By 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
Read MoreBy Sunil Kumar Well, I’m not going to give a detailed critique. In simple words, I enjoyed watching the Netflix series ‘Blood of Zeus’. It was not a movie. In childhood, I loved the Japanese made ‘Galaxy Express 999’ that had a strange haunting and lyrical quality to it. As for Blood of Zeus, it’s
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
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