All Sanskrit lovers were attracted and paid the maximum attention to Kavikulguru Kalidasa.He is the most popular figure in Sanskrit literature.Kalidasa has been a perennial source of inspiration to Indian poets and thinkers.
Kalidasa acquires learning by the grace of Kali.In the present play he is shown to acquire learning not only by the grace of the goddess Kali but also through his single-mindedness.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Aesthetics of Sriramakirtimahakavyam(Thai RAMAYANA)
SKM ,a Sanskrit mahakavya on the Thai Ramakien(the Rama story in Thailand).Beauty is not indispensable in the mass art of of the post-modern period.But the fact of its existence outside and inside literature is not neglected.Beauty has to be that which makes people and beholders flummoxed whether in feminine or in masculine context..Prof.Shastri's concept of beauty has a connection with wonder.Child Sita , rescued from the pitcher dug out of the earth,was eclipsing the lotuses with the splendour of her cheeks.Her large eyes were adorned with long eye-lashes,she was as effulgent as gold and as fair as the rays of the moon.Her beauty made people astounded.
Similarly, greed overpowered Sita after seeing the beauty of golden deer sent by Ravana.
Love is the creative effect of Love god Cupid.It has its impact even on the most controlled personlity like Hanuman.It spreads its softly bending filaments when eligible man and woman look at each other.This is the first stage of relationship between two loving hearts.
In love at first sight ,losing control of mind is the automatic effect.Man is a symbol of the tree of valour.And his loving beloved like a creeper has the instant desire to rest upon that tree as she is bereft of her composure with loss of mental strength and is overwhelmed in his close proximity.The golden mermaid gets instantly love-lorn at the sight of Hanuman.
This blog is dedicated to the multidimensional genius of Prof.Satya Vrat Shastri...Jnanpitha Awardee(2009),a leading Sanskrit poet of our time.
Similarly, greed overpowered Sita after seeing the beauty of golden deer sent by Ravana.
Love is the creative effect of Love god Cupid.It has its impact even on the most controlled personlity like Hanuman.It spreads its softly bending filaments when eligible man and woman look at each other.This is the first stage of relationship between two loving hearts.
In love at first sight ,losing control of mind is the automatic effect.Man is a symbol of the tree of valour.And his loving beloved like a creeper has the instant desire to rest upon that tree as she is bereft of her composure with loss of mental strength and is overwhelmed in his close proximity.The golden mermaid gets instantly love-lorn at the sight of Hanuman.
This blog is dedicated to the multidimensional genius of Prof.Satya Vrat Shastri...Jnanpitha Awardee(2009),a leading Sanskrit poet of our time.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Edward M.Kennedy:More than Myth
The patriarch,Joseph P.Kennedy ,spent a big part of his life in the movie business,so it's fitting perhaps ,to quote from a film as we reflect on the family he built.The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence opened in1962,when John F. and Robert F. Kennedy ruled Washington and young Edward was winning his first of nine US Senate elections.
anoop singhal's whereabouts:constantly searching..your INDU BHABHI from Vidisha,
Over 19 years passed,but we could never forget you..Mr.Anoop Singhal,the civil engineer from Bharatpur at Banswara Syntex Ltd.Rajasthan...I was posted at the same place...in the same BSL Banswara...the golden moments we shared and lived...with my only daughter Bulbul (Pallavi),then just 3 years old..who lovingly called you Mishri Uncle...my daughter Pallavi made all of us proud ..as she has joined India's No.1 IT Company (july2012)TCS (TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES)Mumbai.If anyhow this message is conveyed to you...pl. pl...please inform us..remembering you always....Surendra Singh Kushwah..Vidisha..
Thursday, April 21, 2011
The times and thoughts of C Subramaniam: Book Review
HAND OF DESTINY By C Subramaniam
Among the few post-1947 political memoirs was Congress stalwart Dwarka Prasad Mishra's Post-Nehru Era , which was not widely known despite its spicy anecdotes .Among the recent contributions to this class of literature ,Lal Krishna Advani's My Country, My Life and former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterji's Keeping the Faith :Memoirs of a Parliamentarian " caused a ripple, but no more.For the diligent researcher, however , all these works can yield details , enough to piece together chapters of political history.
The author begins by recalling his takeover as the President of the Tamilnadu Congress Committee after the party's electoral rout at the hands of the emerging Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in1957 . One of his first tasks was to prepare for the election to civic bodies . Kamaraj , according to him came in the way." Iappointed an election committee for identifying the candidates...As Kamraj was continuing as Congress President at that time, I thought it would not be proper to include him in the committee, over which I would naturally be presiding --but he made his exclusion a point of grievance"
Among the few post-1947 political memoirs was Congress stalwart Dwarka Prasad Mishra's Post-Nehru Era , which was not widely known despite its spicy anecdotes .Among the recent contributions to this class of literature ,Lal Krishna Advani's My Country, My Life and former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterji's Keeping the Faith :Memoirs of a Parliamentarian " caused a ripple, but no more.For the diligent researcher, however , all these works can yield details , enough to piece together chapters of political history.
