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Govinda

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Since yesterday was Janmashtami, I wanted to write a post on Krishna, one of the incarnations of Vishnu.
During the festival of Janmashtami, families often have traditions of making butter for Krishna or singing bhajans and praying to Him. As a common tradition in the southern region of India, on the eve of Janmashtami, little footsteps [...]

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Learning from Karna

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Earlier today, I was just reading through some parts of Kamala Subramaniam’s rendition of the Mahabharata. As I read about Karna’s life and his lifelong struggle to prove himself to everyone, my heart went out to him. Throughout his life, Karna was, at many times, cursed and ill-treated because of Kunti’s decision to give him [...]

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Lying and the Mahabharata

Thursday, April 23, 2009

It’s funny how sometimes, we are put into situations where we are forced to reevaluate our morals, and it is often interesting to see how we work to uphold our sense of morality. As with many of our other morals, many of us were taught from a young age that lying is wrong. But, [...]

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