Year: 2023

Year: 2023

Mumbai Poem Sanskrit
July 5, 2023 Uncategorized Sunil

By Sunil Kumar   नामधेयं मम जीवनं, मुंबईवासी भवान्तः। विश्वविलासपूर्णं तत्त्वं, नगरे समुद्रतटे निवासः॥ व्यस्ततां जनसंख्या, जागृतानि नगरे सदैव। व्याप्तं शौर्यं वीरत्वं च, सहकारीभावः व्याप्तिश्च॥ विज्ञानं प्रगतिश्चैव, समान्यं माध्यम्यं तथा। कर्मयोगस्य साधनं, संस्कृतं ब्राह्मण्यं तथा॥ मायाधीश्वरद्वयात्मकं, व्यापारसंस्थानसंबद्धं। धर्मसंस्थापनं नित्यं, महामुंबईवासीत्वम्॥ निर्मलं दृष्टिपथं तत्त्वं, सुरभिसंपूर्णं वाससः। संस्कृतं संस्कृतिरत्नं, मुंबईनगरस्य जीवनम्॥ यात्रा त्रिभुवने वासाः, अन्तःपुरं नगरस्य तु। योग्यशिक्षासम्पादनं, सर्वकार्येषु समागमः॥ मुंबईनगरे जीवनं, सर्वदा यात्रा सर्वदा। नगरे जन्म नगरे जीवनं, नगरे विद्या नगरे सुखम्॥   A poem in Sanskrit on Life In Mumbai- One of my first efforts in the language of the Gods

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What were the opinions of Swami Vivekananda on British rule in India? How did socio-religious movements in particular Vivekananda’s help the freedom struggle?
July 4, 2023 Uncategorized Sunil

By Sunil Kumar (My Quora Answer circa 2017)   Swami Vivekananda aka Naren Dutta was a man with a keen intellect; who was quite well-read. Like other Bengalis of the time; he joined the Brahmo Samaj; an organization which worked for social upliftment; but disagreed with it as it believed that British rule was a

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Writing Biases
May 11, 2023 Aglaia Interactive, Books, India, Literature Sunil

By Sunil Kumar A challenge that writers face is the limitations of their own senses in examining their own biases. Our perceptions and experiences are shaped by our upbringing, education, and social conditioning, and it is easy to fall into the trap of assuming that our perceptions are objective and universal. To overcome these limitations,

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What if you had been Alexander The Great?
April 1, 2023 Books, History, India Sunil

By Sunil Kumar(From My Quora answers)   Not bothered to invade India. Persia would have been enough. As it is I would have been thought of as a living God by my followers and myself, so I would have sat back, consolidated my gains for some time. Regrouped after some years and launched an invasion

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