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The World of Fables and Legends – 23

Hindu Religion: Gods & Goddesses Since early age, the Indian civilization did not follow the religion in its literal sense or traditional form, the way more recent Abrahamic religions of the world look at it. Historically, the indians called it “Sanatana Dharma”, a term originally derived from the ancient Sanskrit language, which carries an implied […]
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The World of Fables and Legends – 22

History of India – 2 In the previous part, the author had briefly tried to decode the early civilizational (legendary) history of India, which was known as Bharatvarsha or other Sanskritized names such as Bharat, Aryavarta, Jambudwipa, etc. before the advent of the Islamic and colonial powers in the sub-continent. Thus the period around 14500 […]
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AKAM: National Flag versus Nehruvian Nationalism

Ever since the government launched the initiative of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) on March 12, 2021, it has organized numerous and variety events of national importance to celebrate and commemorate 75 glorious years of the Independence of India. In the prime minister’s own words, the Mahotsav (grand festival) is being celebrated as a Jan-Utsav […]
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The World of Fables and Legends – 20

Ancient Indian Civilization – I: Historical Chronology In the previous episodes, a brief history including the political and socio-economic attributes, religious belief systems, important deities and few representative fables and legendary tales of about a dozen civilizations from the Old World and New World have been discussed. These Old and New World civilizations were ones […]
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The World of Fables and Legends – 19

Olmec: The Mother of Mesoamerican Civilizations While it is beyond doubt that the continents of Asia, Africa and Europe, collectively known as the Old World or Afro-Eurasia, boast of the world’s most evolved, glorified and lost civilizations. In the context of the ancient cultural, philosophical and religious developments, the Old World civilizations had almost simultaneously […]
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The World of Fables and Legends – 18

The Slavic Glory of Eurasia Continued from Previous Page Slavs are the largest ethno-linguistic group of people inhabiting a large part of Eurasia encompassing Central, Eastern, North and Southeastern Europe, stretching further east into Northern Asia (Russia and Siberia) and parts of Central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. It is believed that their history starts […]
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AKAM: The Unsung Heroes of Indian Freedom Struggle

(Revised on 28 December 2022) India is celebrating the 75th year of Independence from the British colonizers as the year of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava (AKAM) for a yearlong ceremonial treat. The most important feature of these celebrations is to rediscover and recognize the contribution of numerous unsung heroes of the freedom struggle lost […]
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This world has no other nationWith so copious cultural diversityYet bound by a formidable unityA unique and unambiguous blendOf different customs and traditionsIn this oldest surviving civilization. Alas some dark forces, their minionsAre out to wreck the age-old traditionsOf the Bhartiya culture and religionsPeace, harmony and prosperity of nationWith their exotic and ill-conceived notionOf the […]
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Hindu, Hinduism and Hindustan: Part LXXV

Pilgrimage-I Nearly all communities and religions in the world attach significance to places which have some connection with any worldly or supernatural act(s) or event(s) of the divine (God) or His messenger(s); the birth, enlightenment or death of founder and saints; sites of the spiritual calling or awakening; supposedly a dwelling or living place of […]
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