Rhea Pillai

I love what i do, who i am and where i 'm going.

[Raghu @IndiaTales7]

An extremely rare Murti of Bhagwan Ganesh at Chiang Rai in northern Thailand.🇹🇭

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

The Best!

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

VIDEO | Recalling his earlier visit to the Art of Living, actor Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) brought the house down with his humorous take, said, 'nobody even looked at me'.

#Rajinikanth

[Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar @Gurudev]

Hon'ble Prime Minister of India @narendramodi inaugurated the Dhyan Mandir and graced the 45th anniversary celebrations of @ArtofLiving.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

This afternoon, took part in the 45th anniversary celebrations of Art of Living and also inaugurated the Dhyan Mandir. My compliments to all those associated with Art of Living for their rich service to society, which is clearly reflected in their various initiatives.

@ArtofLiving

@Gurudev

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

While at Art of Living, met Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji. We had an excellent discussion on various subjects, notably the work of Art of Living. His passion towards furthering societal good is noteworthy.

@ArtofLiving

@Gurudev

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

@hwinkler4real Yes

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

@therapeuticvids ❤️❤️🙏

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

Well Done Netherlands 🇳🇱.

This is not just about fireworks. It is about a country making a clear choice.

Starting from the New Year period of 2026 to 2027, the Netherlands will ban citizens from buying and using fireworks nationwide. This is not a small change. It shifts a long tradition into something more controlled and safer.

For years, New Year nights in the Netherlands brought chaos. Streets filled with smoke. Emergency rooms crowded with injuries. Fires breaking out in neighborhoods. Police and firefighters stretched to their limits.

But there is another side that often gets ignored.

Animals across the country go into panic during fireworks. Dogs shaking inside homes. Cats hiding under beds for hours. Birds flying into buildings in the dark. Shelters filling with lost pets the next day.

They do not understand celebration. They only feel fear.

This decision is meant to reduce that harm. Citizens will no longer be allowed to buy or set off fireworks. Fewer random explosions in neighborhoods. More control over how celebrations happen.

Professional shows may still take place. But the loud, unpredictable noise in residential areas will be reduced.

This is what change looks like when a government responds to years of pressure from safety experts, emergency workers, and animal welfare concerns.

Less chaos. Less harm. More peace.

And for animals, a quieter night is everything.

Sources:

- NL Times... Dutch Senate votes in favor of national fireworks ban
- Euro News... Going out with a bang? Dutch shoppers snap up fireworks before nationwide ban

#netherlands #fireworks #pet

[Sann @san_x_m]

His name was Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.

In 1930, he was 19 years old. A boy from Madras is boarding a ship to England on a scholarship to Cambridge.

During that sea voyage, he opened his notebook and started calculating.

By the time the ship docked in Southampton, he had worked out something no one in the history of science had understood before.

Stars do not simply fade and die. Stars above a certain mass collapse into themselves with such force that nothing can stop them. Not light. Not time. Not physics as anyone understood it.

What he had discovered on that ship would eventually be called black holes.

He arrived at Cambridge. He spent four years refining his calculations. He showed them to Arthur Eddington. The most famous astronomer in the world at that time. The man who had proven Einstein right.

Eddington watched his progress. Encouraged him. Asked him to present his findings at the Royal Astronomical Society in January 1935.

Then Eddington gave his own presentation immediately after.

He publicly ridiculed Chandrasekhar in front of the entire scientific establishment. He said the theory had no physical meaning. He called it absurd. He used his enormous reputation to crush a 24-year-old Indian student in front of everyone who mattered.

Chandrasekhar left that conference devastated.

He appealed to the president of the International Astronomical Union. He was told not to respond to Eddington publicly.

He left England.

He went to America. To the University of Chicago. He drove 150 miles every week to teach a class of just two students. Those two students were Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen-Ning Yang.

Both of them won the Nobel Prize before he did.

He spent 50 years working quietly. He never stopped.

In 1983, the Nobel Committee called.

53 years after he worked out the existence of black holes on a ship as a teenager, the Nobel Prize in Physics was his.

NASA later named its most powerful X-ray telescope after him.

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

The universe he described is real. Eddington was wrong. The boy on the boat was right.

Most Indians have never heard his name.

They should say it every day.

Follow for real stories about Indians who changed the world.

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

@Protect_Wldlife ❤️❤️❤️

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

@Rainmaker1973 Feel better soon 🤗

[The Art of Living @ArtofLiving]

After being told by multiple retina specialists that he would never regain vision in his right eye, Harsh Mehta’s family turned to Netra Tejas treatment at @thebangaloreashram . The doctor assured them that their work begins where modern medicine stops. Incredibly, within 24 hours of starting the treatment, Harsh began to regain his eyesight. Over time, his near vision became completely clear, and today, 80% of his vision has been restored. His family describes it as a miracle and a life-changing experience.

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

@Mr_Husky1 What an amazing woman!! 👏👏👏

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

@aakashavani ❤️❤️

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

@IndianTechGuide Wow!!

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

@amna49854 Most definitely. That’s a given . There should be a huge fine/ punishment for this form of abuse . Abandonment is abuse.

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

@CrazyVibes_1 ♥️♥️

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

@Hana_b30 Wow!!

[Rhea Pillai @Rhea10]

@JIX5A Amazing ❤️🙏

[The Art of Living @ArtofLiving]

This is Emika’s story—a journey that began in a small village in West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, and now takes her soaring through the skies as a cabin crew member.

Born in 2005, Emika would wake up early every morning to walk for over an hour through forest areas just to reach her village school. The classroom was small, the facilities were basic, and opportunities seemed limited.

Her parents struggled to provide for their six children.
Everything changed in 2013 when Emika, along with her younger sister, joined the Art of Living Free School in Bengaluru.

What she found there transformed her life completely. Smart boards replaced small classrooms. Quality teachers replaced uncertainty. Chanting, Sanskrit, Bhagavad Gita, and Kriya practices replaced anxiety with confidence.

“Everything I needed was given to me in the ashram,” Emika shares. “The positive environment shaped me into who I am today.”

Today, Emika is the first person from her entire village to achieve this milestone. She now supports her family financially and emotionally, helping her siblings pursue their education dreams.

Before every flight, she practices Kriya—the same practice that helped her overcome nervousness and build unshakeable confidence.

Emika is one of over 100,000 students being empowered through 1,200+ Art of Living schools across India, proving that when education meets opportunity, dreams truly take flight.