Articles by Karuwaki
Diwali In Orissa! Badabadua Daka!
Diwali, celebrated on the Kartik Amavasya is significant both in terms of astrology and spirituality. It is a festival that beautifully intertwines the cosmic and human realms. The position of plane…
Dhanteras! The festival of good fortune, wealth, prosperity!
Dhanteras, also known as Dhanvantari Trayodashi, marks the beginning of the Diwali festival in India.The word 'Dhan' translates to wealth. The word 'Theras' translates to the 13th and is related to t…
Ahoi Ashtami
Shaktism is a major sect of Hinduism wherein the metaphysical reality is considered to be a woman, and the primordial cosmic energy, Shakti, occupies the place of the godhead. The word Shakti is deri…
The festival of Joy! Ashokashtami!
The flower of the Ashoka tree 'Saraca Asoca' is the state flower of Odisha. This tree signifies a state of being free from “shoka” or sorrow. The essence of Hinduism is to live a life …
We Wish To Inform!
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Philip Gourevitch (published by Picador Classics) This was a very difficult book to read. Covering the genocide in…
Beware the Ides of March
Shakespeare dramatically warned, ‘Beware the Ides of March “through the clairvoyant in his play “Julius Caesar’. Arrogance bordering on megalomania made Caesar contemptuously …