Soviet Union – Author, Poet, Raconteur

Category: Soviet Union

My Review of ‘The Empress of Indraprastha: Entering Kuruvansh’

August 31, 2022 Books, History, India, Literature, Poetry, Sanskrit, Soviet Union, Spirituality Sunil

By Sunil Kumar “Revenge is not always better, but neither is forgiveness, learn to know them both son, so there is no problem”” – Draupadi in the Mahabharata, quoting Prahlada The epics are the creative fount of the Indian mindscape, a fact that is so obvious that repeating it sounds cliched. Scholars throughout the world

What are the similarities and differences between the Jallianwala Bagh and Tiananmen Square incident?

November 21, 2020 Britain, China, Geopolitics, History, India, Jalianwala Bagh, Punjab, Soviet Union, Tiananmen Square, United States Sunil

By 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