The Scotsman who knows India better than many of us

'Men of the calibre of Shri Ramana Maharishi, Satya Sai Baba, Shri Aurobindo -- you don't get that level of excellence in the West.''The quality of Indian saints is unmatched.'Bill Aitken came to......

Naxal who attacked police station is Sai Baba devotee now

Philip M Prasad was a dreaded Naxalite in the late 'sixties who led the attack on the Pulpally police camp in northern Kerala and killed a few policemen. But today, Prasad has devoted himself to......

Love does not get bored: Amma

Rediff.com's George Joseph speaks to 'the hugging saint', Mata Amritanandamyi in New York, about spirituality, compassion and human values. The questions were slightly controversial. But the......

Cash seizure: Baba's nephew gives a new twist

Giving a completely new dimension to the entire controversy that dogged the temple town of Puttaparthi, Ratnakar -- a trustee in the Sri Satya Sai Central Trust and Sai Baba's nephew -- has said......

Analysing rewards of creativity

What I've liked'Bak-Bak' at its best Ah! The joy of doing nothing but sitting around in the warm late afternoon sun with old friends and cracking jokes over a cup of tea and biscuits. This must......

Bollywood pays tribute to Sathya Sai Baba

Spiritual guru Sathya Sai Baba passed away at a hospital in Puttaparthi on Sunday morning. Quite a few Bollywood stars, who were his followers, paid tribute to him on twitter. Amitabh......

MI plan low-key birthday celebrations for Tendulkar

Batting icon Sachin Tendulkar, who brought in his 39th birthday on Tuesday, will celebrate the occasion with a simple cake-cutting with family and Mumbai Indians teammates later in the evening at......

MI plan low-key birthday celebrations for Tendulkar

Batting icon Sachin Tendulkar, who brought in his 39th birthday on Tuesday, will celebrate the occasion with a simple cake-cutting with family and Mumbai Indians teammates later in the evening at......

Gavaskar celebrates 60th birthday in Puttaparthi

Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 60th birthday on Friday in solemn fashion at Puttaparthi, the abode of Sri Satya Sai Baba, in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. Accompanied by wife......

Unfit Sachin wants to play in Chennai

Frustrated at being sidelined due to an elbow injury, Sachin Tendulkar has said that he would not mind playing in the second Test against the Australians in Chennai even if he had not recovered......