Vikram Hazra

As Program Director of the International Art of Living Foundation, I travel, teach, sing, smile and serve, and strive to excel as an instrument of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, whose goal is to put the smile back on every face on this planet.

Pt Nityanand Haldipur’s concert in Mumbai

October 15, 2009 by Vikram Hazra 7 Comments

My favourite flautist, Pandit Nityanand Haldipur, will be performing on Monday the 19th October 2009 at 6.30 early morning in “Diwali Pahat” at SPJIMR Auditorium of Bhavans’ College, Andheri (W) for Bhavans Cultural Centre. Shri Omkar Gulvady will accompany him on the Tabla. He has very kindly invited all of us to the concert. It’s […]

Ottmar Liebert’s new album

October 6, 2009 by Vikram Hazra 5 Comments

Do check out this new offering from one of my favourite guitarists; it’s actually available for free download, though he requests all of us to support a specific charity http://www.ottmarliebert.com/rose/

An Inter-Religious Dialogue: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar & Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

September 29, 2009 by Vikram Hazra 4 Comments

War & peace, it’s in the mind The Times of India, 26th September, 2009 Islamic scholar and peace advocate MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN and Hindu spiritual guru SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR talk about jihad in the Qur’an and Kurukshetra in the Bhagavad Gita. Sadia Khan, the Maulana’s 24-year-old granddaughter, adds a youthful perspective with her questions. […]

Phir se Mamu!

September 24, 2009 by Vikram Hazra 17 Comments

My sister Aditi and her hubby Aakash had their first baby on Sep 22. Here are the first pics of my nephew Siddhant 🙂

Watch us on ETV India

September 11, 2009 by Vikram Hazra 9 Comments

The Art Of Living Bureau of Communications is happy to announce the launch of Season 2 of Yuva Bharat Special Episodes with The Art of Living on ETV Channels. These special episodes are in the form of a 20 part series to be aired on 11 channels of ETV Network every saturday, starting coming Saturday, i.e. 12.9.2009 as […]

The prince of peace!

September 9, 2009 by Vikram Hazra 16 Comments

This picture was probably taken by Dr Eberhard Baumann in Paris, many years ago, but please correct me if the photographer’s name is incorrect 🙂

Q&A 3

September 8, 2009 by Vikram Hazra 13 Comments

This blog post is in response to Questions asked by the blog readers. Checkout, ask questions and Questions and Answers List. Q: In Ashtavakra Gita, Guruji mentions that if you are at peace, then violence will not be able to exist in your presence, but if you look at the history of various Saints, […]