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Book Review – India That is Bharat by J. Sai Deepak
India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution by J. Sai Deepak5 of 5 stars The colonial studies with Indian perspective are strangely almost non-existent. In spite of sub-continent going through tragic colonial experiences first with Muslim invaders and then … Continue reading
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Tagged Bharat, Books, British Raj, Colonialism, Consciousness, Indian Independence, Sanatana Dharma
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Book Review – August 1914 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
August 1914 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn My rating: 5 of 5 starsRussia’s disastrous performance in World War I was one of the primary causes of the Russian October Revolution of 1917, which swept aside the Romanov dynasty and installed a Bolshevik … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, History, Literature
Tagged Communism, Germany, Russia, Solzhenitsyn, WorldWar
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Book Review – The Human Situation by Aldous Huxley
The Human Situation: Lectures at Santa Barbara 1959 by Aldous HuxleyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a pertinent book in the current chaotic world as it deep dives into the human condition and unravels the social, economic and … Continue reading
प्रातः स्मरामि स्तोत्रम ‘Remembering the Self at Dawn’ Hymn by Ādi Śankara
This is a prayer composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya consisting of three stanzas in which the mind (manas) speech (vak), and body (kaya) of the individual are sought to be dedicated to the supreme Spirit. The first thoughts, words and actions of everyday exert a … Continue reading
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Tagged Hindutva, Philosophy, Sanatana Dharma, Sanskrit, Shankaracharya, Spirituality
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महामृत्युञ्जयमन्त्रः ‘The Great Conqueror of Death’ mantra
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Tagged महामृत्युञ्जयमन्त्रः, Bharat, Dharma, Hindu, Hindutva, Poetry, Rigveda, Rishi, Sanatan Dharma, Sanatana Dharma, Sanskrit, Vedas
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Book Review – Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson5 of 5 stars The whole world is enamoured by Elon Musk’s unfiltered personality, unbounded energy, and his grand vision of making us humans into a multiplanetary race. But what is it that differentiates … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Management, Technology
Tagged AI, ArtificialIntelligence, Books, Consciousness, Elon Musk, Neuralink, Optimus, SpaceX, Strategy, Success, Tesla, X.com
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A Christmas Poem
I have a list of folks I know,all written in a book And every year when Christmas comes,I go and take a look, And that is when I realize that these names are a part Not of the book they … Continue reading
October
Books litter the bed,leaves the lawn. Itlightly rains. Fall hascome: unpatterned, inthe shedding leaves. The maples ripen. Applescome home crisp in bags.This pear tastes good.It rains lightly on therandom leaf patterns. The nimbus is spreadabove our island. Rainlightly patters on … Continue reading
