thought of communicating with her. One of the glaring facts that meets the reader’s eye is the restrain with which the married couple express their love so unlike the demonstrative love that is seen today both in real life and the media. Dialogues Krishna the central character of the novel is an English teacher at the same college he attended as an under graduate student. Krishna’s wife Susila is with her parents‚ some miles away as she had recently given
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Maadhavah Paandavash chaiva divyau shankhau pradadhmatuh // 1.14// 14. Then Maadhavah (Lord Krishna) and Paandava (Arjuna) who were seated in their chariot yoked with white horses with Lord Krishna as the charioteer blew their respective celestial conches. Paanchajanyam Hrisheekesho Devadattam Dhananjayah Paundram dadhmau mahaa-shankham bheema-karmaa Vrikodarah // 1.15// 15. While Hrisheekesha (Krishna) blew His Paanchajanya‚ Dhananjayah (Arjuna) blew his conch Devadatta and Vrikodarah (Bheema-The
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purchased for the entire family which is followed by lighting of oil lamps around the house and bursting firecrackers. The tradition in Kannada families is that all members gather together for the three days celebration. The thirteenth day of the Krishna Paksha is celebrated as "neeru tumbo habba" when the house is cleaned‚ painted afresh and the vessels are washed‚ bedecked and filled with fresh water for the festival. The next day is Naraka Chaturdashi‚ considered very auspicious. People wake up
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A student is a person who devotes himself to the pursuits of Knowledge. As Lord Krishna says‚ Knowledge is itself the reward. True knowledge is available only for an ideal student. Who is an Ideal student? Is the Ideal student the one who pretends to listen the class? Is the Ideal student absents for the school a few times in the year? Is the Ideal student always get top marks? Only the student with some special qualities can be regarded as an Ideal student. Such qualities are Right education
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chauth‚ practiced with great austerity by women of the Hindu faith in devotion to their husbands‚ which are not festivals as such‚ though there may be something of a festive air attached to these occasions. English: Diwali Chakra in Displaly English: Radha celebrating Holi‚ c1788. (digitally... Holi Some festivals are observed throughout the country‚ or in a greater part of it; others‚ such as the famed snake race of Kerala‚ have peculiarly regional associations. Yet others‚ most notably Diwali and
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may have the control over his spirit and he may choose to receive a good karma‚ but his dharma contradicts and requires him to somehow disobey his self. In addition‚ according to Krishna‚ if he will withdraw from action‚ it is thus an act of self-delusion and the renunciation of moral and social responsibility. Krishna said that he [Arjuna] ’…must learn to endure fleeting things- they come and go!" (2nd teaching: 14). He is convincing him to "fight the battle" (2nd: 18) and so if "he has courage
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of all‚let us wish a happy teacher’s day to all our beloved teachers.Let me ask whether you know why we are celebrating teacher’s day?In India‚we are celebrating September 5th as teacher’s day in the fond memories of a great model teacher ’Dr. S. Radha Krishnan ’. Teachers mold the lives that they influence.We all say school is our 2nd home ‚"a home away from home" & we all have a motto "to gain wisdom for future".And so‚teachers are said to be our mothers‚who pave lights into our eyes to see the
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Ganesha is India’s cutest god. He has the head of an elephant on which is perched a dainty tiara. Four podgy hands are joined to a sizeable belly with each hand holding its own symbolic object. One has a trishul‚ or a trident‚ the second‚ an ankush‚ or goad made from his very own broken tooth. The third hand elegantly holds a lotus. The fourth has a rosary (which is sometimes replaced by modaks‚ his favourite sweet) The devotees of Ganesha are known as ’Ganapatyas’‚ and the festival to celebrate
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Lord Krishna speaks not as Krishna the being‚ but as the Super Soul or Paramaatman‚ the Consciousness that is untainted. Every one of us for that matter is the same as the Absolute Soul. The individual Consciousness is like the air inside a pot; whereas the Universal Consciousness is like the all pervading air. The air that is inside the pot takes the shape of the pot. However it is not different from the air out side. Similarly the Soul inside a being is the same as the Universal Soul. But the
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lower castes can reach the grand state of nirvana (Jeste and Vahia 198). Prior to the Bhagavad-Gītā‚ this possibility seemed unachievable to Hindus excluded from the Brahman caste. Numerous teachings are showcased throughout the text in the advice Krishna gives to Arjuna‚ leading Arjuna to the correct decision concerning his dilemma over whether or not to fight his brethren. By following these lessons‚ individuals of the lower class can climb the Hindu social ladder‚ giving followers of Hinduism similar
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