Wealth. Gold. Ornaments. Jewellery. Fineries. Possessions. Sweets. Lights. Crackers. Festivities. Joy. Raptures. Celebration. Gifts. Presents. Return gifts. Sharing. Caring. Expressions ⁃ the whole of Festival of Lights can be essayed through these catchwords.
With time, Modi government is bound to make mistakes too. But I know that Modi’s intentions are 100% honest. A man, having honest intention, succeeds even if he adopts wrong methods. A man, having dishonest intentions, never succeeds.
Yudhishtir was a wise & noble king. He made trade route safe & comfortable right from Gandhar to Indraprastha. He got trees planted along the route & made many dharmshaals(Inns) for their stay. (The same trade route was repaired by Ashoka & extended up to Bangal.) Thus Yudhistir became darling to these traders & Indrapartha earn so much tax from them that the general public had to pay nothing.
A long ago, say 5000-6000 years ago, Delhi had no civilized society. It was full of dense forest where lived outlaws driven out by mighty Hastinapur kingdom. It was full of dangerous animals & poisonous snakes lead by Takshak, the Naga Headman. Delhi side had a ridge, a branch of Alavali hills, known as Bhojla Pahadi which was safe abode for western traders going to Hastinapur, Magadh and other kingdoms during monsoon period. These traders used to enter India & reach Delhi Yamuna bank before monsoon starts in Northern India after crossing five might rivers in north. In monsoon, Yamuna used to have so much water that it was impossible to cross it, so they used to rest here during rainy season and cross Yanuma by boat when her water used to recede. But during their stay at Bhojla Pahadi, local outlaws used to attack them thus looting & killing them more often than not. There was no one to provide them safety. In this back drop, story of Indraprastha starts.
Value The Relationship Author: Ak Srivastava (To check author’s profile, click here) “Mata Ram Matpita Ramchandram,Swami Ram Matsakha Ramchandra” (An extract from Sri Ram Raksha Stotram by Budh Kaushik) The above stanza from Sri Ram Raksha Stotra is heat and soul of a devotee who binds himself with Lord Ram and matures his devotion to […]
Na Me Bhaktah Pranasyati ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Author: A.K. Srivastava (Twitter account @aksrivastava232) is Senior Advocate in Supreme Court of India, New Delhi where he is practicing since last 40 yrs. He had been Advocate General of Govt. of Sikkim & was Hon.Secretary of Supreme Court Bar Association for two years(1991-92,1992-93). He writes at http://ak-srivastava.blogspot.in & has agreed to post his articles here […]
Moving & inspiring Story of A Paper Boy Shiva Kumar who defied all odds of poverty, lack of facilities & rose at success ladder & cracked CAT and earned his seat in IIM-Calcutta.
Story of Tangawala is story of Swami Vivekanand & his parental guidance to him which made him Tangawal like Krishna. Moral of this incident is Parents should create a path for children dream.