Part II of the #LokaLekha blog on the recent destruction of idols. Part I: https://hareraama.in/blog/lokalekha/lenin-statue-before-we-question-the-demolition-shouldnt-we-question-its-installation/ When an idol of Lenin was razed to the ground in Tripura, some leftist intellectuals cried as though the entire world has been razed!… Continue Reading →
Churning has to go on till ambrosia comes out; that ambrosia will be the result of churning is a foregone conclusion! Though the gracious soul who can grant the boon of an offspring to Dasharatha was in front of… Continue Reading →
King Romapada beamed with the glow of Sun from the high throne in the august court. Other befitting seats were occupied by highly intellectual philanthropists, scholars and warriors. Like a calf which recognizes and approaches its mother cow among a… Continue Reading →
Bharat has been witness for centuries to the demolition of idols amidst the cry of ‘Alla Ho Akbar’; but demolition of a statue amidst the cry of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ is very new to it. Arguably this never before… Continue Reading →
Barring the sorrow of childlessness there is no one as blessed as Dasharatha on other things! The race in which he was born was the Race of Light, The Sun Dynasty; his country was beaming with pearls and persons who… Continue Reading →
That was November 12, 2004; entire nation was soaking in Deepavali light. But, on the same morning a news struck like a thunderbolt! Seer of Kanchi~Kamakoti Peetham SriSri Jayendra Sarawati Swamiji was arrested!! For once we thought, ‘it will not… Continue Reading →
