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”
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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”
The Parable of the Donkey and the Tiger
The biggest waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic The donkey told the tiger,“The Grass is Blue.”The tiger replied, “No, the Grass is Green .” The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, so they approached the LION. As they approached the lion on his throne,Continue reading “The Parable of the Donkey and the Tiger”
Avesta, Veda
Iranian, Arians ( Arya) Cognate words are two different words having the same linguistic derivation. 1500 BCE: Today the religion practised in Iran and India are so different. But 3500 years back, around 1500 BCE, there were uncanny similarities in the language, Concept, Religion and Literature of these two lands. Iran is the land whichContinue reading “Avesta, Veda”
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