Category: Folklore and philosophy
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The caste system in India
Disclaimer; this article uses images and slides that are other’s views and not mine. They reflect the general sentiment of social phenomena from widely varying sources, well informed as well as ill informed. Its also a general tendency in the west to denigrate others culture, to showcase a superiority of one’s own. I have eg…
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Nirvana !
Why I think religion is a subversion of science ? — And look at the wording; subverted, subversion: another version, ha. — A deliberate attempt, I would say, although over such a time, that, you wouldn’t notice it. Lets talk Nirvana — which is a hyper-anointed word for mukti or freedom. Here is the hindu…
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10-incarnations [da-s-avatara] in Sanskrut and Japanese
Note how close the 10-incarnations of Bishnu = Narayana= Nara, are in Indian and Japanese. they retain at-least one monosyllable or more, which could mean the 10-incarnation system was developed much later and is a compilation from philosiphical and mythical school of thoughts prevalent up until now, but thesame linguistic system existed much before. I…
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The meaning of kyo mizu dera, sanjiyusangendou, narashi, Kinkakuji
In India in today’s time you can say the far fetched lands of “anciency”: actually to be found in Kyoto city of Japan. Holy and enticingly beautiful city. I drove around the whole afternoon and by evening reached Nara, which is in fact the 1300 yr old city in Japan, its olden capital for about…