India
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If you read about Bengal of the 19th century, it was a very different canvas for women. We see in Bengali Society of that time a mindset which strictly followed fundamental orthodoxy, deterioration and gender-based biases towards women. The women folk were forbidden from stepping out of their houses, or to intermingle with fellow males except immediate
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The Great Personality Rabindranath Tagore and his works are very relevant today also for the following reasons: First and foremost are the themes of his work: They are worldwide in nature exploring melodies of love, flora and fauna individuality, and devoutness, which reverberates across beliefs and peers. If we look at his poems, plays and
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Ma Saraswati is the ultimate. Ma Saraswati is known as Vagdevi where Vag in Sanskrit means Speech and Devi means Goddess. She is therefore considered the Goddess of Speech. One of the most important characteristics of Ma Saraswati is knowledge, articulateness and communiqué. In Vedas, her nature is of the ultimate manifestation of self-governing form.
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Hinduism offers us with abundant methods of praying to the spirit of the Almighty. One of them is the Tantra worship. The Tantra worship of Devi-shakti (deities) is referred to as a Vidya. The Ten Mahavidyas represent the ten major goddess forms. [ There are more than 18 Mahavidyas but this write-up will limit to
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What is Sandhi Puja …… Sandhikshan is the stage of Ashtami and Navami Tithi when Sandhi puja is done. Sandhikshan is the last 24 minutes of Ashtami Tithi and the first 24 minutes of Navami tithi. This is an auspicious mahurat when Ma Durga killed Chanda Munda in the form of Ma Chamunda and gained
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Geetanjali by Rabindranath Tagore is a collection of 103 poems and if you read them profoundly you will notice that each one of them have diverse connotations and denotations. According to Bengali language ‘Git’ means Song and ‘Anjali’ means offering. It was published in the year 1910. In English, the translated version was published in
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If you look into the history of Valentine’s Day you will see that it has nothing remotely connected with love or passion. It is actually a day which is very sad and it is for commemorating the martyrdom of Saint Valentine who was beheaded by Emperor Claudius II. Saint Valentine was put into prison because
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Nobody should forget that Ayodhya is the one of the most sacred and holiest of the holy spots of Hinduism. As a citizen of India and a Hindu I am aghast at the politics and the loathing being spread by hate mongers throughout the country with an intention to divide the citizens of this glorious
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I saw her photo pop up in my face book page and was intrigued to read about her. So, I purchased the above book costing just 160/-, and what I read brought tears of anger and also frustration at how women are physically abused when their mental strength and courage cannot be diminished under any
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I recently came across a FB post of Mr. Ashwin Maheshwari on ‘Shattered Universities of India’ which kindled my interest and I decided to write a blog on this topic. The most significant seats of learning were the ancient universities of India. It is observed that scholars and pupils from all over Asia and other
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