Columnist-M.S.Shanker

Irony of Two Democracies

Democracy is the word both India and the United States love to brandish. Yet, while one lives and breathes it in all its messy, vibrant glory, the other often reduces it to a mask hiding the concentration of power. India, for all its imperfections, remains the largest and most participatory democracy on earth. America, despite…

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Jyeshta Gauri Temple- Kashi

Today is Jyeshta Gauri Pooja/Vrata The Jyeshta Gauri Temple is located at Sapt Sagar Mohalla near Maidagin, Varanasi. It is one among the nine sacred Gauri temples of Kashi. Jyeshta Gauri is sometimes identified with Mahalakshmi in certain regions of India. It is believed that if an unfortunate girl visits the Jyeshta Gauri Temple and…

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