Life's short.. Be yourself!
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…
Moropant (मोरेश्वर रामजी पराडकर) was a very prominent Marathi poet of 17th century. He is considered the last pandit of Marathi poetry. He was also popularly known as Mayur Pandit. He had mastery over Arya vrutta (metre) and Pruthvi chhand. His poetry in Arya vrutta is so popular that, they are known as मोरोपंतांच्या आर्या i.e. Moropant’s Arya’s “Rathachakra Udharu De..” is one…
In Mahabharata, during the war of Kurukshetra Kaurava’s had many commanders in chief till the end. Normally we know about Bhishma, Dronacharya, Shalya etc but there was also a commander in chief who was a mighty warrior riding his almost undefeatable elephant. He was Bhagadatta. Bhagadatta was the King of Pragjyotisha kingdom (situated near north…
हे जरी खरं असलं तरी माझं भावनाकाहूर मन? ते त्याच्या प्रश्नांना उत्तरं मागत असतं. अशा वेळी माणसाला हे जाहीर करावं लागत की तो नास्तिक नाही! एकदा आस्तिक झालं की सगळं देवावर सोपवायला मोकळीक मिळून जाते. तरीही काही झाडे वादळाला झुंजायला तयार होतात, उभी राहतात. काही झाडांच्या फांद्या तुटतात, काहींची फुले वाहून जातात तरीही झाडं उभी…