The author begins by recalling his takeover as the President of the Tamilnadu Congress Committee after the party's electoral rout at the hands of the emerging Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in1957 . One of his first tasks was to prepare for the election to civic bodies . Kamaraj , according to him came in the way." Iappointed an election committee for identifying the candidates...As Kamraj was continuing as Congress President at that time, I thought it would not be proper to include him in the committee, over which I would naturally be presiding --but he made his exclusion a point of grievance"
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Chant of the Flaming Lips
A 5000-year-old tradition that involves reciting from the Vedas around a fireplace will be conducted over 12 days to preserve the environment and usher in global peace
venue: village PANJAL in Thrissur DIST. IN KERALA .
Yajaman:Puthillathu Ramanajan Somayaji
The athirrathram,which will cost an estimated Rs.1 crore ,is likely to draw more than 15000 people from all over the world incuding not just devotees and believers but also scientists, scholars and critics.The star attendee of the event will be Indologist and heritage crusader John Frederik "Frits" Stall , a driving force behind the preservation of the world's oldest surving Vedic ritual athirathram. Stall, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and south and south-east Asian Studies at the University of Berkeley in California, announced the existence of this ritual to the world by documenting it in his seminal treatise Agni:the Vedic ritual of the fire altar .
venue: village PANJAL in Thrissur DIST. IN KERALA .
Yajaman:Puthillathu Ramanajan Somayaji
The athirrathram,which will cost an estimated Rs.1 crore ,is likely to draw more than 15000 people from all over the world incuding not just devotees and believers but also scientists, scholars and critics.The star attendee of the event will be Indologist and heritage crusader John Frederik "Frits" Stall , a driving force behind the preservation of the world's oldest surving Vedic ritual athirathram. Stall, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and south and south-east Asian Studies at the University of Berkeley in California, announced the existence of this ritual to the world by documenting it in his seminal treatise Agni:the Vedic ritual of the fire altar .
Friday, April 1, 2011
Truth be told..new book on GANDHI
The furore over Gandhi is misplaced . Not because it may be false, but because we can't handle the truth
Former New York Times editor Joseph Lelyweld has written a book in which among other lines, he quotes Tridip Suhrud , a cultural historian ; "They were a couple". Mr Lelyveld goes on to write in the next line . That's a succinct way of summing up the obvious Kallenbach later remarked that they'd lived together almost in the same bed-- but what kind of couple were they ?The Kallenbach mentioned in Hermann Kallenbach, a Jewish East Prussian architect in early 20th century Johannesburg and the "they" is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Kallenbach .That's right, Mohandas "Bapu"Gandhi, the Father of our nation and that secular name uttered to make everything sacred.
Mr.Lelyveld ,a journalist, quotes another Gandhi scholar characterising the Gandhi-Kallenbach relationship as "clearly homoerotic" rather than homosexual , "then adding intending through that choice of words to describe a strong mutual attraction, nothing more". The author goes on to write: "the conclusions passed on by word of mouth in South Africa's small Indian community were sometimes less nuanced.
It was no secret then, or later, that Gandhi, leaving his wife behind, had gone to live with a man"
Going by that most relevatory and "truthful" of texts , "My Experiments with Truth" it certainly would't have bothered Gandhi.
Former New York Times editor Joseph Lelyweld has written a book in which among other lines, he quotes Tridip Suhrud , a cultural historian ; "They were a couple". Mr Lelyveld goes on to write in the next line . That's a succinct way of summing up the obvious Kallenbach later remarked that they'd lived together almost in the same bed-- but what kind of couple were they ?The Kallenbach mentioned in Hermann Kallenbach, a Jewish East Prussian architect in early 20th century Johannesburg and the "they" is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Kallenbach .That's right, Mohandas "Bapu"Gandhi, the Father of our nation and that secular name uttered to make everything sacred.
Mr.Lelyveld ,a journalist, quotes another Gandhi scholar characterising the Gandhi-Kallenbach relationship as "clearly homoerotic" rather than homosexual , "then adding intending through that choice of words to describe a strong mutual attraction, nothing more". The author goes on to write: "the conclusions passed on by word of mouth in South Africa's small Indian community were sometimes less nuanced.
It was no secret then, or later, that Gandhi, leaving his wife behind, had gone to live with a man"
Going by that most relevatory and "truthful" of texts , "My Experiments with Truth" it certainly would't have bothered Gandhi.
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