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The beginning of the Buddhist lent, Asalha Puja!
A celebration of beginnings, commemorating not just the Buddha’s first sermon but also his conception and the day he renounced his royal life to become an ascetic. Asalha Puja also known as …
The divine chariots of jagannath puri!
The Jagannath Temple at Puri is among the most revered Vaishnava sites in India and the current temple was built by Anantavarman of the Chodaganga dynasty in the 12th century. The deities in the sanc…
In search of perfection!
"We all are men, in our own natures frail, and capable of our flesh; few are angels". pic source:internet William Shakespeare, Henry VIII While he may not be an angel, Amir Khan is definitely …
The science of determining Time!The Story behind "Aaj ki Tithi"
In the words of writer Jodi Picoult:"Parents aren’t the people you come from. They’re the people you want to be, when you grow up.” Well my Dad always told me" if you know where yo…
The art of uninterpreted sounds:Dil ka Sukoon!
A pathbreaking artiste & visionary composer, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was responsible for bringing the Santoor to the global centre stage.Santoor as an musical instrument had been an accompanimen…
The Pity Of War!
Why do wars begin? It is usually because ‘Wars are good business’, according to Milo Minderbinder, Joseph Heller’s fictional character from the novel Catch 22. The lust for power…