Author Archives: Debasis Nayak

REMEMBERING RAJ KAPOOR

Raj Kapoor (born Shrishti Nath Kapoor;14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988) was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Indian cinema. He is widely regarded as the greatest showman in the history of Indian cinema and entertainment. He received multiple accolades, including three National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India. TheContinue reading “REMEMBERING RAJ KAPOOR”

THE RIGHT WAY OF CHARITY

GITA WISDOM # 48 दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे।देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम्‌॥ दान देना ही कर्तव्य है- ऐसे भाव से जो दान देश तथा काल (जिस देश-काल में जिस वस्तु का अभाव हो, वही देश-काल, उस वस्तु द्वारा प्राणियों की सेवा करने के लिए योग्य समझा जाता है।) और पात्र के (भूखे, अनाथ,Continue reading “THE RIGHT WAY OF CHARITY”

LEARNING BIRDS # 04

The hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), or hyacinthine macaw, is a parrot native to central and eastern South America. With a length (from the top of its head to the tip of its long pointed tail) of about one meter it is longer than any other species of parrot. It is the largest macaw and theContinue reading “LEARNING BIRDS # 04”

NEGATIVE SPIRITUALITY

GITA WISDOM # 47 मूढग्राहेणात्मनो यत्पीडया क्रियते तपः।परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा तत्तामसमुदाहृतम्‌॥ जो तप मूढ़तापूर्वक हठ से, मन, वाणी और शरीर की पीड़ा के सहित अथवा दूसरे का अनिष्ट करने के लिए किया जाता है- वह तप तामस कहा गया है ॥19॥ Obstinate spirituality that hurts body and mind as well as causes harm to others isContinue reading “NEGATIVE SPIRITUALITY”

FREEDOM UNDER SIEGE

Originally posted on Creating Heaven On Earth:
I’ve been thinking about freedom a lot. If you have your eyes open and ears as well, you will know that what is transpiring right now not only in America but globally, has nothing to do with a virus. It has however, everything to do with a totalitarian…

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature on 10 December 1913 Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali poet, writer, composer, philosopher and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the “profoundly sensitive, freshContinue reading “RABINDRANATH TAGORE”