Vyasa’s epic tale becomes more menacing as it moves from Dvapur Yuga to Kali Yuga. Honor has left the stage; warriors don’t face each other by the rules of war; instead, they scheme via proxies and assassins. At one level, you might think that this is a simple re-telling of the tale in a modern …
We will be soon moving into a frenzy of celebrations, the biggest, the largest of all, largest on the whole of the earth so to say — Diwali. Diwali is to welcome Shri Ram back to Ayodhya, at least that’s what we are told. Today I see no such thing. Diwali is broadly speaking a …
After a quick check, I sat back in, and there on my windshield, was a crawling green caterpillar stuck exactly in the center of the driver’s visual sphere. Due to the extra hot weather, no chance I am getting out the second time. I decided to drive on thinking the caterpillar will be blown away …