For the past few months, we have been familiarising ourselves with the major characters of the Ramayan and the Ramcharitmanas. Now, from this issue on, we will be delving into the Ramkatha and look for…
Maj Gen S K Sharma (Retd) J&K was a very powerful Dogra State ruled by a Dogra king till 1947 with Dogri as its official language. But when it joined Indian Union and Sheikh Abdullah…
K N Pandita Today is the 9th August 2024. Seventy-one years ago, on this day of 1953, something big happened in Kashmir which gave a completely new direction to the history of our State and…
Ahalya, or Ahilya, is one of the ‘panchkanya’ – five maidens (the other four being Draupadi, Kunti, Tara and Mandodari) – that have been held in reverence for their femininity since time immemorial. Ahalya’s legend…
Harsha Kakar In his address to the US Congress last week, Israeli President, Benjamin Netanyahu, mentioned, ‘In the Middle East, Iran’s axis of terror confronts America, Israel and our Arab friends. This is not a…
Raja Sagar’s tale appears only in the Balmiki Ramayan (Balkand, Cantos 38-44), and not in the Ramcharitmanas. Brahmrishi Vishvamitra was on the way to Mithila along with the Ayodhya princes, Ram and Lakshman. It was…
Harsha Kakar The third edition of UN international conference on Afghanistan was held in Doha at the end of last month. It was attended by 25 nations, including India, as also a five-member Taliban Government…
Vishvamitra, son of King Gadhi, was a Rajrishi and one of the seven Brahmrishis of the ancient India. Reputedly, he wrote most of the Mandala 3 of the Rigveda and authored the Gayatri Mantra. Vishvamitra…
We know how deeply indebted Sant Tulsidas felt to Rishi Balmiki in composing Ramcharitmanas (‘Recalling Ram’, DE, 28 April, 2024). His contemporaries, such as Guru Nabhadas (1537-1643), even believed that he was Balmiki reborn. The…
Harsha Kakar Pakistan recently announced the launch of a new military operation ‘Azm-e-Istehkam,’ or ‘Resolve for Stability.’ This is intended to counter ‘domestic security threats’ as also increased attacks by freedom fighters (whom Pakistan terms…
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