Indian Identity-Indian Culture – Page 10 – Whole Dude

AN ATTACK ON INDIA’S SYMBOL OF PRIDE

The attack on India’s Symbol of Pride in Bombay-Mumbai.

The Sky is Blue. Defining the Indian Identity

Indians are fascinated by the Blue color of the Sky. In the rest of the Universe, the color of the Sky is Black or Dark. The Sanskrit word Neela or Nila describes both Blue and Black or Dark colors.

Bharat Darshan – City of Rajahmundry shapes My connection to India and Indian literature

Bengali writers and thinkers had excited the minds of Indians during early 20th century. I belong to Rajahmundry which was a part of State of Madras and had witnessed that Tamils did not really excite Telugu people in the literary or political arena.

Bharat Darshan – A tribute to Rajahmundry’s traditions of Performing Arts

Bharat Darshan – A tribute to Rajahmundry’s traditions of Performing Arts GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE, RAJAHMUNDRY WHERE STUDENTS EXCEL IN PERFORMING ARTS The Traditions of Performing Arts in Rajahmundry Rajahmundry gets credit for being the home for great artists. The first drama in Telugu language was written by Kandukuri Veeresalingam, a native of Rajahmundry. During the few years I spent in …

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Bharat Darshan – The West Meets the East – Meet the White American Brahmin

Olcott dedicated his energies to fraternal understanding and the search for truth. He referred to theosophists as “original searchers after spiritual knowledge”. In his farewell message he expressed the wish ” to impress on all men on earth that ‘there is no religion higher than Truth’ and that in the Brotherhood of Religions lies the peace and progress of humanity.” Indians fondly remember him as the White American Brahmin.

Akshaya Paatra – Discover Bliss from an empty pot

Akshaya Paatra means an inexhaustible vessel; a vessel that could gratify man’s desires. If mind is compared to a pot, when all the desires are removed, when the pot is empty, man discovers true bliss, pure Joy.

“Man is condemned to be Free”- Is that so?

Nobel Laureate Jean Paul Sartre believes that “Man is condemned to be free.” Is that so???

Half Full or Half Empty? – What is the real Question?

When I drink from the ‘Cup of my Life’;What I truly experience from my life, the reality of my condition is more important than my attitude towards existence.

Spielberg’s Boycott brings hope for Tibet

Film Director Steven Spielberg chose to boycott the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. People need to come together to end the illegal occupation of Tibet.

Shia Ruler of Golconda – Verily, a Blessed Soul

Sultan Abul Hasan Qutb Shah, the seventh and the last ruler of the Kingdom of Golconda, Deccan, India under the Qutb Shahi Dynasty from 1672 A.D. to 1687 A.D. is verily a Blessed Soul and may Lord’s Peace be upon him.