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Remembering Aramullah
The year may have been 1967, and Aramullah lived next door. A friend and I used to go to school by ordinary bus, and it wasn’t pleasant. Aramullah ran a restaurant somewhere in the city, and had an old, black car. When he saw us struggling to get a bus, he would give us a lift, and drop us at the school gate. He spoke about Iran, he was against the Shah, and believed he would be overthrown. He…
Nathuram Godse...book review
As I have a great regard for Mahatma Gandhi, I never wanted to read about his assassin. But finally I am reading this book. Written simply and clearly, it reveals the extent of Savarkar’s influence, along with aspects of Godse’s thoughts and beliefs. It also leads one to reflect on how people can be influenced and conditioned by their background and environment. Is it possible to break away…
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A spiritual society :Sri Aurobindo
‘A society which was even initially spiritualised would make the revealing and finding of the divine Self in man, the supreme, even the guiding aim of all its activities. ‘
World history
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Unrolling the Map : The Story of Exploration : Leonard Outhwaite, Gordon Grant : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
An old book, but a great account of explorers through the ages, and across continents. https://archive.org/details/unrollingmapstor0000leon/page/n13/mode/1up
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
This Booker prize winner of 2022 delves into the history of Sri Lanka. The photographer Maali is already dead, but he has seven moons of wandering around before he leaves the world. The book actually throws light on the different groups in Sri Lanka, ethnic conflicts and civil war. It is interesting but by the time I reached the fifth moon, it seemed repetitive, with headless bodies constantly…
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A Complete History of India
My latest book This book is for anyone interested in Indian history. It looks at its history from the Stone Age up to the present. There is information on dynasties, art, culture, economy and religion. The Mauryas, Kushanas, Guptas, Cholas, Marathas, Sikhs, Mughals, Tipu Sultan, the British, independent India, the constitution, and much more is included in this. A bibliography provides for…
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The Soul's Growth
By C W Leadbeater Another book by C W Leadbeater, the Theosophist who discovered J Krishnamurti in 1909 and believed he was the messiah. He wrote The Lives of Alcyone on Krishnamurti’s previous lives. Star names were given to many adepts of the past, and Orion was one such name. This book is the third in the series The Soul’s Growth through Reincarnation. Orion’s lives were investigated in 1907,…
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Lowenmensch--the oldest sculpture in the world
Lowenmensch–the oldest sculpture in the world
Lowenmensch, a lion-headed person, found in Germany, has been dated to 35,000 to 40,000 BCE, making it the oldest sculpture so far known. Carved out of mammoth ivory, it is found in a cave at Hohlenstein-Stadel, part of an Upper Palaeolithic Cultue, the Auringnacian. The sculpture, preserved in a museum in Ulm town, is 31.1 cm high. There is a dispute about whether it is a male or female. A…
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A philosopher or a guru?
A philosopher or a guru?
What is the difference between a philosopher and a guru? There are many definitions online, but sometimes the boundaries are blurred. Many gurus do not have anything new to say. They expound a philosophy, but it is something already found in existing texts. Others think they are saying something new, but they too repeat what has been said before. Philosophy comes through reason. I think no one…
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Mahatma Gandhi : an extract from my book
Mahatma Gandhi : an extract from my book
Extracts from The Spirit will Survive, Chapter 11 of my book, The Puffin History of India, vol 2, 1947 to the Present)“A glory has departed and the sun that warmed and brightened our lives has set and we shiver in the cold and dark”, said Jawaharlal Nehru on 2 February 1948, a few days after the death of Gandhi. “Let us be worthy of him”, he added. And truly Delhi was worthy of him, for his death…
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'I carry the sorrow of millions...'
‘I carry the sorrow of millions…’
Sri Aurobindo [1872-1950]wrote hundreds of thousands of words of verse and prose. As I go through all his works for my next book, I found these lines today. ‘ I look across the world and no horizon walls my gaze; I see Paris and Tokyo and New York, I see the bombs bursting on Barcelona and on Canton streets. Man’s numberless misdeeds and rare good deeds take place within my single self. I am…
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Bhakti poets--1
Bhakti poets–1
Medieval regional literature is a vast storehouse of beautiful poetry. Here is a poem on Yashoda composed in Gujarati by Premananda [1636-1734] . His most popular Akhyanas are based on the Dasama Skandha of the Bhagavata. In the Nagadamana episode he graphically depicts the fear of Yashoda, when the young Krishna jumps into the Yamuna to retrieve a ball. Yashoda fears that he has lost his life.…
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J Krishnamurti: A Life of Compassion beyond Boundaries
J Krishnamurti: A Life of Compassion beyond Boundaries
Key questions on my biography 1. Do you think the life and teachings of J. Krishnamurti have become more relevant today? If so, why? 1A. Though J. Krishnamurti’s teachings have always been relevant, they are even more so today, in a world divided by race, religion and caste. His understanding was that all human beings are essentially the same, as they are motivated by the same emotions, fears,…
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Vedic Literature---18
Vedic Literature—18
The Vedic Samhitas were difficult to understand, and much learning was required to comprehend them. Before approaching the Samhitas, the Vedangas were to be studied. The Vedangas were a group of texts on six topics, shiksha or phonetics; vyakarana or grammar; chhandas or metre; nirukta or etymology, alternatively glossary; jyotisha or astronomy and astrology; and kalpa or ritual.
Most of these…
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Vedic Literature--17
Vedic Literature–17
Another category of secondary Vedic literature are the Anukramanis. Anukramani can be translated as a catalogue or index, but it is actually an additional explanatory text, providing details about various aspects of the Vedic samhitas. Anukramanis are assigned to various authors, and several Rig Veda anukramanis are said to be written by Shaunaka, a rishi known from other sources too. These…
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Vedic Literature--16
Vedic Literature–16
Padapathas
As seen earlier, the main texts of Vedic literature are the Vedic Samhitas, followed by the Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads. But there are numerous other texts, used to memorize or explain aspects of these texts. Among these are the Padapathas or ‘word texts’. Those who know Sanskrit are aware that words are joined together in the language [sandhi], according to certain rules.…
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