Sunday, 06 April 2008 | अलावलपुरिया

कहते हैं कि जब दुर्योधन पैदा होने वाला था तब हस्तिनापुर में तमाम किस्म के अपशकुन होने लगे थे | अनायास उल्टी हवाएं बहने लगी , राजधानी के बाहर के जंगलों मे आग लग गयी और जंगली कुत्ते व सियार रोने लगे | राज-परिवार मे ज्ञानी -बुजुर्गवार लोगों ने कहा - ' गान्धारी , यह संतान करूवंश के विनाश का कारण बनेगी । इस का त्याग कर देना ही उत्तम होगा । 'लेकिन गान्धारी एक माँ थी , पुत्र मोह कैसे त्याग देती ।...
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 | नागार्जुन

नागार्जुन हिन्दी साहित्य के श्रेष्ठतम साहित्यकारों मे से एक हैं । 1911 मे बिहार में दरभंगा के तरोनी गाँव मे पैदा हुये नागर्जुन के बचपन का नाम वैद्यनाथ मिश्र है लेकिन हिन्दी जगत मे वे बाबा नागार्जुन या सिर्फ 'बाबा' नाम से लोकप्रिय हुये । इन्होनें हिन्दी, मैथिली , बांग्ला और संस्कृत - इन चारो भाषाओं मे रचनायें की । नागार्जुन ने छः से अधिक उपन्यास, एक दर्जन कविता संग्रह, दो...
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Friday, 06 July 2007 | सुदीप कुमार

" चुपके-चुपके रात-दिन आँसू बहाना याद है । हमको अब तक आशिकी का वो ज़माना याद है | " गजलों के बारे मे चाहे हमें कितना भी (कम) पता हो लेकिन हसरत मोहानी की ये ग़ज़ल आपने ज़रूर सुनी होगी । गुलाम अली ने अपनी मधुर आवाज मे इस ग़ज़ल और इसके रचयिता दोनो को अमर बना दिया है। ग़ज़लों को लोकप्रिय बनाने मे गुलाम अली , जगजीत सिंह और भुपिन्दर सरीखे ग़जल गायकों के योगदान पर फिर कभी चर्चा करेंगे । इस लेख में चर्चा...
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Thursday, 03 September 2009 | Rajesh Anand

In his bestselling book "Conversations with God", the author Neale Donald Walsch, explains about his dialogue with God. "It is like God speaking to everyone all the time". He adds "the question is not to whom does God talk, but who listens." He expands further that God can communicate with you in...
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Wednesday, 29 July 2009 | Rajesh Anand

Whether we worship God with a form (e.g. Radha, Krishna, Rama, Narasimha, Shiva,Varaha, Kachchap, Durga, Ganesha,  etc. - the scriptures say God has infinite descensions) or without a form ( Brahm, Parmatma, Niranjana, Shoonya etc. where we do not associate any form to God and consider God as an...
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Monday, 05 May 2008 | Santosh Ojha

One of the closest friends during my growing-up days was Murphy. A loyal friend, always reliable (well, almost always) and ready to sit up with me through the night as I struggled with the exam preparations. (I have always been a night person as you can guess). And Murphy was one loyal entertainer!...
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Monday, 10 March 2008 | Rajesh Anand

In Mithila, Lord Shiva is still worshipped by this name. Once, Vidyapati wastravelling with Ugna and it was a hot summer day and Vidyapati was feeling very thirsty. Seeing no trace of water in the vicinity, Vidyapati felt helpless. Ugna offered to go out and search for water. After a while, Ugna...
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Saturday, 22 September 2007 | Rajesh Anand

Vachaspati Mishra is a name which no serious scholar of Indian philosophy can afford to ignore. Regarded as one of the greatest scholars and logicians of India of his time , Vachaspati Mishra wrote erudite commentaries on the important works of almost all the schools of Indian philosophy....
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Friday, 26 December 2008 | Rajesh Anand

Normally a chai made with "mishri" (sugar candy) is the ultimate warmth a guest can receive from its host. The chai with "cheeni" (sugar) may not be compared to be as heart-warming as the one made in mishri and the chai with "gur" (jaggery) will definitely be a very poor competitor to the mishri...
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008 | Rajesh Anand

To love is to care for the happiness of the beloved and not one's own. Somehow, around this year's Valentine's day, watching Jodhaa Akbar reminded me of this saying. The Rs. 40 crore magnum opus will remain etched in my mind as one of the finest movies I have ever watched. Ashutosh Gowariker...
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 | Sheela Roy

Cast : Shahrukh Khan ,Vidya Malavade , Chitrashi Rawat , Sagarika Ghatge , Shilpa Shukla , Tanya Abrol Director : Shimit Amin Writer : Jaideep Sahni Producer/Distributor : Yashraj Films Chak De India' could not have...
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 | Rajesh Anand

The drone of the vehicles speeding at 65 miles per hour on the freeway barely a couple of hundred metres from my 3rd floor apartment in North Gessner, Houston, Texas is monotonously constant. The noise recedes quite significantly when the doors and...
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Friday, 12 September 2008 | Brajesh Karjee

I did my second trek to Mt Ophir on 25th Jul 08 and this time, it was a bigger group. The last trek was done exactly 2 years back (read the trek details in the travelogue section of my travel web page...
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 | Rajesh Anand

The one hour air travel from Kolkata to Bagdogra was smooth despite pilot Vasant Kumar's gentle suggestion of the flight being somewhat bumpy. Co-pilot, Captain Sahay's surname gave a strong possibility of the continuation of Bihari connections in...
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