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English Literature – Article ☆ Buddha Purnima Special– Nirvana – The Highest Happiness ☆ Shri Jagat Singh Bisht

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☆ Nirvana – The Highest Happiness ☆  The present times are turbulent indeed. One needs to have peace of mind to tide through the pandemic. There is a greater need to follow the doctrine and the discipline enunciated by the Buddha. His teaching is simple and easy to practice. On the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima it is worth to share two interesting facts:  1.   Buddha Purnima is actually 3-in-1: Buddha’s Happy Birthday, Day of attaining enlightenment, and also Maha Parinirvana Day!  2. Buddha was born under a tree in Lumbini, found awakening while meditating under a tree in Gaya, gave his first sermon in  Saranath under a tree and all his important sermons under trees, and also reached Maha Parinirvana under a tree in Kushinagar! Nirvana is described as the highest happiness - the supreme state of bliss. Those who have attained Nirvana live in utter bliss, free from hatred and mental illness. Shri Jagat Singh Bisht (Master Teacher: Happiness &...
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English Literature – Weekly Column☆ Samudramanthanam – 26 – Amrit ☆ Mr. Ashish Kumar

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Mr Ashish Kumar (It is difficult to comment about young author Mr Ashish Kumar and his mythological/spiritual writing.  He has well researched Hindu Philosophy, Science and quest of success beyond the material realms. I am really mesmerized.  I am sure you will be also amazed.  We are pleased to begin a series on excerpts from his well acclaimed book  “Samudramanthanam” .  According to Mr Ashish  “Samudramanthanam is less explained and explored till date. I have tried to give broad way of this one of the most important chapter of Hindu mythology. I have read many scriptures and taken references from many temples and folk stories, to present the all possible aspects of portrait of Samudramanthanam.”  Now our distinguished readers will be able to read this series on every Saturday.)     Amazon Link – Samudramanthanam  ☆ Weekly Column – Samudramanthanam – 26 – Amrita ☆  Finally, the day has come for which Sura and Asura join their hands, for which they were doing all efforts from ages. Out of the ocean...
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मराठी साहित्य – कवितेचा उत्सव ☆ मनसूर्य ☆ सौ.अश्विनी कुलकर्णी

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☆ कवितेचा उत्सव ☆ मनसूर्य ☆ सौ.अश्विनी कुलकर्णी ☆ कॅनव्हास वरील चित्रात नेहमीच सूर्य कुठे दिसतो? तरीही उजळतो आसमंत, दिसतात हिरव्या ओल्या रेषा रेषांच्या विविध छटा...आणि ऐकूही येते खळखळ नद्यांची आकाशाने कवेत घेतलेले पक्षी... त्यांच्या कुशीत आश्वस्त , वाटून घेणारे डोंगर....   दिसतं....   आकाश आणि नदीच अद्वैत... आकाश आणि डोंगरांचे अद्वैत... कधी झाडाचं...लता पल्लवीचं... तर कधी साऱ्या सृष्टीचं अद्वैत.... त्या आकाशाशी!! चित्रात सूर्य नसतानाही....   मग असाच एक मनसूर्य प्रत्यक्ष प्रकट न होणारा ... काळोखातूनही उजेड प्रसवणारा.... मुठीएव्हढ्या अंधारात वसलेल्या हृदयातून , तेजाळणाऱ्या गीतांना ताल देणारा... तर कधी.... पान, फुल, सरिता, आभाळ होऊन त्यांना रंग नी रूप देणारा.... आणि तिमिरातूनही, चैतन्याची वाट दाखवणारा, आणि जीवनाच्या सुंदरतेशी, अद्वैत करवणारा.... पडद्यामागचा कलाकार! पडद्यामागचा कलाकार!   © सौ अश्विनी कुलकर्णी सांगली  (महाराष्ट्र) मो – 9421225491 ≈ संपादक – श्री हेमन्त बावनकर/सम्पादक मंडळ (मराठी) – श्रीमती उज्ज्वला केळकर/श्री सुहास रघुनाथ पंडित  ≈...
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English Literature – Weekly Column☆ Samudramanthanam – 25 – Kalpavriksha ☆ Mr. Ashish Kumar

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Mr Ashish Kumar (It is difficult to comment about young author Mr Ashish Kumar and his mythological/spiritual writing.  He has well researched Hindu Philosophy, Science and quest of success beyond the material realms. I am really mesmerized.  I am sure you will be also amazed.  We are pleased to begin a series on excerpts from his well acclaimed book  “Samudramanthanam” .  According to Mr Ashish  “Samudramanthanam is less explained and explored till date. I have tried to give broad way of this one of the most important chapter of Hindu mythology. I have read many scriptures and taken references from many temples and folk stories, to present the all possible aspects of portrait of Samudramanthanam.”  Now our distinguished readers will be able to read this series on every Saturday.)     Amazon Link – Samudramanthanam  ☆ Weekly Column – Samudramanthanam – 25 – Kalpavriksha ☆  Last phase of churning of ocean of milk ‘Kshirasāgara’ was going on. All were waiting for amrita now. After one more round of push and pull...
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English Literature – Weekly Column☆ Samudramanthanam – 24 – Nidra ☆ Mr. Ashish Kumar

