Some girls contacted Mom asking what can be done if people cannot afford to perform proper Shrardha. In such a situation, they can give tila tarpana on one of the days or all the 10 days of Mahalaya Paksha. Otherwise, cows can be fed with gaay ka chara, Indian bread, ...

Some girls asked Mom about how to go about charity during Mahalaya Paksha. Most auspicious is Go Dana (Donation of Cows). Donating cows to any temple is good. If charity is to be done to an individual, the individual should be able to take care of the cow. He should ...

When the pitrus (dead ancestors) come to the earth and have a look at their families. They want to know if the families are happy and that they still remember them. Many people perform shraddha on the death anniversaries of their ancestors. Even those people should perform shraddha during the ...

Nowadays, colored Ganeshas are worshipped during this time and the idols are taken in processions to be immersed in water bodies. When we pray to the Ganeshas going for immersion, we are destined to get moksha. On August 31st, which was the 7th day of Ganeshotsav, it was my birthday ...

Shodashopachara is an important aspect of Hindu daily rituals of worship of any God. Like moving a plate with lighted camphor in front of God is not aarti, there is more to it than meets the eye. It has more important significance behind it. A Journalist Reveals contacted Acharya Raman ...

Yesterday, we posted the first part of the 2 part series on Heart Blocks. Today, we post the second and the concluding part. The usual invasive treatments are stents and bypass surgery. What are stents? How do they stop the formation of blocks? Or do they? Bypass surgery is done ...

We met Dr. Pratiksha about 10 years back. Information about preventive heart care was just trickling in the media. With 20 years of experience behind her, she is the pioneer in non-invasive cardiology in the global arena. We renewed our contact through Linkedin again and thought it would be the ...

Rishi Gangoly contacted A Journalist Reveals, suddenly one day on Linkedin and asked us if we could help him spread the word about Raelism, a new religion. His message on Linkedin said, “I’m part of the Raelian Movement. I was wondering if you can put me in touch with a ...

There was a Tamil poet called Thiruvalluvar, who composed the Thirukkural. His wife was a pativrata, devoted to her husband. One day, she was drawing water from a well. At that time, Thiruvalluvar called her for some work. She told the pot of water to stay where it was until ...

Thus, Brahmin’s family covered all the gift items and the food and they remained fasting the whole day having only fruits and milk. That day got over waiting for the woman. That night none of them sleep and insist that the youngest daughter-in-law did not call the woman properly. The ...