Monthly Archives: July 2004

nityaklinna

Posted on July 31, 2004 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

“Burg Niedeck ist im Elsass der Sage wohlbekannt. Die Höhe, wo vorzeiten die Burg der Riesen stand.”-Adelbert von Chamisso I stood before the great vimalashambhu. The amR^ita flowed from the heaven cup of soma and drenched the great nityaklinnA on … Continue reading →

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End of Crick

Posted on July 30, 2004 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

One of the men who solved the crystal structure of DNA is dead. Francis Crick was a great scientist- man full of great ideas. His partner James Watson was more of gas and show. Amongst Crick’s other great contributions was … Continue reading →

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A glorious chrysidid

Posted on July 17, 2004 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

Chrysidid wasp Chrysura refulgens on a grass shoot  

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Rathva tribe: surprising survival of Vedic traits

Posted on July 16, 2004 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The Rathvas are a peculiar tribe in Gujarat whose art was studied by Jyotirindra Jain. Most tribes of India preserve certain aboriginal traits that have are often interlaced with Indo-Aryan tendencies. Most commonly the rudra cult of the the Indo-Aryans … Continue reading →

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The ghost transferred

Posted on July 16, 2004 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

I received a call from him. He sounded much the same rustic fellow as I hand last enountered him over 8 years ago. His accent was the same rasping one, which sounded like a metal plate rubbing on another. I … Continue reading →

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Re-programming in the sub-continent

Posted on July 16, 2004 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

An elegant illustration of the process by which some well-known ideologies have perverted the Hindu mind in the subcontinent.

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Wasps by the iron fort

Posted on July 15, 2004 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

In the early 90s we decided to scale to the great cliff of Lohagad where the founder of the Maharatta nation had hidden his loot after his ferocious raid on Surat. The fort had remained largely impregnable till 1818 when … Continue reading →

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Islamic vandalism in Gujarat

Posted on July 11, 2004 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The Rudramahalaya temple complex in Siddhapura in Gujarat was one of the greatest temples ever built in India north of Maharashtra. Its is supposed to have housed 11 separate temples of rudra and many more of other gods. One of … Continue reading →

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Akbar’s self-glorification

Posted on July 3, 2004 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

No Hindu should forget the deaths of the valiant Rai Jaimal Rathore and Pratap Sisodia (Patta). A comparison of the Hindu chronicles of the Rathores of Badnor and Akbar’s Fathnamah reveals a discrepancy that I believe is a creation of … Continue reading →

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Islamism and the West

Posted on July 2, 2004 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

One point to notice is that Islam, in part derives its modern strength from the West. The western commentators gleefully point out that Islam was defeated as a military force before the advent of the “modern era” by the western … Continue reading →

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