Posts Tagged ‘Culture’

Shiva . Mahadeva. Shankara. The greatest of all Gods. The God who is beyond Space and Time. The God other Gods worship and venerate. Those who dont’ understand call him the Destroyer. But, he isn’t. He ends the Universe at the end of time so that life can start again. While he may not be [...]

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Dr.Ambedkar in Annihilation of Caste:
It is a pity that Caste even today has its defenders. The defences are many. It is defended on the ground that the Caste System is but another name for division of labour and if division of labour is a necessary feature of every civilized society then it is argued that [...]

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Today is Basant Panchami – the day traditionally marked as the first day of spring. It is that period of time when the world is so very beautiful, that love blooms…..

The Siva Mahapuran describes the first day of spring as the time when the God of Love Kamdev shoots his passion filled darts at Shankara [...]

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James Watson seems to have been infected with the Prince Phillip Syndrome – this is a syndrome when otherwise intelligent men open their mouth in public and plunge head long into it…..
It is also sad to see once brilliant men, instead of evolving with society and new thoughts — remaining fossilzed in the past especially [...]

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….asked SR yesterday …… theoretically, he added rapidly. And given that he keeps accusing me of being theoretical (and I suppose that i am) – i was surprised.
Lots’ of things, i said. Theoretically of course.

At the core there is my family culture – whatever is my family’s padati (traditions) and customs.

Then comes that defined by [...]

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January Second, at about 5 a.m. on a cold desert’s winter morning, we drove down from Jaipur to Pushkar. It was my unlce’s 7th death anniversary, and my aunt wanted to offer prayers for his soul. The predominant colours along the journey were earths, a smattering of green and blues. Very few other colours [...]

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With defenders like this, Islam does not need any enemies!
The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organisation of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, issued a statement on a web forum saying the pontiff and the west were “doomed”. The message, the authenticity of which could not be immediately verified, said: “We shall [...]

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Hello and welcome to the first edition of BlogMela this year. And the year has gotten off to a great start. Some great writing in various categories from Desi Blogdom. Here goes. Arts and Entertainment Srican has an account of the nature of the harmonium vis-a-vis the sarangi as an accompaniment [...]

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When 6 million Jewish people perish in concentration camps, it is called a Holocaust.
When 20 million people died in Stalin’s Soviet Union it was called ruthless Communist murder.
When PolPot murdered 1.8 million in Cambodia he was a madman.
When a million plus died in the fatricidal civil war between the Hutu’s and Tutsi’s in Rwanda and [...]

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Cylcone Pyar hit AP and caused destruction to life and property.
Almost with cyclical efficience, cyclones have hit AP this year destroying property and life. Around a 60 dead (officially) and 200,000 displaced – evacuated with monotonous efficiency by the armed forces. Yet, if you read the press, or blogdom – there is nary a comment [...]

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