Veenu Sandal, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

The other world: Understanding rebirth and the karmic cycle

A person dies, the physical body perishes, but the soul never dies. Since times immemorial virtually all religions, all cultures have accepted the immortal,...

The other world: Understanding rebirth and the karmic cycle

A person dies, the physical body perishes, but the soul never dies. Since times immemorial virtually all religions, all cultures have accepted the immortal,...

Nishi, an extremely dangerous dark spirit

Almost everywhere in the world and in most parts of India, the supernatural is usually divided into four broad categories of spirits — those...

Nishi, an extremely dangerous dark spirit

Almost everywhere in the world and in most parts of India, the supernatural is usually divided into four broad categories of spirits — those...

Nishi, an extremely dangerous dark spirit

Almost everywhere in the world and in most parts of India, the supernatural is usually divided into four broad categories of spirits — those...

Getting to know the good and helpful ghost

Unknown to most of us and unseen by most of us, there are many different kinds of spirits co-existing with us on earth. All...

Getting to know the good and helpful ghost

Unknown to most of us and unseen by most of us, there are many different kinds of spirits co-existing with us on earth. All...

Getting to know the good and helpful ghost

Unknown to most of us and unseen by most of us, there are many different kinds of spirits co-existing with us on earth. All...

Solving the mysteries of strange happenstances

When Ajay and his family first moved into their new home, everything seemed to have fallen into place for them. It was the ground...

Solving the mysteries of strange happenstances

When Ajay and his family first moved into their new home, everything seemed to have fallen into place for them. It was the ground...

Solving the mysteries of strange happenstances

When Ajay and his family first moved into their new home, everything seemed to have fallen into place for them. It was the ground...

Ghosts find their own way of getting justice

It is well known that a natural, peaceful death is essential for a dead person’s soul to progress unhindered to higher realms. When the...

Ghosts find their own way of getting justice

It is well known that a natural, peaceful death is essential for a dead person’s soul to progress unhindered to higher realms. When the...

Ghosts find their own way of getting justice

It is well known that a natural, peaceful death is essential for a dead person’s soul to progress unhindered to higher realms. When the...

Humans during day, snakes at night

Is it possible for a snake to take on a human form — roop badalna — and them become a snake again? In this...

Humans during day, snakes at night

Is it possible for a snake to take on a human form — roop badalna — and them become a snake again? In this...

Humans during day, snakes at night

Is it possible for a snake to take on a human form — roop badalna — and them become a snake again? In this...

Worldly attachments often count for a lot

Time and again it has been seen that attachments — they may be to a person, an animal, a tree, a place or any...

Worldly attachments often count for a lot

Time and again it has been seen that attachments — they may be to a person, an animal, a tree, a place or any...

Worldly attachments often count for a lot

Time and again it has been seen that attachments — they may be to a person, an animal, a tree, a place or any...

Delhi’s higher realms of the supernatural

It is an attractive, three-storey, 22-year-old corner house in Delhi and as buildings in olden days went, not very old. However it is old...

Delhi’s higher realms of the supernatural

It is an attractive, three-storey, 22-year-old corner house in Delhi and as buildings in olden days went, not very old. However it is old...

Delhi’s higher realms of the supernatural

It is an attractive, three-storey, 22-year-old corner house in Delhi and as buildings in olden days went, not very old. However it is old...

Hidden meaning in the supernatural

Are evil spirits, ghosts, possession by the Devi and other such phenomena simply figments of an overcharged imagination? That’s what many scientists and almost...

Hidden meaning in the supernatural

Are evil spirits, ghosts, possession by the Devi and other such phenomena simply figments of an overcharged imagination? That’s what many scientists and almost...

Hidden meaning in the supernatural

Are evil spirits, ghosts, possession by the Devi and other such phenomena simply figments of an overcharged imagination? That’s what many scientists and almost...

The power behind curses

The recent wedding of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja, the scion of the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore, and Trishika Kumari Singh, of the Dungarpur royal family...

The power behind curses

The recent wedding of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja, the scion of the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore, and Trishika Kumari Singh, of the Dungarpur royal family...

The power behind curses

The recent wedding of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja, the scion of the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore, and Trishika Kumari Singh, of the Dungarpur royal family...

Fanciful thinking or a ‘parallel’ reality?

Tall, thin, silver haired, he lived in a small village near Patna in Bihar. To outsiders, except for his penetrating eyes and striking dignity, ...

Fanciful thinking or a ‘parallel’ reality?

Tall, thin, silver haired, he lived in a small village near Patna in Bihar. To outsiders, except for his penetrating eyes and striking dignity, ...

Fanciful thinking or a ‘parallel’ reality?

Tall, thin, silver haired, he lived in a small village near Patna in Bihar. To outsiders, except for his penetrating eyes and striking dignity, ...

The sound of spirits, a pre-dated creation

Sound is believed to have pre-dated Creation and it is said that Creation was rooted in the vibration generated by OM which became the...

The sound of spirits, a pre-dated creation

Sound is believed to have pre-dated Creation and it is said that Creation was rooted in the vibration generated by OM which became the...

The sound of spirits, a pre-dated creation

Sound is believed to have pre-dated Creation and it is said that Creation was rooted in the vibration generated by OM which became the...

Malevolent spirits need death to survive

With many tribes and many ethnic groups forming part of its population, it is not surprising that Assam has a long and often amazingly...

Malevolent spirits need death to survive

With many tribes and many ethnic groups forming part of its population, it is not surprising that Assam has a long and often amazingly...

Malevolent spirits need death to survive

With many tribes and many ethnic groups forming part of its population, it is not surprising that Assam has a long and often amazingly...

The ageless vengence of restless spirits

In the supernatural world, there are many examples of ghosts who have stayed on earth for a brief period and then left for the...

The ageless vengence of restless spirits

In the supernatural world, there are many examples of ghosts who have stayed on earth for a brief period and then left for the...

The ageless vengence of restless spirits

In the supernatural world, there are many examples of ghosts who have stayed on earth for a brief period and then left for the...

The supernatural has never had any limits

Usually, when a person dies, his or her dead body is cremated or buried or disposed off in accordance with the concerned family’s traditions,...

The supernatural has never had any limits

Usually, when a person dies, his or her dead body is cremated or buried or disposed off in accordance with the concerned family’s traditions,...

The supernatural has never had any limits

Usually, when a person dies, his or her dead body is cremated or buried or disposed off in accordance with the concerned family’s traditions,...

Was it coincidence, or a cat’s revenge?

Despite working very hard, Mohan and his family had never known any other life except the heart breaking one of many slum dwellers. In...

Was it coincidence, or a cat’s revenge?

Despite working very hard, Mohan and his family had never known any other life except the heart breaking one of many slum dwellers. In...

Was it coincidence, or a cat’s revenge?

Despite working very hard, Mohan and his family had never known any other life except the heart breaking one of many slum dwellers. In...

Not a dream come true, but a miracle

It wasn’t a dream come true. It was more like a miracle. Though he had been working in Delhi for almost ten years, Ranveer,...

Not a dream come true, but a miracle

It wasn’t a dream come true. It was more like a miracle. Though he had been working in Delhi for almost ten years, Ranveer,...

Not a dream come true, but a miracle

It wasn’t a dream come true. It was more like a miracle. Though he had been working in Delhi for almost ten years, Ranveer,...

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