U Lakshamana Rao. तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय । असतो मा सद्गमय । मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय ॥ ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ Lead me from darkness to light, from ignorance to wisdom, from falsehood to truth, and from mortality towards immortality. Deepavali, the magnificent festival of lights, is one of the most profound expressions of India’s ancient…
Glorious Times of Andhra Patrika – Reminiscences: 3 P.A. Rama Rao Joining the Hyderabad branch office of Andhra Patrika as a Teleprinter Operator, following an unexpected job offer, changed the course of my life. Until then, my ambition was to secure a government job. But my association with Andhra Patrika transformed that goal and inspired…
There appears to be a curious political fantasy among sections of the Congress-led Opposition: that if Narendra Modi is sufficiently provoked, cornered, personally attacked, and subjected to relentless street agitation, he might eventually lose his patience and take the country back to the dark days of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in June 1975….
Rahul Gandhi is at it again. Having apparently exhausted his repertoire of political theatrics, the Leader of the Opposition (Loo) has thrown yet another dramatic challenge at Prime Minister Narendra Modi: an open debate, on any platform, at any time. He even claims he can establish within five minutes that the prime minister is a…
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There is growing concern that excessive reliance on LLM-based AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and others in knowledge-based professions may reduce active engagement in critical thinking, independent analysis, creativity, and learning. As the language component of the broader AI ecosystem, these models are rapidly transforming the way we work and learn by personalising…
Bheema Sena (conclusion) This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Let’s continue to ponder over this really amazing Avataara of Shree Mukhya Praana Devata, namely Bheema Sena. Slaying Dushaasana So far… we’ve gone over several super-galactic accomplishments of…
Mantra 15 तद्ये ह वै तत् प्रजापतिव्रतं चरन्ति ते मिथुनमुत्पादयन्ते । तेषामेवैष ब्रह्मलोको येषां तपो ब्रह्मचर्यं येषु सत्यं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १.१५॥ tadye ha vai tat prajāpativrataṃ caranti te mithunamutpādayante . teṣāmevaiṣa brahmaloko yeṣāṃ tapo brahmacaryaṃ yeṣu satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .. 1.15.. Thus, those who observe the vow of Prajapati produce a pair. For them alone is…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula Among the profound hymns of the Rigveda, the inspired seer Vāmadeva raises his voice in the majestic Triṣṭubh Chandas, where the individual soul merges with the universal consciousness. His prayer is not merely an invocation to the gods but a declaration of the awakened Self that recognizes its unity with the cosmic order….
Vaishampayana said to Janamejaya, “O King, when Sanjaya narrated the fall of Duryodhana after the destruction of his brothers and allies, Dhritarashtra was overwhelmed by a grief too deep for words. Suppressing his pride, he asked in anguish, ‘Holding only his mace, where has my son gone on foot? Has any emperor, who once commanded…
