By Sunil Kumar Love, compassion and the renunciate’s way. The marketing gimmickry of Valentine’s Day ended yesterday; and for once I got a flower and a chocolate. But picking on one of my favorite subjects these days; my valentine for this week; Gautama Buddha. SeatedBuddhaGandhara2ndCentury (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Mountains; streams and stillness. Universal compassion is
Read MoreBy Sunil Kumar Was Anne Boleyn sure that she would have been executed by a Henry who was fawning all over her not long ago? The guy established a new Church of England and broke away from the Catholic Church just to get married to Anne Boleyn. This was a very major event in an
Read Moreसंस्कृतं नाम विश्वस्य प्राचीनतमा भाषा। एषा भाषा अधिकांशभारतीयभाषाणाम् यूरोपीयभाषाणां च जननीरूपेण अथवा सम्पोषिकारूपेण विराजते। एषा ननु मूलघेतः एव भारतीयसंस्कृतेः, धर्मस्य, दर्शनस्य, अध्यात्मज्ञानस्य, इतिहासस्य, पुराणानाम्, भूगोलस्य, राजनीतेः अपि च विज्ञानस्य। संस्कृतभाषा नवीनशब्दानां निर्माणार्थम् अपूर्वां क्षमतां धारयति यस्याः उपयोगः अन्याभिः भारतीयभाषाभिः अपि क्रियते। राष्ट्रीयभावनात्मकैक्याय अन्ताराष्ट्रियभ्रातृत्वभावनायाः सुदृढीकरणाय अस्याः महत्त्वपूर्णं योगदानमस्ति। संस्कृतवाङ्मये मानवीयमूल्यानां संरक्षणार्थं संवर्धनार्थ सम्यग्विकासार्थञ्च अत्र अमूल्यसामग्री विद्यते। ‘वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्‘ ‘यत्र विश्वं भवत्येकनीडम्‘ इत्यादीनि आदर्शवाक्यानि आदिकालतः
Read MoreBy Sunil Kumar Frankly, to compare an event that happened in 1919- British India and 1989 Communist China is a bit of a stretch. My gut response to this question is this, similarities are struggle against a brutal empire. But given the current kowtowing and thwarting of free speech even on social media, I would
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