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Mr Ashish Kumar (It is difficult to comment about young author Mr Ashish Kumar and his mythological/spiritual writing.  He has well researched Hindu Philosophy, Science and quest of success beyond the material realms. I am really mesmerized.  I am sure you will be also amazed.  We are pleased to begin a series on excerpts from his well acclaimed book  “Samudramanthanam” .  According to Mr Ashish  “Samudramanthanam is less explained and explored till date. I have tried to give broad way of this one of the most important chapter of Hindu mythology. I have read many scriptures and taken references from many temples and folk stories, to present the all possible aspects of portrait of Samudramanthanam.”  Now our distinguished readers will be able to read this series on every Saturday.)     Amazon Link – Samudramanthanam  ☆ Weekly Column – Samudramanthanam – 24 – Nidra ☆  Cycle on churning was nonstop going on. Sura and Asura want to end this process soon. It was the beautiful day of Kartik maas....
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English Literature – Weekly Column☆ Samudramanthanam – 23 – Parijata ☆ Mr. Ashish Kumar

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Mr Ashish Kumar (It is difficult to comment about young author Mr Ashish Kumar and his mythological/spiritual writing.  He has well researched Hindu Philosophy, Science and quest of success beyond the material realms. I am really mesmerized.  I am sure you will be also amazed.  We are pleased to begin a series on excerpts from his well acclaimed book  “Samudramanthanam” .  According to Mr Ashish  “Samudramanthanam is less explained and explored till date. I have tried to give broad way of this one of the most important chapter of Hindu mythology. I have read many scriptures and take references from many temples and folk stories, to present the all possible aspects of portrait of Samudramanthanam.”  Now our distinguished readers will be able to read this series on every Saturday.)     Amazon Link – Samudramanthanam  ☆ Weekly Column – Samudramanthanam – 23 – Parijata ☆  Sura and Asura were now fed up from the churning of ocean of milk ‘Kshirasāgara’. They all were bore from this churning now. They all...
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English Literature ☆ Happy New Year 2021 ☆ Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM (Editor, E-Abhivyakti (English))

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Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM (Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi—an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. Presently, he is serving as Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad is involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’. ) 💐 Happy New Year 2021!💐 Having bid farewell to year 2020, we're ushering in the New Year 2021, which calls for a celebration, as it is an occasion to  spend frolicking time with near-and-dear ones, and exchange Happy New Year wishes and greetings. A great deal of things happen in the ...
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English Literature ☆ Stories ☆ Weekly Column – Samudramanthanam – 21 – Lakshmi ☆ Mr. Ashish Kumar

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Mr Ashish Kumar (It is difficult to comment about young author Mr Ashish Kumar and his mythological/spiritual writing.  He has well researched Hindu Philosophy, Science and quest of success beyond the material realms. I am really mesmerized.  I am sure you will be also amazed.  We are pleased to begin a series on excerpts from his well acclaimed book  “Samudramanthanam” .  According to Mr Ashish  “Samudramanthanam is less explained and explored till date. I have tried to give broad way of this one of the most important chapter of Hindu mythology. I have read many scriptures and take references from many temples and folk stories, to present the all possible aspects of portrait of Samudramanthanam.”  Now our distinguished readers will be able to read this series on every Saturday.)     Amazon Link – Samudramanthanam  ☆ Weekly Column – Samudramanthanam – 21 – Lakshmi☆  Now green color lotus emerges from ocean over which another form of Goddess was sitting.  She was Santana Lakshmi ("Progeny Lakshmi ") is the goddess of...
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English Literature – Article ☆ Wah Ustaad! – Mr Vinay Madhav Gokhale

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☆ Wah Ustaad! - Mr Vinay Madhav Gokhale☆ It was on a Sunday morning. I was sipping my morning cuppa when my attention was drawn to the news in ‘Sakal’ about a Pune district level carrom tournament being underway. I had this long cherished wish to watch one. With not much having to do for the day, I decided today was going to be it. A call was made to Ajay, a late-afternoon time was fixed and there we were, standing in the table tennis rooms at Nehru stadium. There already was a motley crowd inside comprising mostly of spectators like us, tournament organizers wearing the caps, few of them wearing their club ‘T’ shirts and then there were friends and supporters of the individual players or clubs etc. Why so much crowd for a district level Carrom tournament, I wondered. I was to get an apt answer soon. The air inside was stuffy with practically no air conditioning or circulation in place....
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English Literature – Article ☆ Shri M K Pardhi – A Centurian Journalist remembers … ☆ Shri Ajeet Singh, Ex-Director (News) Doordarshan

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Shri Ajeet Singh  (We present an article ‘Shri M K Pardhi - A Centurian Journalist remembers ... ’ written by Shri Ajeet Singh ji, Ex-Director (News), Doordarshan.) We are extremely thankful to Shri Ajeet Singh ji for sharing experience of Shri M K Pardhi ji who celebrated his 100th birthday on 18th December 2020.  💐 e-abhivyakti family extends heartiest greetings to Shri M K Pardhi ji.💐)  ☆ Shri M K Pardhi - A Centurian Journalist remembers ... : Shri Ajeet Singh ☆ Shri M.K . Pardhi,  a former officer of the Indian Information Service, who completed one hundred years of his glorious life Friday, is proud of his one special assignment and has a deep regret for another in his long professional career as a journalist. Shri Pardhi who is hale and hearty shared some of his experiences today at a webinar organised by All India Radio Pune to mark the occasion. People from different parts of India joined to wish him a happy birth day and listen to his experiences and advice for the new...
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