Desire for a learned daughter in 800-600 BCE, the time when Brihadaranyaka Upanishad was written.
By that time Aryans had assimilated with indigenous people.
Today, Indian daughters are consistently doing better in school examinations than the boys. Hormones disturb the boys at that age.;)
Recently, a Jain, Bhavesh Bhandari, and his wife accepted the tough Jain monkship together donating a considerable amount of money (approximately USD 24 million). They would not be together, and will move constantly apart from one another...
India goes to a 7 phase poll starting April 19 to June 1 when 970 million people are eligible to vote for 543 parliamentary seats.
Tomorrow's exercise will cover 102 seats in 21 states.
Few days to go for the National Election and fate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which seems to be shining brighter and brighter each day.
India today:
This is a Nikkei, Japan map and is not up-to-date. Let me tell you the current situation.
Punjab (13) and Himchal Pradesh (4) are not with...
Feedback, was not sure where to place it. Mods welcome to place it wherever appropriate:
To enter a site, I have to first click 'log in'. Then, forums gives a name to choose from the site (it already knows that I am Aupmanyav). I click that. It knows my password. Gives me the option if I want...
Now that Sayak83 has written an article, I think Salix also has written one, so why should I lag behind. So, here is one on the fifth verse of the six verses of Shankaracharya's 'Nirvana Shatakam / Atma Shatakam' with I translate as 'Six verses to Nirvana / Enlightenment'. Hindus and others tend...
Gyanvapi built on temple as per ASI survey report, claims Hindu side lawyer
The Archeology Survey of India report has not yet been released to public.
Gyanvapi built on temple as per ASI survey report, claims Hindu side lawyer
It is clear even to a blind person.
Janakpur in Nepal is (supposed to be) the home of the parents of Mother Sita, King Janak and Queen Sunayana (she was the adoptive mother of Mother Sita).
It is customary that gifts are sent to the son-in-law from the people of the bride's house on happy occasions.
"Over 3,000 gifts from...
there seems to be a change in the design of the ayodhya mosque. they have not selected the ultra modern design and have voted for a traditional design. however,it will be the largest mosque in india. it will have the world's largest quran in the world, something like 22' x 38', and the first...
as perhaps you know the story of the wooden sandal of lord rama is a major story of ramayana. rama was beginning his fourteen years of exile, his younger brother, bharat had come to ayodhya at the death of his father and had refused the crown. so, bharat goes to coax rama to come back and assume...
egg-shaped stones found by farmers in dhar district of madhya pradesh and worshiped as family deities as 'kakar bhairav' (shiva of the land) were found to be tyrannosaur eggs by archaelogists...
how come so many non-indians do not like modi's policies and the indians as a whole vote again and again for him? let us discuss the indian prime minister's policies. has his policies ever differentiated between the majority hindus and minority communities (muslims 200 million, christians 33...
the supreme court of india upholds indian government's aug. 5, 2019 abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution which gave special status to jammu and kashmir. the supreme court was hearing 18 petitions against it. the verdict was given unanimously by five senior most judges of the supreme...
modi's party bjp has retained its hold in one, snatched two convincingly from its main rival, the nehru-gandhi dynastic party inc, did better in the fourth where it was not a contender for power.:
state: bjp/inc
madhya pradesh: 162/65, rajasthan: 111/71, chhattisgarh: 54/35. telangana: now...
After Navaratri, Karva Chauth, Dhan Teras, Diwali, Annakoot/Govardhan, Bhaiyya Dooj; it is Chhath, again; the most important of the Central India festivals. This includes a 36-hour fast without food or water for welfare of the family and worship of the Sun God, and Chhathi Maiyya (The Mother of...
India conducted its first 'Gaganyan' (Sky Vehicle) test which lasted 8.8 minutes. It involved a single phase liquid fuel rocket to launch a crew module. The flight went 11.7 km up when the abort procedure was initiated as planned. The crew module splashed down in sea about 10 km from the launch...
@mlechh, this is where we can have an unhindered same-faith civil discussion (if you are a Hindu). The other place is General Religious debates. If you think, moving the thread to that forum will be better, then we can request the Mods to transfer the thread to that forum.
I do not include the...
Many people get confused between Rudra and Shiva and so too with Vishnu and Krishna.
Rudra and Vishnu are not indigenous deities. They were deities of the Indo-Aryans; while Shiva and Rama or Krishna are indigenous deities. They are not mentioned in RigVeda, though they might have been mentioned...