If I ask you today what shaped you? Your most instinctive answer would be ‘my past’. In short, our present individual life is determined by our past history. Very similarly, the human society with all its manifestations in terms of polity, culture, economy, science is a product of our past. We are forever shaped byContinue reading “Historiography, an art or agenda?”
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Victory over Death from Sex to Consciousness
Om Trayambakam Yajamahe sugandhim pushtivardhanam, Urvarukamiva bandhanan, mrityurmukshiya mamritat; The above is the Maha Mrityunjaye Mantra. It is made up of 3 words Maha – ‘Great’, Mrityu – ‘Death’, Jaye – ‘Victory’, thus meaning The Great Victory over Death. This is one of the most powerful mantras chanted in India to worship Lord Shiva whoContinue reading “Victory over Death from Sex to Consciousness”