August 2023 – Dr Ramakanta's Ideas

The Second Wife

Two women, Two boons, Two Epics Kaikeyi and Satyavati are two crucial women characters in our epics. Both join us as junior wives of two powerful kings, Dasharath and Shantanu. But both of them rise above their limits in the royal court to be able to stop the crown princes from ascending to the throneContinue reading “The Second Wife”

Yagnavalkya, Taittiriya Samhita

The Vedas: We all know that the great sage Veda Vyas compiled all the mantras conceived by the sacred river of Saraswati and arranged them into four Samhitas: the Rig, Sama, Jajus and Atharva. He taught them to four of his principal disciples: Paila, Jaimini, Vaishampayana and Sumantu. Vyas can be a title. In sanskrit,Continue reading “Yagnavalkya, Taittiriya Samhita”

The Auschwitz Survivor’s vow

The words that come out of our mouth can be so dangerously powerful. “I learned this from a woman who survived Auschwitz. She is one of the rare survivors. She went to Auschwitz when she was just 15 years old, and her brother was eight, and their parents were lost. “We were in the trainContinue reading “The Auschwitz Survivor’s vow”