Saturday, June 13, 2015

work hard and with humility..

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यथा खनन् खनित्रेण नरो वार्यधिगच्छति। तथा गुरुगतां विद्यां शुश्रूषुरधिगच्छति॥ yathā khanan khanitreṇa naro vāryadhigacchati| tath...
Saturday, June 06, 2015

death is just a change of state..

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Actually there is no end to anyone or anything .. Death is just a change of state, at the most.. Just like birth, it is an eni...

Uma, Shankara, Kalidasa and the Environment day..

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Today is the Environment Day.. Was just thinking how the Divine Couple Uma and Maheshwara Loved the trees growing in the forests abutting t...
Friday, June 05, 2015

Tiger for Lunch....an Indian Tale

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Tiger for Lunch....an Indian Tale A lady, it is alleged, quarreled with her husband, and was proceeding to her father's house wit...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

The false witness and the silent witness

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The false witness and the silent witness न स्यात् कूटसाक्षी॥५५०॥ ॥चाणक्यसूत्रे॥  na syāt kūṭasākṣī||550|| |hāṇakyasūtre|...

in power, out of power...

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For a person in power, especially when the balance of power tilts either in his favour or against him, it can be quite challenging to ...

Babus and Dakoos or Dakoos and Babus?

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Babus and Dakoos or Dakoos and Babus? चोरराजपुरुषेभ्यो वित्तम् रक्षेत्॥५५६॥ ॥चाणक्यसूत्राद्॥ corarājapuruṣebhyo vittam rakṣe...
Friday, May 22, 2015

books should live for ever

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books should live for ever No books, either toeing the lines of those who are in power today or those which are branded as tainted o...

The four gems from Kalidasa:--

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The four gems from Kalidasa:-- They say that among the poetic creations in Sanskrit, drama is the most enchanting..  Among the...