Ravan had abducted Sita and held her captive in Ashok Vatika, a royal garden of Ashok trees in Lanka. Ram-Lakshman, pursuing Ravan’s trail, arrived at Mount Rishyamook. They had prior knowledge that the monkey chief,…
Harsha Kakkar Last weekend, the US House of Representatives passed a bill termed as the ‘Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act’ which seeks to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC). The bill proposes to freeze property assets…
Vishnu-avatar Ram had set the ball rolling. Ravan gloated over his success in Sita’s abduction, while Lord Ram, in His garb of a human being,suffered like any other man the pain of the loss of…
Ram had killed Khar, Dooshan and fourteen thousand Rakshas warriors with them in the battle of Dandkaranya. There still survived, however, one prominent Rakshas by the name of Akampan. He was Ravan’s maternal uncle. As…
Harsha Kakar The Indian foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, recently visited Bangladesh and apart from meeting his counterpart, Mohammad Touhid Hossain, also met the head of the interim Government, Mohammad Yunus. As per the MEA readout,…
Ram, Lakshman and Sita lived a blissful life in their Parnkuti. One day, when Ram and Lakshman were busy talking, Ravan’s sister, Rakshasi Shroopnakha, came there all of a sudden. She gawped at Ram’s celestial…
Maha Muni Agastya was known for his mystical powers, as borne out by his very name – one who can stun Ag (Sanskrit for mountain) – see Balmiki Ramayan/Aranya Kand/Canto 11(lxxi) and the footnote to…
K N Pandita Indian media has reported that the Defence Ministry has moved an anti-drone missile system close to the Bangladesh border when, from the other side, Turkey-made deadly Bayraktar TB2 drones are lined up.…
Harsha Kakar Since the overthrow of the Sheikh Hasina regime by violent student led protests and the installation of the Yunus interim government, the Bangladesh economy is moving downhill as also violence against minorities is…
Bharat consented to accept the responsibilities as the raja of Koshala kingdom during Ram’s 14-year banishment. But he did so reluctantly. The prince did not feel up to ascending the Ayodhya throne. It was like…
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