DIVALI, the festival of lights, is celebrated across the world from the White House on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to humble abodes on the Himalayan mountains. Light, the form through which humanity perceives the formless God is at once a metaphor and a mystery. Across the world’s religions, Light is the most enduring image …
RECENTLY, a video on the ancient Indus Valley Civilization (geographic Pakistan) came up in my feed. It looks like some scholars now think that this could be the world’s oldest civilization, predating Mesopotamia. While Europe were still in their formative stages the IVC population were living in standardize planned cities with flush toilets. …
