Oldest Living (Continuously Inhabited) City of the World

Posted by Gurudev on Sep 29, 2011 in Culture, Featured | 15 comments

A Search for the World’s Oldest Living City based on the Scientific Dating of Ramayana

List of English Words derived from Sanskrit via Latin Greek Persian

Posted by Gurudev on Dec 29, 2009 in Culture | 72 comments

List of English words derived from Sanskrit.

The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either…

Women’s Day Special

Posted by Gurudev on Mar 8, 2008 in Culture | 7 comments

One in every two people on this planet is a woman. Happy Women’s Day to all No, this blog post is not yet another discussion about feminism or about the rights of women. There is nothing to discuss or debate about it. Men, their rights, nothing more. Women, their rights, nothing less. Happy women’s day [...]

Happy Makara Sankranti – Belated Uttarayana

Posted by Gurudev on Jan 15, 2008 in Culture | 6 comments

The science and astronomy behind the celebrations of Makara Sankranti (Sun entering Capricorn) and Utttarayana (Winter Solstice).

Blast with a difference

Posted by Gurudev on Nov 10, 2007 in Culture | 11 comments

I was riding my bike down the street on a late evening. Vrooom! Two missiles flew by! There were bombs set off all around.. Right in front of me two big ones went off. Could hear Bofors guns firing continuously in the next street.. As I continued to ride, I had to zig zag to [...]

Celebrating the Spirit of India

Posted by Gurudev on Aug 15, 2007 in Culture | 9 comments

The story of India is not a story of a nation which is just 60 years young. The story of India is a history of an ancient civilization thousands of years young. In fact, the only ancient civilization in the world whose ancient culture and science still exists and thrives in the world. The World’s [...]

Incredibly Incredible India

Posted by Gurudev on Jun 18, 2007 in Culture | 0 comments

Incredibly Incredible India – A land that every human on this planet desires to see at least once in his/her life time. And below here is a lot more India, A great culture..