Namaste, In the 4th canto of Bhagavata Purana, there is the story of Daksha Prajapati. Once there was a great sacrifice taking place and all important devatas and brahmanas had gathered there. When the effulgent Daksha entered the sacrificial arena, the entire assembly was illuminated. Influenced by his bodily lustre, as a mark of respect, everyone stood up except Lord Shiva. Daksha felt offended by Shiva and enraged by this...Read More
Namaste, In today’s day and age where our markets force us to jump brands and not stay long with one, where our education teaches us to skim the subject and not go deep, where our virtual social presence makes us be someone who we are not, it is not surprising, increasingly man is loosing connections with nature, family, country, environment and with oneself. The irony is on one hand we...Read More
Namaste, One of the most important method integral to Bhartiya shiksha is samvad between acharya and shishya. The seed to any samvad is a question asked in humility, learning as the objective. त दि दि प णि पातेन प रि पशेन सेवया ।उपदेक नि तेजानं जा नि नसतद रशि नः ॥(Bhagavad Gita 4.34) Bhagavad Gita, Puranas and Upanishads are all based on the principle of samvad. Just around the time...Read More
Dear Abhibhavakas, I remember in mid-80’s we used to book a trunk call to talk to a relative staying in a different city which was replaced by a direct call on the large telephone set installed in our house. In early 2000, we moved to mobile phones on which having an integrated radio/FM was a feature worth tens of thousands of rupees; but today’s smartphones practically have all the gadgets...Read More
Namaste, It has been 4 years since we began the journey of Vidyakshetra. Current holidays and the lockdown has given me some good time to reflect a little as to why we started Vidyakshetra and the principles on which we want it to run. Here is my background and a brief story of how Vidyakshetra was born- I hail from a middle-class joint family where seven of us lived together-...Read More
