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Government of India has an online Grievance forum at http://darpg-grievance.nic.in/ The government wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways etc etc. I know many people will say that these things don’t work in India, but this…

This guy Louis Theroux from the BBC does these cheeky documentaries. In this one he goes to Mayapur and meets Jayapataka Swami. He manges to have some fun without being completely offensive: (They’ve disabled embedding so you’ll have to follow the link above.)

M.S. Subbulakshmi gave the world such beautiful devotional music. I happened to come across these two videos of her singing the same bhajan. One is from her early days in film and another is towards the end of her life. And several years later ….. watch her facial expressions and hand gestures. I don’t think…

This has got to be the most interesting comment anyone has ever left on my blog. Look here.

The prayers of Narottama Dasa Thakura, this sound is above the material platform. It is directly from the spiritual platform. And there is no need of understanding the language. It is just like a thunderburst. Everyone can hear the sound of thunder–there is no misunderstanding. Similarly, these songs are above the material platform, and they…

This is an interesting article from Forbes.com. (it comes with an interactive multimedia presentation) read entire article We have unveiled the American city that has fallen the farthest from grace in each of the seven deadly sins ( lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, wrath, envy and pride). For each sin we stretched our imagination to find…

Visit www.storyofstuff.com Its about 20 mins. but a lot of concise information.

Where: National Gallery of Victoria (180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne) When: Until 16 March 2008 Admission free Krishna is one of the most popular of the Hindu gods worshiped throughout Asia and in particular India. The exhibition Krishna: Love and Devotion will explore Krishna iconography, through approximately 70 works including paintings, sculpture, textiles, photography, and…

Gary BoumaNovember 30, 2006 Australians are religiously laid back, more inclined to be spiritual than enthusiastically religious, likely to view God as rather distant, somewhat easy to get around and of particular interest in emergencies. But there are challenges. Religion is a hot topic. Our politicians admit to being religious, although none claim to be…

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta: Antya-līlā 1.108 bhṛtyasya paśyati gurūn api nāparādhān sevāṁ manāg api kṛtāṁ bahudhābhyupaiti āviṣkaroti piśuneṣv api nābhyasūyāṁ śīlena nirmala-matiḥ puruṣottamo ‘yam TRANSLATION The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as Puruṣottama, the greatest of all persons, has a pure mind. He is so gentle that even if His servant is implicated in a…

Sudāmā: Just like in New York, at one time the Empire State Building was the biggest; now they have built two buildings that are the biggest in the world now. Prabhupāda: Yes. Now someday it will be lowest. – Morning Walk on January 23, 1974 – Hawaii

Blame. It’s a miserable state of consciousness when we blame someone else for our misfortune. We disempower ourselves by adapting a ‘victim mentality’. What is blame going to do besides perpetuate a cycle of action and reaction? I blame you. You blame me. I hurt you. You hurt me. The cycle goes nowhere because it’s…

 Full article here. Physiognomy is the ancient art of face-reading, thought to have originated in China more than 2000 years ago. They call it Siang Mien. Rather like acupuncture, it used to be derided in the West, but many claim that it has been proved to work. It has plenty of things to say about…