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Our English Tongue and Education system

Posted 16-02-2010 at 09:56 AM by pvraman

One of the Reasons of introducing English Education system in our Country is said to be
from
"From Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Minute of 2 February 1835 on Indian Education," Macaulay, Prose and Poetry, selected by G. M. Young (Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1957), pp-721-24,729"


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All parties seem to be agreed on one point, that the dialects commonly spoken among the natives of this part of India, contain neither literary
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Mayan 2012

Posted 15-02-2010 at 12:18 PM by pvraman
Updated 15-02-2010 at 12:21 PM by pvraman

Sounds like our Yuga cycle.

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"In the way of Mayan thinking, it's only a cyclical period which comes to an end. The Mayans never imagined it as a catastrophic date," said Jose Huchim, a Mexican archaeologist who is himself Mayan.
"It's worrying that they're giving another meaning to our vision, as Mayans, of ourselves," the researcher from the National Institute of Anthropology and History, who will direct the new study, told AFP.
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Statue of Lord Shiva’s sacred bull found at site of ancient Hindu temple in Indonesia

Posted 15-02-2010 at 11:54 AM by pvraman
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JAKARTA - Archaeologists have found a statue of Nandi, the sacred bull that carried the Hindu god Shiva, among the ruins of what is believed to be an ancient temple at an excavation site in Yogyakarta in Indonesia.

The discovery of the statue, which in Hindu mythology is said to embody sexual energy and fertility, meant that the team would now continue its work until Jan. 20, Indung Panca Putra, the head of the excavation team from the Yogyakarta Antiquities and Relics Conservation...
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Don't miss even a single word... Too good

Posted 27-11-2009 at 11:40 AM by pvraman

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.
He asks one of his new students to stand and.....
Prof:
So you believe in God?
Student:
Absolutely, sir.
Prof
: Is God good?
Student:
Sure.
Prof:
Is God all-powerful?
Student
: Yes.
Prof:
My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him.
Most of us would attempt...
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One of the reasons for shedding castism to save Hinduism.

Posted 21-11-2009 at 12:20 PM by pvraman
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The Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent took place during the ascendancy of the Rajput Kingdoms in North India, during the 7th to the 12th centuries. In evaluating the impact of Islam on the sub-continent, one must also note that the sub-continent was never immune from invasions from the North West. Like other settled agricultural societies - India has been periodically attacked by less civilized barbarian tribes all through its long history. In that sense, the Muslim invasions were not exceptional...
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