A cure for Common Cold- how far are we from reality ? Lately we have a spate of respiratory infections. In the January and February of 2023, we had a surge of Influenza and recently the Coronavirus has peaked. The one common denominator of all these infections is their universal character suggesting of Common Cold.Continue reading “Common Cold: Common facts”
Category Archives: Uncategorized
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”
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”
Raandi Pua Ananta.
Dantapuram, 1070 CE The boy was on the run. His father had just been slain. His enemy was none other than his uncle the Powerful Chola king of Tanjore. They had killed his father Rajaraja, the king of Kalinganagar. Only a decade ago Rajaraja the king of Kalinga had attacked the Chola empire, looted theContinue reading “Raandi Pua Ananta.”