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Fountain of inspiration

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Dedicated to Padma Bandopadhyay Fountain of Inspiration On 4 November 1944 in Tirupati a girl child is born to Alamelu and Swaminathan couple. The couple were highly devout and dedicated to Lord Balaji and they considered this child to be the boon from  the Lord himself and named the child 'Padmavati', the holy consort of Lord Venkateshwara. The girl grew up in a highly traditional and spiritual environment. Right from the very young age she displayed her intelligence in studies and also excelled in extra curricular activities. Unfortunately the mother, Alamelu constantly suffered from illness which made young Padma very sad. She dreamt of becoming a doctor when she grew up so that she could treat her mother and bring her back to good health. The distant dream gradually turned into a reality when she cleared her entrance test to Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC). But the news is received by the parents with mixed feelings. To become a doctor is alright but to send...
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Vaimanika Shstra

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What the Vaimanika Shastra Tells about Ancient Vimanas of India On 28 June 1951, the then Maharajah of Mysuru inaugurated the International Sanskrit Research Centre in Mysuru. The then Chief Minister of Mysuru State Sri  C K Reddy was in attendance. G R Josyer was the Director of that Research Centre.  The guests were shown all the rare collections of Sanskrit scriptures and literature, painstakingly gathered from various sources. It was indeed an impressive collection. But there was one small handwritten note book which surprised them the most. What were the contents of that book?  The title of the book was “Vaimanika Shastra of Maharishi Bharadhwaj” For the guests or to the audience this was a strange title and they had never heard about it before. What further surprised them was, the person who brought this book from Bangalore, informed them that this is the first of the collection of 22 such note books all handwritten by one Venkatachala Shastri as dictated by ...
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How Britishers destroyed India's Primary Education

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How Britishers destroyed India's Primary Education  On 10 Mar 1826 Sir Thomas Munro, the Governor of Madras Presidency submitted a detailed Census and a survey Report to the British government. The report was a 'breaking news' not only to the British government in India even in England it surprised the top brass. What was in that report that revealed certain unknown facts about India to the world ? The geographical dimensions of Madras Presidency was  from Ganjam district of Orissa and to the entire South India. The population was 1,28,50,941. There were 12,498 primary schools. This is inspite of the fact that the collector of Mangalore did not send a report due to some reasons, and many hilly areas were not covered. As per the report on an average there was one primary school for one thousand population. Whereas England had a dismal average of primary education record. In fact Britain didn't have an education policy then. Another interesting fact tha...
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