Ahilyabai

Ahilyabai Holkar was a vibrant young Hindu girl from a middle-class family who rose to become the ruling queen of Indore within the Maratha kingdom.  She established the city of Maheshwar (currently in Madhya Pradesh) as the seat of the Holkar dynasty.  Born in 1725 in Chondi, Maharashtra, to Marathi Hindu shepherd parents, Ahilyabai’s early […]

Adi Shankaracharya

Shankaracharya was a prodigious child, believed to be a partial avatar of Bhagwan Shiva, who descended to spread the teachings of ancient Hindu spiritual texts across Bharat Varsha.  He was born in 788 CE in the small town of Kalady in Kerala, to his pious and devout parents, Shivaguru and Aryamba.  They named him Shankara, […]

Abhimanyu

Abhimanyu was a matchless warrior, whose bravery and extraordinary valor at the young age of sixteen became legendary in the great Mahabharata.  As the son of the great Kuru warrior Arjun and Subhadra (sister of Shri Krishna and Balaram) he inherited both the valor of Indraprastha and the wisdom of Dwaraka. While still in his […]

Self-Respect (2)

They cannot take away our self-respectif we do not give it to them. — Mahatma Gandhi आत्म सम्मान (२) अगर हम उन्हें नहीं दें तो,वे हमारा आत्म-सम्मान नहीं छीन सकते। — महात्मा गाँधी Image Credit: Kheel Center, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Life-lesson (15)

जीवन के सबक (१५) यह बेहतर है कि हमारा जीवन,न कि हमारे शब्द,हमारे प्रवक्ता बनें । — महात्मा गाँधी Life-lesson (15) It is better to allowour lives to speak for usthan our words. — Mahatma Gandhi Image Credit: Rudreshnnjadav, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Happiness (4)

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to Cheer somebody else up. — Mark Twain आनंद (४) अपने को प्रफुल्लित करने का सर्वोत्तम उपाय है किसी दूसरे को प्रफुल्लित कारिये । — मार्क ट्वेन Image Credit: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/mark-twain-american-author-writer-1602117/

Wisdom (6)

It is wiser to find out than suppose. — Mark Twain प्रज्ञता (६) संभावना करने की तुलना में, पता लगाना ज्यादा बुद्धिमत्ता का काम है । — मार्क ट्वेन Image Credit: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/mark-twain-american-author-writer-1602117/

Types of People (3)

Some spread joy whenever they come, some spread joy whenever they go. — Mark Twain लोगों के प्रकार (३) कुछ लोगों का आगमन खुशियाँ फैलाता है, कुछ लोगों का निकास । — मार्क ट्वेन Image Credit: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/mark-twain-american-author-writer-1602117/

Today and Tomorrow (2)

आज और कल (२) भविष्य का निर्धारण इससे होता है कि आप आज क्या कर रहे हैं । — महात्मा गाँधी Today and Tomorrow (2) The future depends on What you do today. — Mahatma Gandhi Image Credit: Rudreshnnjadav, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Life-lesson (16)

जीवन के सबक (१६) सादगी के साथ जियें, जिससे कि दूसरे महज़ जी सकें । — महात्मा गाँधी Life-lesson (16) Live simply, so that, others may simply live. — Mahatma Gandhi Image Credit: Rudreshnnjadav, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons