Tweaking is fine, but let us not deviate from the original dish too much, lest its cultural and regional flavours are lost.
The Navratri kolu itself is a showcase of the artistic and aesthetic sensibilities of the people and is a combined effort of all the members of the family.
It is believed that all ancestors descend to the earth from Pitru Loka during the Pitru Paksha fortnight, to accept the offerings made to them by their descendants.
Independence is never absolute. It is mostly relative and subjective, and is often conditional.
He laid the foundation for my craft and so lives on, in every sentence I write.
Accepting things for what they are is perhaps the most positive step we can take to move forward.
Grief can do a lot of things to people, most of them negative — including hatred and violence. But grief is at its positive best when a family shattered by the death of a loved one in a traumatic road accident comes forward to donate the organs, because even in death, there is hope for other lives to be saved.
Mountain climbing might be a sport today, but the devout of various cultures have climbed mountains to visit temples and in search of a spiritual connection with their Gods.
Our ancestors instituted the ćaturmāsya sankalpam as a means to overhaul the panća bhūtas representing the internal organs of the human body–especially of those above the age of 50.
I can almost smell and taste the scrumptious biscuits mother baked!
Without questions man would never have progressed beyond the caveman period of human development.
The simplest and most easily accessible form of satsang is listening to religious and spiritual discourses.
My introspection made me face my strengths and weaknesses, some pleasant, some never examined and some others not so pleasant.
The Cybernag 
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