Sanjay V Sharma

  How Did the Festival of Diwali Start? This was the day on which Lord Ram, his wife Goddess Sita, brother Lakshman and his army of warriors returned to Ayodhya after conquering Ravan, the demon king of Lanka. The city of Ayodhya was decorated with lights to welcome Lord Ram and the festival of Diwali, also popularly known as Deepawali, was celebrated for the first time. Since then the festival of Diwali is celebrated every year in Bharat. Even after the passage of thousands of years the passion and fervor with which Diwali is celebrated continues to grow each passing year. In-fact ,as on date, the festival of Diwali is celebrated by the followers of Sanatan tradition in a large number of countries worldwide.   Ignorance is the Root Cause of All Problems In the absence of the light of knowledge, the darkness of ignorance is bound to take away the control of life. Therefore it is important to understand why the festival of Diwali is so relevant to the modern day civilizati...

 Creating Awareness Is The Only Way:-  One of the biggest challenges facing us today is setting our goals and priorities . In this age of information explosion it is easy to get swayed in unknown directions that can also lead us into undesirable places and situations. This is an everyday problem confronting all of us. Many of us do not even know that we are heading in the wrong direction. This can be attributed to the lack of awareness regarding the subject of life . There are two main dimensions along which we can progress to gain awareness about life. The first main dimension is our knowledge about the universally applicable natural principles and the second main dimension is the extent to which we practice them in our daily life . This forms the crux of what is needed to conquer the biggest challenges that we face today.  This concept may sound a bit illusionary but it is true. Today the situations that we face are the consequences of our actions , the problems ...