Tattva

History, ecology are at stake

From The Pioneer Edit Desk on June 12th

When the Taliban destroyed the Bamiyan statues, the world reacted with shocked horror at this act of barbarism. What the UPA Government in India proposes to do to Ram Setu, also known as Adam’s Bridge, is no less horrifying. As may be recalled, the Setusamudram Ship Channel Project aims to create a navigable sea route, between the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, by slicing the Ram Setu in order to reduce the sailing distance between India’s coasts. Read the rest of this entry »

Sanskrit is oldest language in the world which has retained its structure and vocabulary in the pristine form. Sanskrit is very much a spoken language today and it is spoken by an increasing number of people. Below is the fifth lesson in Spoken Sanskrit.

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New Delhi, June 21 (IANS):

The ancient Indian manuscripts including the Rig Veda – have now been selected for inscription in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, 2007. While the Rig Veda has been selected from Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, other Indian nominations include the IAS Tamil Medic Manuscript Collection (1997), Archives of the Dutch East India Company (2003), a Dutch nomination, and the Saiva Manuscripts in Pondicherry (2005).

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Sambhaji Raje Bhonsle (May 14, 1657 – March 11, 1689) was the eldest son of Chhatrapati Shivaji – founder of the Maratha Empire, and succeeded him as the Chhatrapati i.e. a Maratha Emperor, after Shivaji Maharaj’s death in 1680. Sambhaji Raje was born in a crucial phase of Hindu history and in spite of his gigantic sacrifice for saving the Hindu Dharma; he is relatively unknown compared to his father. As we celebrated his 350^th birthday this May, this article is a small Shradhanjali (tribute) to the memories of this great warrior-ruler.

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