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Adi Shankara

Tiwari Abhishek — Tue, 21 May 2024 10:58:25 +0000

Under attack from a deadly crocodile, the 12-year-old boy decided the time was ripe to wrest a favor from his distraught mother. Amazingly fearless yet dutiful, scholarly yet humble, young Shankara packed several lifetimes into his 32 brilliant years. He travelled and toiled, suffered joys and sorrows and eventually perfected a philosophical system that, more than a thousand years later, still instructs and guides seekers of the ultimate Truth.

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Agastya

Tiwari Abhishek — Tue, 21 May 2024 12:10:45 +0000

He outwitted the Vindhya mountain when, in its pride, it tried to obstruct the natural path of the sun. He drank all the waters of the ocean to expose the wicked Kalkeyas, who hid there after challenging the Gods to battle. Agastya is the most well-known among the Saptarshi. His stories are found not just in the Vedas but are scattered through the Brahmanas and the Puranas as well. These stories are known not only in India but are also a part of S.E. Asian mythology.

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Aruni and Uttanka

K J — Wed, 22 May 2024 07:46:43 +0000

Aruni was willing to give up his life for his Guru, Uttanka cast aside his dreams for his teacher. Young or old, their devotion and obedience were almost superhuman. Luckily, as described in the Mahabharata, the gods looked kindly on them. After all, these young men had earned the right to happiness.

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Ayyappan

Tiwari Abhishek — Tue, 21 May 2024 11:30:53 +0000

With Shiva and Vishnu as parents, a child's life is bound to be unusual. Ayyappan's courage is unlimited and his wisdom unmatched. Vicious tigresses fall under his spell just as avenging demons succumb to his divine strength. Only power-crazed human beings are foolish enough to try to destroy this extraordinary lad. But, as he ascends to his rightful place as the god of Shabarimala, the glow of Ayyappan's compassion makes even earthly riches lose their glitter.

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Babasaheb Ambedkar

Tiwari Abhishek — Tue, 21 May 2024 11:32:27 +0000

He was from a respectable family, well-educated and a lawyer, yet many Indians thought of him as 'untouchable'. It was up to B.R. Ambedkar to teach his 'depressed' community to fight the injustices that it faced each day. Hard working and wise, he became the icon of the underprivileged. History, however, will remember him as the architect of India's Constitution.

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Baladitya And Yashodharma

K J — Tue, 21 May 2024 14:11:48 +0000

In the 5th century AD the Hunas of Gandhara or modern Afghanistan had their eyes trained on the rich kingdoms of India. Toramana, the leader of the Hunas and after him his son, Mihirakula, were determined to conquer the prosperous kingdom of Magadha. But they had a formidable rival in its ruler, Narasimha Gupta Baladitya and when the Hunas turned their eyes on Malwa it was King Yashodharma who fought them off.

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Bhagat Singh

Tiwari Abhishek — Tue, 21 May 2024 10:59:58 +0000

Bhagat Singh sang gustily as he walked to the gallows. Backed by a courageous family, this twenty-three-year-old firebrand was wedded to death. A free India was his heaven and the martyrs of the freedom struggle were his gods. Using disguise and guile, persuasion and force, his life was a roller-coaster ride through an unjust system. But eventually, he awakened India and the world to the idea of liberty and brought the mighty British Raj to its knees.

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Birbal The Just

K J — Wed, 22 May 2024 10:02:21 +0000

Rogues and scoundrels were forced to tread carefully, even the exalted emperor was not spared when he erred, for Birbal, Akbar's able minister, was at hand to dispense justice. His methods might have been unorthodox, he once summoned a tree as the key witness in a case but he never failed to get the desired results.

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Bird Stories

K J — Wed, 22 May 2024 08:06:59 +0000

The heroes of these tales value their friends, their families and their honor. They are brave and selfless. Though each one of them is a bird they are almost always exceptionally wise, at times cunning and often blessed with a sense of humor, just the sort of role models people need to survive the workaday world.

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Chandrahasa

K J — Wed, 22 May 2024 08:01:05 +0000

The 'Jamini Bharata' is attributed to a disciple of Vyasa, Jaimini, who is also said to be the founder of the Purvamimamsa philosophy. The book is a treasure house of stories of the devotees of Lord Vishnu. Through each story the author seeks to prove that God does not forsake him who has implicit faith. The repeated attempts on the life of innocent Chandrahasa not only failed to materialize but also finally boomeranged on the villain himself because of Chandrahasa's implicit faith in the Lord.

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