As the election results come in and its obvious now even to the worst detractors of Mr. Modi that he is not only back as the Prime Minister but he has created a history of sorts by ensuring that there is a pro-incumbency wave rather than the more […]
Till his bust was vandalised a week back during the recent West Bengal election campaign, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was unknown and almost forgotten ! Even after the vandalization, it got political about whose legacy was he forgetting that he belonged to the undivided India. Who was Ishwar Chandra […]
Chapter 2 Verse 62 ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंस: सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते | सङ्गात्सञ्जायते काम: कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते || 62|| dhyāyato viṣhayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣhūpajāyate saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate dhyāyataḥ—contemplating; viṣhayān—sense objects; puṁsaḥ—of a person; saṅgaḥ—attachment; teṣhu—to them (sense objects); upajāyate—arises; saṅgāt—from attachment; sañjāyate—develops; kāmaḥ—desire; kāmāt—from desire; krodhaḥ—anger; abhijāyate—arises Translation – While contemplating […]
There are 12 caves at Ellora dedicated to Buddhism. While 11 of them are “viharas” or monasteries for the monks, cave no.10 is special and is a “Chaitya” hall or Prayer hall also known as “Vishvakarma” cave. Inside this cave is a 15-foot statue of The Buddha seated […]
Today is the Vaishaka Purnima and on this day Siddhartha Gautama was born who later became Gautama Buddha. When Osho was asked by the famous poet Sumitranandan Pant to choose just 12 significant mystics from across the ages he gave the following names – Krishna, Patanjali, Buddha, Mahavira, […]
There is a famous Sufi story that goes like this – Two men had a massive argument and went to a Sufi judge to settle the dispute. The first gentleman spoke eloquently and persuasively. The judge nodded his approval and said: “You are right!”. The other gentleman immediately jumped up […]
Today is Krishnan’s birthday and we celebrated it with his favourite food and of course ice cream. He has stayed away from ice cream for almost six months now so a little indulgence is just fine. Mr. Modi made his day even more special by sending him birthday […]
I have been a vocal supporter of Mr. Modi but I did want to try and look at him from the opposition’s point of view. I go looking and suddenly there is so much of info about things that he doesn’t do well and why he isn’t the […]
My mother underwent cataract surgery last Thursday. Cataract surgery is probably the safest and quickest of surgeries performed anywhere in the world. Ofcourse it has to be done by a competent doctor, but there is negligible risk and its easy for the patient. Not so when the patient […]
Its difficult to get away from these Jack McClure book series of Eric Van Lustbader ! There are five books in all and I still have one more to go. Book No. 3 – Blood Trust This one is a little far fetched in that no government to […]
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