According to Advaita Vedanta, there is a beginning-less and endless cycle of creation, maintenance and dissolution or resolution, called ‘srishti’, ‘sthiti’, and ‘laya’. This is indeed fascinating as it strongly complies with the concept of matter converting into energy and back. Continue reading
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The real meaning of Yoga…
Yoga is one of the most important of the five techniques contained in Ayush. Yoga is not a fitness technique. It is a lifestyle. It is disheartening to see Yoga as a multi-billion dollar business today. Yoga, today is misinterpreted as sitting in difficult postures and performing difficult exercises. Yoga is much more than that. Continue reading
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The man who corrected Aryabhatta
Vatasseri Paramesvara (1380–1460) was a mathematician and astronomer of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. He proposed several corrections to the astronomical parameters which had been in use since the times of Aryabhatta! He was a genius of observational astronomy and spent more than 55 years of his life just observing happenings in the sky. Continue reading
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Low cost transportation and irrigation in Indian villages
Irrigation had developed in the Harappan Civilization by around 4500 BCE. Sugarcane is believed to have originated from India and parts of New Guinea at around the same time. India has given the world its sweetness. Naveen and Rakesh recently presented a seminar on the local technologies used in transportation and irrigation used in their villages. Continue reading
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Kuch meetha ho jaaye?
Justin Jacob spoke about the nutritional value of jaggery and its health benefits. He explained the various methods of jaggery production practised in different parts of India, and the cultural significance of jaggery. He had done some exhaustive research in the field, and presented a seminar on the same. Watch the video below- Continue reading
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 