Apr 8, 2023
"The formidable power of geography determines the character and performance of a people": Fascinating map of all the places of ancient India as mentioned in Mahabharata, put on display in Purana Qila, which is the ancient Indraprastha of Mahabharata
Bharata Khandais a term used in Hindu texts, including the Vedas, Mahabharata, Ramayana, and the Puranic, to describe the Indian subcontinent. The historical context of the Sanskrit epics are the Vedic period (c. 1700–600 BCE), Mahajanapadas (c. 600s BCE), and the subsequent formation of the Maurya Empire (c. 300s BCE) and Gupta Empire (c. 300s CE) also with the beginning of the "golden age" of Classical Sanskrit literature.
Apr 7, 2023
"Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth": It was not Isaac Newton but Rishi Kanad who first discovered "Laws of Motion" at least 2000 years before Newton in his Vaishesika Sutras, was also known as "Father of Atomic Theory"
The name ‘Sir Isaac Newton’ is so famous that everybody in this world is aware of it. He is famous for his ‘laws of motion’ and also the ‘law of gravity’. These laws form the basis of classical Physics.
Apr 6, 2023
"Ritual is the passage way of the soul into the Infinite": Pravargya vedic rite in Somayāgas can produce explosion in shape of a Nuclear Bomb creating Sun Surface temperatures for few sec using just 50ml of pure Ghee and destroy the viruses like COVID-19
For the past ten years, a small group of dedicated people from various countries has held the vision of Shree Vasant Paranjpe of completing a series of seven Maha Somayags on the banks of the Narmada River in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India, for the healing of our planet.
Apr 5, 2023
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear”: Mula Gabharu, one among phenomenal patriotic women who fought with Mughals for her husband, for motherland, called the people of Assam to fight Mughals by taking Ahom sword in their hands
History is very well bizarre. There are many such stories buried in it, which very few people know about. In the same history, there are many such stories of women who gave up everything for her kingdom, her country, her motherland.
Apr 5, 2023
"In my prayers I never said I needed a home. I said I wanted a sanctuary": Sanctuary of Truth, Pattaya - an incredible 105-tall temple made entirely out of wood to honor Buddhist and Hindu values while preserving traditional Thai wood-carving techniques
When your job is to travel around the globe, you encounter so many architectural wonders that eventually you start thinking there’s nothing in the world that can impress you anymore. Then you stumble upon something as magnificent as the Sanctuary of Truth, Pattaya, and your jaw drops to the ground.
Apr 3, 2023
"Temple will be an ever-present reminder that God intended the family to be eternal": Thirunakkara Mahadevar Temple situated in the heart of Kottayam is one of the 108 revered Shivalayas in Kerala, preserves sculptures and murals of Hindu deities
Thirunakkara Mahadevar Temple situated in the heart of Kottayam city is one of the 108 revered Shivalayas in central Kerala. The temple is about 500 years old and was built by the Thekkumkoor raja.
Apr 3, 2023
"All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power": Punkah - the hand operated ceiling fans of Colonial India and a reminder of how British colonials exploited ‘punkah-walas’ in India’s summers extracting constant labor
Sleep is a luxury for those who struggle to get a good night’s rest. While the inability to sleep well can be frustrating in the middle of the night, the necessity for sleep in pre-electricity days produced its own violence in colonial India.
Apr 2, 2023
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way”: Revolution underway in India's diamond industry as Nirmala Sitharaman’s focuses on lab-grown diamonds and set the proverbial cat among pigeons in the global diamond markets
‘Lab-grown diamonds, branded wrongly as fake, are a $22 billion market across the world’.
Apr 2, 2023
"Never mind a world that can't see past brutality": Leopold of Belgium killed 15 million Congolese people in 23 years of his rule in Congo by promising a humanitarian & philanthropic mission that would improve lives of Africans, thats how narrative is set
Belgian King Leopold II set out for the Congo and declared it his territory while physically intimidating the indigenous people of the Congo (Kongo). He proclaimed his property to be the people and the land, and he quickly turned the land into a money-making enterprise for himself and his throne.