Here we will discuss the conundrum faced by Dhritarashtra of simultaneously being a father and the king. As a father, he was bound by his love towards Duryodhana and was compelled to enthrone him as prince reagent. On the other hand, as a king, he was bound to install Yudhistir…

Akrüra asked Kunti to tell him more about the situation in the city and she began explaining everything. Kunti knew that Duryodhana and his brothers were always intriguing against her sons. The Kauravas could not tolerate the Pandavas’ superior prowess. The humiliation they had recently received at Kämpilya had made…

Being humiliated is an experience that every one of us have to go through sometime in life. For most of us, it is an emotionally intense and challenging situation. A default response for humiliation is retaliation. Retaliation is destructive and potentially counter-productive. We can take the case of Drupada. He…

It is quite possible that we are wronged at some point in life. It can be someone bullying us on the social media, someone knocking us off the footpath, someone badmouthing about us etc. One of the possible response is to become angry and wanting to seek revenge. What seeking…

In today’s world, competition is all pervading — from siblings to schoolmates to colleagues to companies to countries. No one is spared. Let us see how to deal with it from the life of Arjuna and Karna. We are living in a world of competition In this world, the availability…

Every one of us need to learn. We need to learn the way to communicate with others. We need to learn how to earn our livelihood etc. Our learning can become ineffective if we are not aware of how learning works. If we know that we can work towards improving…

The world presents us with joys and sorrows. Miseries can be classified broadly into three types — miseries due to own body and mind (physiological and mental problems), miseries due to others (relationship and social problems) and miseries due to nature — weather, natural disasters. Joys are mainly in the…

Life impels us to improve continuously — be it self-development or social contribution. It can be a career skill, a relationship, a hobbie etc. In today day-and-age with rapid technological advancement, change has been a constant feature in the way we do things, we relate to people. Change necessitates improvement…

In the world around, we are often taught that destiny is in our hands and this way we are motivated to work hard. We find in our own life and the lives of others that success sometimes slips out of hands often at the last moment or success only comes…