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Hijra – the third gender in India

March 9, 2023March 20, 2023 Maya

Hijra is one of the castes in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, which includes representatives of the “third sex”: a community of transgender people, bisexuals, homosexuals, and eunuchs. They dress and behave like women, call themselves a female name. The number of Hijra varies according to different estimates from 50 thousand to 5 million. But traveling in India and meeting men... Read More

Mahabharata: Karna’s Last Test

March 2, 2023March 20, 2023 Maya

The Mahabharat is one of the two major epics in Sanskrit of ancient India. It contains over one lakh couplets and is thrice as long as the Bible. However, only a fraction of the narration deals with the main story with the rest containing additional myths and teachings. It clearly states: “what is found here may be found elsewhere but what... Read More

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Ranjana from Nepal, one-hand winner

February 23, 2023February 28, 2023 Maya

“I am Ranjana Dhami. I’m 27 years old. Originally my family comes from Nijgadh Bara in south-eastern Nepal. My family belongs to the Tharu community, which is indigenous to the Terai area of Nepal. Terai is the plain territory of south Nepal. The tradition of my family is farming, but because of the hard situation of the Nepal economy, my... Read More

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Mahatma Gandhi: South Africa

February 16, 2023February 22, 2023 Maya

Gandhi arrived in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) in 1893 to serve as legal counsel to a merchant Dada Abdulla. In June, Dada Abdulla asked him to undertake a rail trip to Pretoria, Transvaal, a journey which first took Gandhi to Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Hard Experience There, Gandhi was seated in the first-class compartment, as he had purchased a first-class ticket. A White... Read More

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Mahabharata: How Udupi fed the Kurukshetra warriors

February 9, 2023February 2, 2023 Maya

The Mahabharat is one of the two major epics in Sanskrit of ancient India. It contains over one lakh couplets and is thrice as long as the Bible. However, only a fraction of the narration actually deals with the main story with the rest containing additional myths and teachings. It clearly states: “what is found here may be found elsewhere... Read More

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Why is Krishna blue

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Maya

Blue is the color of all-inclusiveness. You will see in the existence, anything that is vast and beyond your perception generally tends to be blue, whether it is the ocean or the sky. Anything which is larger than your perception tends to be blue because blue is the basis of all-inclusiveness. It is based on this that so many gods... Read More

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Mahatma Gandhi: Education

January 26, 2023February 2, 2023 Maya

The most extraordinary person from India, Mahatma Gandhi. About education. Before leave Gandhi came from a poor family, and he had to chose one of the cheapest college he could afford. Mavji Dave Joshiji, a Brahmin priest and family friend, advised Gandhi and his family that he should consider law studies in London. In July 1888, his wife Kasturba gave... Read More

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Mahabharata: Story of body and matter

January 19, 2023February 2, 2023 Maya

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Here is one of the stories telling about the true view of the human body. ‘There was once an extremely beautiful young woman, everybody fell in love with her, as soon they saw her. One king, in particular, wanted her very badly and he was hypnotized by... Read More

Food recipes

Bhaji Aloo Parwal – Vegetables with potato and parwal

January 12, 2023February 2, 2023 Maya

Today I have another recipe from the Indian cuisine. The dish is well know in Orissa. It uses the vegetable that is similar to cucumber. But it’s small in size and is orange inside. Its seeds are totally not like cucumber’s as they are big and round. After good frying they are crunchy. And it’s not juicy inside. Parwal goes very... Read More

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Mahatma Gandhi: Childhood

January 5, 2023January 11, 2023 Maya

While learning about Mahatma Gandhi, I found this and it’s really great. I leave this piece of work here to pass on… “In a small, white-washed house in Porbandar, on the coast of Kathiawad in western India, Mohandas Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869. His parents were Karamchand Gandhi and Putlibai. He was small and dark, and looked no... Read More