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Kiran Bedi compares PM to Dhritarashtra, Cong hits back

Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Sunday likened Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the blind king Dhritarashtra of the epic Mahabharata to attack him on the issue of corruption, prompting Government to......

An unnecessary Mahabharata over the Ramayana

'Let us rescue history from the leftist high priests of history. In the process, let us also rescue history from the narrow mindset of the political right that has reduced reconstruction of......

Taking the Mahabharata into the digital age

Dr Bulbul Tiwari, a postdoctoral fellow in the humanities at Stanford University, has taken on the onerous task of creating an online, digital, audio-visual encyclopedia of the Mahabharata. On May......

'The Mahabharata's lessons are eternal'

Not many know that well-known mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik is actually a medical doctor. After passing out of Grant Medical College in Mumbai, he worked for 14 years in the healthcare and pharma......

I stood up for colleague: Jaswant on Advani

Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has invoked the battle scene in the Hindu epic Mahabharata to defend his "covering up" for Leader of Opposition L K Advani during the election......

Prime Minister of India: Rishyashringa or Dhritarashtra?

The moral of the story of Rishyashringa is one of the most riveting ones in the epic Mahabharata. One of the several characters that embellish the great epic, Rishyashringa's story provides a......

Why gambling, betting should be legalised in India

Gambling has been a part of our ethos since ancient times. During the Mahabharata period, there is reference to the Pandavas playing the game of dice with Kauravas. Similarly during Diwali,......

What makes entrepreneurs tick? Gurcharan Das finds

In his last bestseller he sought answers to the importance of being good using the epic Mahabharata as a reference point and now author and economist Gurcharan Das sets out to discover success......

Money laundering: Switzerland's envy. India's pride?

Several corporate, including some airlines, software and even consulting companies operate in India with dodgy secretive and multi-layered ownership patterns, writes M R Venkatesh. The Mahabharata......

They earn Rs 5.75 & the tea sells for Rs 25K

Tea grown on the steep slopes of Darjeeling hills, connoisseurs swear, is unlike anywhere else in the world. Epicures use a plethora of adjectives to describe the 'champagne of teas': brisk,......

Mohan Babu to play Ravana in new Ramayana

The rich Indian mythological tradition has inspired many writers and filmmakers, and the epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, have been adapted on the small screen and big, several times. K......

Characters in Rajneeti are drawn from Mahabharata

The cast of Rajneeti descended in Delhi to kick off promotions for the film at the Galaxy Hotel in Gurgaon on Saturday. The presence of Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, Manoj Bajpai, Arjun Rampal,......

Aamir Khan eyes the Mahabharat

After scoring big on Ghajini, Aamir Khan is now focusing his attention on his next venture -- and the Indian epic, Mahabharata, seems to havecaught his eye."Mahabharata is a story that is very......

Now, Mahabharata on Star Plus

After NDTV Imagine's Ramayana, Star Plus is getting ready with an all-new Mahabharata.The new serial will be produced by Bobby Bedi, in association with some of the big namesin entertainment like......

Aamir-SRK in Mahabharat?

Producer Bobby Bedi, who collaborated with Aamir Khan in the big budget Mangal Pandey, missed out on the actor's wedding on December 28 due to a family commitment.But he is already thinking about......

Exclusive: Sidhu on joining the BJP

Bollywood star Suresh Oberoi, television actor Gajendra Chauhan, who played Yudhisthir in the teleserial Mahabharata, and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at......

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Q. If Sreesanth wants to join a political party, who will take him gladly .. Congress or BJP ??
Dharmarajan: A. more

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Q. What was the surname of Uddalaka in Chandogya Upanishad ?
Lalit Mahata: A. All party need ppl. like him if they want to win election anywhere in this world even not US or UK spared. If we need democracy, we ave to be...... more

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Q. In the Mahabharata, Sishupal was the king of .............?
Lalit Mahata: A. Aruni or Uddalaka or Uddalaka Aruni is a great Upanishadic sage. Aruni was one among the disciples of sage Ayodha Dhaumya, along with Upamanyu and...... more

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Q. What makes Love divine?
Piaa: A. MATHURA. more

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Legalise gambling to make it harder to fix matches

Unlike most people back home, I did not wake to the news of Sreesanth and others getting arrested. I was sitting cozily in my hotel room at Los... ...

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Malegalalli Madumagalu brings in the crowds

Undeterred by the summer showers people are thronging Kalagrama (on the Jnanabharathi campus) to watch Malegalalli Madumagalu, which has created... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/malegalalli-madumagalu-brings-in-the-crowds/article4730537.ece

The story people

He widened his eyes, smiled a big smile, played a soulful tune on his mouth organ, and then began to tell stories as children repeated... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/the-story-people/article4727800.ece

The pursuit of disaster

Since time immemorial people have been falling prey to wanton pursuits of desire How do you explain the case of a Railway Board member paying a... ...

http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/spirituality/the-pursuit-of-disaster.html

Sanskrit symphony

Sanskrit. The word fills the mind with sounds and images of the chanting of mantras, the incantations by Vedic scholars during hawans and yajnas,... ...

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