The bliss of reading
Sun, 20 May 2012 11:30:00 -0700
India, May 21 -- I believe, as many of you do, that reading old books is like meeting old friends. And if you read an old classic after ages, you have the feeling that you are at home with a long-lost friend.It was last week that I had my tryst with some of such 'old friends'. The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant, Sceptical Essays by Bertrand Russell, The Discovery of India and An ...
No laughing matter
Thu, 17 May 2012 11:30:00 -0700
India, May 18 -- The grand old man of Indian cartooning RK Laxman has a delightful anecdote that embodies the charm of political cartooning. Soon after the 1962 Sino-Indian war, Laxman lampooned Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his much-maligned defence minister Krishna Menon. That evening, Laxman got a call from the prime minister's office. Picking up the phone, he was petrified of being at ...
New facsimile of Buddhist sutra unveiled
Thu, 03 May 2012 23:19:02 -0700
A new Indian facsimile edition of the Gilgit Lotus Sutra - an important document of Mahayana Buddhism - written in Sanskrit has brought the last teachings of Gautama Buddha before his death to researchers and lay people.