By Sunil Kumar(From my Quora answers) The historical city’s original name is not Mohenjo Daro. Nobody knows what the real name is, as the Harappan script has still not been deciphered. Over the years, numerous decipherments have been proposed, but there is no established scholarly consensus. The following factors are usually regarded as the
Read MoreBy Sunil Kumar Title: “Chaturanga Chronicles: A Cosmic Conversation at Kailasha” or “Recursions of the Universe: Reflections at Kailasha.” Approaching Mount Kailasha, the air becomes crisp and the fragrance of rare alpine flowers fills your nostrils. The mountain stands tall and majestic, towering over the surrounding peaks, like a beacon for the gods. The snow-covered peak
Read MoreBy Sunil Kumar My review of the book ‘Veer Savarkar- The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition’ by Uday Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit. अथ चेतत्त्वमिमं धर्म्यं संग्रामं न करिष्यसि | तत: स्वधर्मं कीर्तिं च हित्वा पापमवाप्स्यसि || 33|| – Bhagavad Gita-2.33 If, however, you refuse to fight this righteous war, abandoning your social duty and
Read MoreBy Sunil Kumar My review of ‘Rivers of Rgveda-A Geographic Exploration’ by Jijith Nadamuri Ravi. The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence.’- Albert Einstein Rivers of Rgveda: A Geographic Exploration is a fascinating insight into the hoary mysteries of India’s glorious past that is shrouded by time
Read MoreBy Sunil Kumar From Sambhashana Sandesha- Feb 2022. Editorial on the nationalist historian Dharmapal प्रतिभावतां ख्याति: लोके सर्वत्र प्रसरति इति तु सहज: विषय: । क्वचित् प्रतिभाहीना: अपि विभिन्नै: कारणै: ख्यातिं प्राप्नुवन्ति । पुन: क्वचित् प्रतिभायां सत्यामपि केचन ख्यातित: वञ्चिता: भवन्ति । येषां विशेषख्याति: न जाता तादृशेषु अन्यतम: अस्ति मान्य: धर्मपालवर्य: । (१९.०२.१९२२ – २४.१०.२००६) अद्यत्वे
Read MoreBy Sunil Kumar I would once again like to express my gratitude to the Indic Book Club and the Indic Book Academy for another fabulous book. Finally finished reading ‘Venkatesa Suprabhatam’ by Shri Venkatesh Parthasarathy. At first glance, one would be tempted to dismiss the idea of a book based solely on a devotional prayer.
Read MoreBy Sunil Kumar No 1 of 4 reviews done for a book site. The book is simple, succinct and eloquent. Have read many of the concepts discussed here in other sources over the years. The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra, Swami Rama, Deepak Chopra, Sadhguru, Om Swami are some of the others that come
Read MoreBy Sunil Kumar Excerpts from Nehru’s Discovery of India; “Only an Akbar might have understood the situation and controlled the new forces that were rising. Perhaps even he could have only postponed the dissolution of his empire unless his curiosity and thirst for knowledge led him to understand the significance of the new techniques that
Read MoreBy Sunil Kumar जय श्री राम , जय श्री कृष्ण.. My first post this year on my personal site Book Review on the Indic Club page some days back. #indicbookclub #IndicAcademy First of all, I would like to convey my gratitude for sending what turned out to be a really interesting, insightful book. Finally got
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
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