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Indian History And Its Historians
Part VI : The Pernicious Effects Of A False History An Indian stamp honoring Pāṇini. One of the criticisms leveled at the new breed of Indian historians who wish to uncover the authentic history of...
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The Mammoth Story – To History
“In a polar region there is a continual deposition of ice, which is not symmetrically distributed about the pole. The earth’s rotation acts on these asymmetrically deposited masses [of ice], and...
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Yamunotri, By Default
Unable to head for the mountains, for reasons beyond me, I recall this saunter through Garhwal during the rains … I am not a religious person, though not an atheist and certainly not an anti-theist. If...
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MATTER TO CONSCIOUSNESS
Jain tirthankaras Rishabha (left) and Mahavira (right). Sarva Darshana Sangraha by Madhava Vidyaranya, Chief Of Sringeri Math and Author Of Panchadasi 14th Century AD. A compendium of all thought and...
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A Word To Us – In India
In conversation … I have the highest of regard for my elder and friend, Sh Basudeb Sen, a learned soul, a tall human being and an independent director for decades. We have agreed on much and differed...
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The Erudite Activist. Endearing Anarchist.
On Left Extremism, Justice And The Sustainability Crisis With An Impassioned Appeal For Development Mindful Of The Laws Of Thermodynamics ! Rahul Banerjee is an alumnus of my alma mater. He lives the...
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MATTER TO CONSCIOUSNESS
Invocation of Isha Upanishad (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Sarva Darshana Sangraha by Madhava Vidyaranya, Chief Of Sringeri Math and Author Of Panchadasi 14th Century AD. A compendium of all thought and 16...
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Light, Beauty And Truth.
ALTAI-HIMALAYA A Travel Diary By Nicholas Roerich [ Published by Claude Bragdon ] Part IX : INDIA (1924) In the twilight under the flowing stars, in the purple sheen of the mist, sounds the soft voice...
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Journal : Thoughts On Iran
” Iranians need help, not war or sanctions, to oust their regime,” said Reza Pahlavi in Al Arabiya News in May last year. @ http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/05/18/214828.html There is no doubt...
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Beauty Of The Quest
ALTAI-HIMALAYA A Travel Diary By Nicholas Roerich [ Published by Claude Bragdon ] Part X : INDIA (1924) The Talmud relates that the dove brought the first olive branch to Noah from Mount Moriah. And...
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Story Of Vedic Civilisation
Replica of ‘Dancing Girl’ of Mohenjo-daro To capture the story of any civilisation is easy but only in parts. The whole narrative, especially its beginning, is impossible. Material in this series of...
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At The Edge, In Kerala
This is actually an adaptation of the response I posted to a critical blogpost, on the aggressive partisan reviews a recent Malayalam movie was panned with … Left, Right, Left. Yes, that’s the name...
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India and the West
A German manuscript page teaching use of (indo-)Arabic numerals (Talhoffer Thott, 1459). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Flow of Science and Mathematics From India to Arabia and Europe Dr Kenneth...
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The Spiritual Content Of Vedas
Adapted from Dr Kenneth Chandler’s Origins Of Vedic Civilisation What is Rig Veda and the Vedic literature ? What is the Vedic tradition really about ? What is Vedic Cognition and How is it Passed On...
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The Abominy Of Khomeini’s Iran
English: Ruhollah Khomeini فارسی: امام خمینی (احتمالاً هنگام معرفی دولت موقت) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Quotes on #Shia #Islam #Iran #Khomeini (the original) are from...
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Of The White Man’s Burden
Emblem of the Papacy (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Kipling was convinced, of course, as most fools are in their own bubble world. But it does sum up the propaganda and conversion drive to “save the native...
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A Poet In Afghanistan
A Young Poet Exiled From Her Village By: Fahim Khairy, KHAAMA PRESS Source : http://www.khaama.com/a-young-poet-exiled-from-her-village-9887 Persian poetry has a long history of fighting injustice...
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Maharana Pratap : The Hindu Nationalist
Statue of Maharana Pratap of Mewar, commemorating the Battle of Haldighati, City Palace, Udaipur. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) He was a braveheart who never gave up fighting for his freedom and the for...
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Paan, My Love
Ha – ah – ha … love them both : the man and the outlet ! No one can make a great paan except with love. Shot in winter time, rather dark evening. There is a queue, if did not notice. Ah, Paan, my love...
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Shakuntala : The Mahabharata Story
The monarch was young, handsome and brave. The hunting expedition had lasted for days now. He was tired, thirsty and hungry. All but a couple of his associates were long left behind. Though without...
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