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Abhinav Agarwal: Tales from the Mahabharata - 9 - Shukra
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Mar 29, 2015. Tales from the Mahabharata - 9 - Shukra. My ninth story in the series, Tales from the Mahabharata, was published in Swarajya Magazine. On March 1, 2015. Here is the article as it appeared. You most certainly know this story, don't you? Since Kacha had emerged from Shukra's stomach, he was in a way now a brother to Devayani. That was one tale of unrequited love. The story of Devayani does not end here, because she had a friend named Sharmishtha. That is the story of Yayati. Because Shukra in...
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Abhinav Agarwal: Incredible History of India's Geography - Review
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Mar 16, 2015. Incredible History of India's Geography - Review. The Incredible History of India's Geography, by Sanjeev Sanyal. Why then a study of history is important is perhaps best described by the late Winthorp Jordan in his classic work on the origins of racism in the United States, "The White Man's Burden: Historical Origins of Racism in the United States":. So when I got the opportunity to read and review Sanjeev Sanyal's latest book, " The Incredible History of India's Geography. Sanjeev thus pr...
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Abhinav Agarwal: Is Flipkart Losing Focus - 1
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Apr 22, 2015. Is Flipkart Losing Focus - 1. This is the first of a series of articles I wrote for DNA in April on why I believed Flipkart was at losing focus, at the wrong time, when faced with its most serious competition to date. Why Flipkart seems to be losing focus. On Sunday, April 12, 2015. Though that was still a far cry from the $178 billion market cap enjoyed by US online retailer Amazon [3]. And $220 billion market cap of Chinese online retailer Alibaba [4]. Yet Flipkart seems to be in trouble.
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Abhinav Agarwal: For Sir Wiston Churchill Was an Honourable Man
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Mar 6, 2015. For Sir Wiston Churchill Was an Honourable Man. I penned a short article on Sir Winston Churchill that appeared in Swarajya Magazine on Feb 7, 2015. It, to my surprise, went viral and attracted more than one thousand "shares" on social media. Here is the full article as it appeared:. For Sir Winston Churchill was an Honourable Man. Because Sir Winston Churchill was an honourable man. Disclaimer: views expressed are personal. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Tales from the Mahabharata.
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Abhinav Agarwal: Tales from the Mahabharata 7- Of Conditions and Exceptions
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Feb 21, 2015. Tales from the Mahabharata 7- Of Conditions and Exceptions. Tales from the Mahabharat, Episode 7 - Of Conditions and Exceptions. My seventh installment of "Tales from the Mahabharata" was published in the Swarajya Magazine. On January 10, 2015. This is the full text of the article as it appeared:. No, not quite. Because here you had what would qualify as a near-perfect paradox. Yama had placed a condition that Savitri could not ask for Satyavan's life, yet Savitri had asked for a hu...The f...
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Abhinav Agarwal: Tales from the Mahabharata - 8 - The Most Well Laid of Plans
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May 1, 2015. Tales from the Mahabharata - 8 - The Most Well Laid of Plans. My eighth story from "Tales from the Mahabharata" - " The Best Laid Plans. Was published in the February 2015 print edition of Swarajya Mag. Here is the link to the article. And the full article:. The Most Well Laid of Plans. But haven't our movies been inspired by our stories, our culture, our mythology? The next morning, it thus came to pass that Indra, in the guise of a brahmana, approached Karna with the words - "Give me."...
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Abhinav Agarwal: Tales from the Mahabharata 5 - Parikshit: Ego, Deja Vu
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Feb 7, 2015. Tales from the Mahabharata 5 - Parikshit: Ego, Deja Vu. My fifth installment of " Tales from the Mahabharata - Parikshit: Ego, Deja Vu. Was published in the Swarajya Magazine. On December 2, 2014. This is the full text of the article as it appeared:. Parikshit’s is a most unusual tale, in more ways than one. The posthumous son of Abhimanyu, Parikshit was given life by Krishna himself. Yet he died a most gory death, burnt to ashes because of the poison of Takshaka. Why? King Parikshit Hunting...
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Abhinav Agarwal: Mahabharata Vol. 9 (First review)
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Mar 21, 2015. Mahabharata Vol. 9 (First review). Translated by Bibek Debroy. The Beginning of the End. After the seventeen day war was over, the battlefield at Kurukshetra littered with the bodies of the millions who had died, Hastinapura under the control of the Pandavas, the survivors no more than what could be counted on one's fingertips, what else was left? Where" as in where did the epic become an epic, in a literal manner of speakingiterally speaking? This then is Volume 9 of Dr. Bibek Debroy's...
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Abhinav Agarwal: So You've Been Publicly Shamed - Review
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Apr 30, 2015. So You've Been Publicly Shamed - Review. So You've Been Publicly Shamed. By Jon Ronson ( @jonronson. Also published on Amazon.com. Like Having Your * Electrocuted. You ought to be ashamed of yourself! What you did was shameful! I am ashamed of you. You have shamed the entire family! Inmates were swallowing razor blades and blinding and castrating themselves and each other. . Prisoners were getting killed, officers were getting killed, visitors were getting killed.". How were they murdered?
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Abhinav Agarwal: Mahabharata
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The Mahabharata, the great Indian epic, has had innumerable translations over the centuries and millenia. Its allure is such that every region and every language where the epic is revered has seen a translation and a retelling enrichening the epic. Each retelling has been like a river, with its own identity and uniqueness, but each merging with the huge ocean called the Mahabharata. On this page I have listed the different versions of the epic I have encountered. I hope to add to this as time goes by.
