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Economics Of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva That Businessmen Across the World Need to Know
Published on 25th June, 2022, in Economic Times. The Puranas were composed 1500 years ago, between 5th and 10th century AD. What differentiates the Puranas from the Vedas is the value placed on temple worship, pilgrimages and stories to express a philosophy. The chief protagonists are the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and their…
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Burning Lanka in Odisha
Published on 12th June, 2022, in Mid-day. Ravana-podi means burning effigies of Ravana. In the Gangetic plains, this happens at the end of autumn Navaratri after the rains on Vijaya Dashami. In Odisha’s Dasapalla, Nayagarh district, the same happens at the end of the spring Navaratri before the rains on Ram Navami. However, in another…
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Ithasa As Propaganda
Published on 31st October, 2020, in Economic Times. If one travels to ancient Egypt, one sees gigantic monuments of Rameses II. These celebrate his victory against the Hittites, in Syria, in 1300 BCE, in the first real use of horse-driven war chariots in the world. However, if one checks with historical records and does a…
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Fat Buddhist Monks
Published on 26th July, 2020, in Mid-day. This is a story of two fat, Buddhist monks. One story comes from China and the other comes from Thailand. Many people link them with the Buddha, but they come from various local traditions that were absorbed into Buddhism. The first is the popular Laughing Buddha. In China,…
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Who is a hindu? Is the world my family?
Not everyone embraced the philosophy ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbhakam.’ Here’s why…
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When Asked a Question
What many do not realise is that questions that follow lectures are often designed to evoke a combat…
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Children of the Great
As parents spend more and more time at work, for work, there is a price to pay back home…
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Decoding Lakshmi
Through the concept of Lakshmi we understand how ancient Indians understood wealth…
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Namam
Children peeping from behind a cloth sporting sacred marks on their foreheads. These marks are called Namam. Are these children or the gods themselves?…
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Tales from Ireland
The legends,tales,folklores and stories of Erin – as Ireland was called in the days gone by…
