The Promise   Varanasi- the sacred city where dying will bring Moksha to the dead person. No more birth and rebirth so that attainment of Nirvana is secured for the soul who just left the flesh – only the ultimate freedom–no more bondage, lust, no more day-to-day chores that maintains the life filled with family, children, and …

It was a nice mild autumn day in Calcutta. I was standing in the middle of the entrance to the great white Victoria Memorial Hall and courting everybody to enter inside the building. I have been standing here for many decades, as a matter of fact; many people admired me more than the real white …