(Religion)An enlightening article… Worthy of worshipDevdutt Pattanaik, TNN, 7 Mar 2008 Power in Hindu mythology is a goddess — Shakti, commonly visualised as Durga, a goddess who rides into battle on a lion and kills a buffalo-demon with her many weapons held in her many arms. The goddess is power but who is Shaktimaan, the powerful one? [...]
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(Personal)A friend lifecycle… It has so happened throughout my career that some of my very good friends have turned foes. This particular example helped me understand why and how it happened. With him, I have gone through what I call: a Friend lifecycle. We met during the second year of engineering when we got into the same [...] (ILand)हिन्दी फॉन्ट्स में लिखा क्या? Many a time we write posts in Hindi language using Roman (English) fonts. We do this because it is easy to type and post in English. But an option is available on Rediff Iland to use Hindi fonts also (along with some other languages like Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, [...] Atal Ji is not well. While wishing him good health and a speedy recovery, I share some of his poems. This one called “Maut se thun gayee” was written under similar circumstances. How, as we know, so many great leaders have been survivors. And fighters. *** ‘Maut Se Thun Gayee’ (A Confrontation with Death) This poem, which Vajpayee calls the [...] It is a fact that women have been discriminated against for centuries, in all parts of the world. The world history can be seen as a fight against this discrimination. There was a time when women in India truly enjoyed the same rights as that of men. We had so many women philosophers. In fact we [...] |
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