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Jesse Owens: Brief Biography Jesse Owens, born as James Cleveland Owens in Alabama on 12th September 1913. Born as the youngest of ten children in a poor sharecropper family. Sharecropper means a person whom the land owner allows to work in his/her land in return for a share of the crop produced in the land.…
This blog is not a usual tabloid content. I hope to keep this blog precise to the point about “Why building Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is important?”
Nasir, is my best friend but, seldom we go anywhere together keeping bird watching in mind. Usually we meet at coffee shops, his or my house, cinema halls, theatre etc. But, on the eve of 28th Feb 2020 I called Nasir and asked him if can join me for bird watching (birding) at ARAI Hill.…
For any Abhang or Marathi Spiritual Literature lover “Avagha Rang Ek Zala” by Sant Soyarabai, is not new. But, there are very few places where this abhang is explained in simple words. Here in this blog I will try to put forward translation of Abhang, Avagha Rang Ek Zala in simple Hindi and English with…
मनोगत: श्रेष्ठ मराठी संत, संत सोयराबाई का “अवघा रंग एक झाला” यह अभंग पांडुरंग के हर भक्त को ज्ञात है। मैं इस ब्लॉगमें इस अभंग का हिंदी अनुवाद और भावार्थपर टिपण्णी कर रहा हूँ। संत सोयराबाई वारकरी संप्रदाय के बहुत श्रेष्ठ संतोंमेसे एक हैं। वे संत चोखामेळा की पत्नी और शिष्या थी। जातीसे महार (दलित) होने कारण उन्हें और उनके परिवारको…
This is a remarkably interesting story from Garga Samhita. A story which suggested that pride doesn’t suit even the Gods too. The pride of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh was shattered by a Gopika of Goloka dham, the abode of supreme Lord Krishna. The story goes as follows. Once earth went to Lord Brahma in the…
Some people might have heard the name Kichaka but, yet it is not as well-known as other characters of Mahabharata. Kichaka is an important part of the Virata Parva of the epic and the main reason for sabotaging Pandavas Agyatvas (अज्ञातवास). Kichaka or Keechaka means hollow bamboo. The chapter of Kichaka is another chapter in…
Those were the early days of my Bird watching and Bird Photography. It was Google Maps which led me to the Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary. I had done a couple of trips to ARAI Hill and Pashan Lake for Bird Photography by this time. I was looking for a different place nearby where I…
A beautiful experience as mentioned in my previous Blog my hopes and expectations were high. Not in terms of ‘Which rare bird will I be able to shoot?‘ but more like ‘Will I get a different, more peaceful and beautiful experience of nature and surroundings?‘ So on a monsoon Saturday morning, 13th August 2016, I…
It was a damp, gloomy and quiet Sunday. I had rained a lot of previous night. Whenever I am not sure I am going to do on a Sunday morning, I pick up my gear (Canon 70D and Sigma C 150-600mm) and head towards ARAI Hill or Vetal Tekdi near Pune for Bird Photography. It…