Then and Now
April 2011
By Abishek Thakore
15 years of LP – Before and after Then: Once in a year trip to a pilgrim place for Darshan Now: Active darshan on TV (some prefer the computer graphic darshan) Same: The love and faith in seeing the manifesta tion of the Divine Then: Tony Robbins seminars with 10,000 people screaming Now: Steve Pavlina articles and discussion forums on the internet Same: Ancient wisdom of our scriptures and books by Deepak Chopra Then: Life Positive priced at Rs. 25 Now: Life Positive priced at Rs. 50 Same: The inflation-adjusted price and the immense value the magazine gives us Then: Laloo Yadav emerges as leader of Third Front coalition. New Agers interpret it as a manifestation of the diversity of life Now: Back to Congress and the dynasty. New Agers interpret it as the return of age-old truthsSame: New Agers interpreting politics in a posi tive way Then: LP readers and writers know each other by name but seldom meetNow: The LP gang catches up with each other at the Expo Same: The connect felt by writers and readers towards this New Age movement Then: We, the readers were 15 years younger Now: We, the readers are 15 years older Same: We are still insatiable seekers who grab every issue of LP and gulp it down! Then: Parveen Chopra Now: Suma Varughese Same: Aditya Ahluwalia !