Kunala means eagle, the bird with the most beautiful eyes. Kunala was the Crown Prince of Ashoka Maurya and also the designated heir to the great Mauryan Empire. Around 238 BCE, the Maurya Empire stretched from the mountains of Afganistan to the Sea of Bengal, from Kashmir in north to Mysore and Kanchipuram in south.Continue reading “Kunala of Beautiful Eyes”
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Vritrasura
In the Early hours of the 6th February ,2023, A devastating earthquake hit Turkey. Seismologist claim the earthquake moved Turkey 3 meters away from Syria. (Pic below) That leaves a 225 km stretch of fault that has appeared in the underground tectonic plates in that split moment. 1819 Kutch Earthquake: The 1819 Rann of KutchContinue reading “Vritrasura”
The Story of Pandemics
By the rivers of Babylon, the woman noticed a strange thing. All the women of her Kabila had gone to pick up their evening rounds of fruits and berries and mushroom for their tribe. They were a small tribe of 20 odd people living in the Mesopotamia region. It was a story that happened long, longContinue reading “The Story of Pandemics”
Rivers of Rigveda
(The Nadi Stuti Suktam) RV:10.75 [5-6] Rigveda is the earliest of the four vedas composed by the Arya Rishis. The bulk of Rigveda Samhita is accepted to have been composed between 1500 BCE and 1200 BCE. It consists of 10 books- 10 mandalas. The 10th Mandala is the newest of all the 10 books. TheContinue reading “Rivers of Rigveda”
A Zen Koan and a Therigatha
Therigatha are the earliest recorded stories of Buddhist Vikkuni, Koan is a story in Zen Buddhism of Japan. The Buddhist nun Ryonen was born in the 17th century in Japan. She was a poet and a ravishing beauty. Things changed and she became acutely aware of the impermanence of life. It was then that sheContinue reading “A Zen Koan and a Therigatha”
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