Let’s Make This Christmas Merrier

Like every festival, Christmas is all about festivity, happiness and merriment. It celebrates the spirit of life, the connectivity to God and most importantly the cheerfulness around. Christmas brings in positivity and hope. It is one of the most important festivals for Christians but the festivity is surrounded all around barring the religion and country. … Read more

MATChBOX wishes you a very Happy Dussehra

Embracing the Evil. Aren’t we? “Evil not always comes looking scary and threatening. Sometimes, it looks like everything you might need”. By this time, most of you have been wondering what weird romanticism is being discussed on the occasion of Dussehra. What is the point that sentence is trying to make? Right? So hold that … Read more

Let’s Rule the Sky

Makar Sankranti, a festival of Kite flying, til-gud, transition of the Sun God, worshipping of Goddess Saraswati, holy dip, Bonfires and lot more things which are performed as rituals in different parts of India. This major harvest festival is one of the most prosperous occasions, celebrated in almost all parts of India. It’s a holy … Read more

Have a HAPPY NEWS Year

As a new bloom spreads freshness around and a new-born dream knows no bound, we should welcome each moment of the New Year with more of enthusiasm, positivity and newness. Renewing our hopes we would have given up few days back, or redoing an important task we would have stopped trying for can give us … Read more

Let’s defeat the defects within…

India, known to be a country of festivals, holds number of myths and significances supporting these celebrations. Each festival is a result of many traditional legends and myths. The most prevailing message is to remind the importance of goodness over evil, which is the essence of almost all the festivals celebrated. Dussehra or Vijayadashmi culminates … Read more

International Non-Violent Gandhi’s Jayant

Non-violence is a practice for dealing with conflict or bringing about social change. It is a moral necessity of any culture and belief to employ the non-violent methods for positive change and international peace. On 15th June 2007, United Nations General Assembly marked 2nd October as an International day of Non-Violence, established to honor Mahatma … Read more

Navratri : From Invocation To Innovation

“Ya devi sarva bhutesu, shanti rupena sansitha, Ya devi sarva bhutesu, shakti rupena sansthita Ya devi sarva bhutesu, matra rupena sansthita Namastasyai, namastasyai, namastasyai, namo namaha! It means “The goddess who is omnipresent as the personification of universal mother         The goddess who is omnipresent as the embodiment of power         The goddess who is omnipresent as … Read more

68th Independence Day: A thought from ME to WE…

Independence is a power earned by our ancestors so that we could reach the unreached, touch the untouched, explore the unexplored, think the unthinkable and open the doors of opportunities and progress for ourselves. Independence …freedom…liberty…sovereignty…whatever we call it, has different meanings and values for each individual. But what remains the same is the history … Read more

Thread Of Thoughts

A festival of kinship… of promise… between brother and sister, that they will keep protecting each other with all that is evil. Their loving relationship get celebrated every year by following the custom of tying Rakhi by sister on her brother’s wrist, exchanging vows and responsibility that they will stand by each other till the … Read more

DIWALI : Echoing Devotion, Illumination, Wisdom, Affluence, Love and Indulgence

Significance of “festival of lights” Diwali the word translates into a row of lightened lamps and signifies the triumph of good over evil and brightness over darkness. The celebration begins with Dhanteras that marks the beginning of a financial year for most of the Hindu business communities and is considered as an auspicious day to … Read more