Priyadarshini Sen

We already see more people turning to meditation, yoga and monastic practices. The 'going inward' is being used as a vital framework for salvation from the current crisis.

Forced quarantine is making us confront hard truths about ourselves. We can turn this into a critical moment of reflection, writes Priyadarshini Sen.

PM Modi sees yoga as an opportunity to further his triumphant nationalism and project India as a global spiritual leader, a vishwa guru.

The indigenous healers are not only relying on nature for medicinal remedies but are also forging stronger bonds with their natural environments.

The changes are already making grieving more complicated whether or not the deceased died from Coronavirus. Death-rites considered sacrosanct for any religion are in serious threat of being eroded, writes Priyadarshini Sen.

In today's time, when so much depends on exercising prudence over displays of faith, can public health guidelines trump freedom of religious expression?

The most exposed of these groups is transgenders, who depend on begging, sex work and ritual functions for their daily sustenance — all of which are met through social contact, writes Priyadarshini Sen.

As market forces gain strength, spiritual beliefs alone aren’t sufficient to protect the Mangar Bani from assaults by powerful commercial, political and religious interests.

Censorship of 'I am Joyita', a Bengali documentary, is part of the continuing story of official and unofficial censorship of the arts in India in the name of religion, writes independent journalist Priyadarshini Sen.

Remembering the solar eclipse as its lunar twin sweeps over India, a Buddhist nunnery is teaching itself to think of science while looking at a cosmic event.

Inventive podcasters are changing the way we ­consume information on audio

Tactile and conceptual. A new wave of museums shakes off the mothballs.

As poll predictions go awry and blue goes red, our Los Angeles correspondent catches the mood

Vice-president for research and policy at the Public Health Foundation of India Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan on what the post-antibiotic era might look like

The overuse of antibiotics has created a crisis of microbial resistance—the drugs aren’t working

Governmental India often has a Nehru-Gandhi tag. And the remedy doesn’t lie in aggressive renaming.

With his new book, Srinath Raghavan confirms his stature as a top historian

A new chai place in Delhi that has a desi menu with a firangi accent on top.

It isn’t exactly bustling, there’s an e-haat for pre-used (or pre-loved) uber-luxe brands

Bodybuilder and dancer at once, this woman is breaking all the barriers