Who is Bodhidharma? How many Indians know about him?
By Sunil Kumar(My answer originally on Quora) Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century(some…
Thoughts on Metre in Poetry, Music and Fiction
I know you’re just metaphorically saying that some people seem to “just know” this stuff, but I feel the need…
George Orwell Tips on Writing
A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: What am I…
स्तुत्यम् आचरणम् (Praiseworthy behaviour)
(From Sambhashana Sandesha 1 Sep 2021) ओलम्पिक्स्पर्धासु भारतेन सप्त पदकानि प्राप्तानि ऐदम्प्राथम्येन इत्येतत् वयं जानीम: एव । आकारेण धनादिसामर्थ्येन च…
लोककल्याणकार्यं लघुत्वाय न
लोककल्याणकार्यं लघुत्वाय न (सं) विजया भट्, यू.एस्.ए.(From Sambhashana Sandesha, August 2021)- A Short Story in Sanskrit आसीत् पुरा इक्ष्वाकुकुले पुरञ्जयनामक:…
Kashmir History Writeup in Sanskrit
From S Sandesha(Shri Sachin) ‘भूम्याः स्वर्ग:’ इति प्रसिद्धस्य काश्मीरस्य सौन्दर्यं, भौगोलिकस्थिति:, अत्यन्तम् आह्लादकरं वातावरणं वा कस्य मन: न आकर्षति ?…
Ayurveda and Wellness
By Sunil Kumar नमो नमः सर्वेभ्य: Summing up the salient points from the NIAS lecture that seemed useful to me;…
संस्कृतस्य महिमा
संस्कृतं नाम विश्वस्य प्राचीनतमा भाषा। एषा भाषा अधिकांशभारतीयभाषाणाम् यूरोपीयभाषाणां च जननीरूपेण अथवा सम्पोषिकारूपेण विराजते। एषा ननु मूलघेतः एव भारतीयसंस्कृतेः, धर्मस्य,…