted to tell a story to touch millions of lives,…
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Meditation with chanting ‘Om’
“The goal which all the Vedas declare, which all austerities aim at, and which men desire when they lead the life of continence, is ‘OM’. This syllable ‘OM’ is indeed Brahman. Whosoever knows this syllable obtains all that he desires. This is the best support; this is the highest support. Whosoever knows this support…
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Bandish – Voyage From Seven Notes To The Infinity
What is music?? What is Raga?? Have you any answer of my questions?? May be you have an answer…or, perhaps, you have no answer yet.. Surprised?? Shocked?? Speechless?? Don’t worry..it happens. Believe me, I am not going to let you down anyhow. I am not writing this post to show you my knowledge although.…
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Varanasi -Where Light Meets Liberation
“Babul mora, naihar chhuto hi jaye….” A boat is waiting at the bank of the river, to journey somewhere…somewhere too far, somewhere unknown. The night is escaping into a delightful dawn, wearing a crimson sky. The holy river ‘Ganges’ is bathing with the first ray of the Sun. The sages are having their ‘holy deep’,…
The Blissful Storyteller 