First four verses from chapter 1 of Geeta Kavya Madhuri – a complete verse to verse translation of Srimad Bhagvat Gita. For hearing audio samples from other chapters please click here. गीता के अध्याय 1 (अर्जुन विषाद योग) से कुछ पद्य हिन्दी में सुनिए। यह पद्य “गीत काव्य माधुरी” से …
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Geeta-Kavita is a website devoted to Hindi Literature, especially poetry, and contemplations. The site is run by Rajiv Krishna Saxena, who is a professor of Biology / Immunology and is currently an Emeritus Professor / INSA Senior Scientist in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology of the South Asian …
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With this article, I wish to start a series of articles that would follow very basics of the great thought process that characterizes the essential ethos of the Indian civilization. This unique civilization has continued in an uninterrupted fashion for thousands of years in the area south of the great …
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It was many many years ago when I was faced with the question of staying back in USA or return to India. Career and material considerations would have us stay back but deep rooted tug on heart would urge us to pack up and leave. As any pravasi Indian would …
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Bible says that he who increases knowledge, increases sorrow. Faith in God is a great savior of humans and gives then courage to go through life. Post-modern man with his education and rational mind has lost this faith. Bereft of this faith, he is unable to find meaning in his …
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I recently heard this amazing poem recited by Kavi Shree Satyanarayan Sattan Ji in a kavi-sammelan on “Chambal TV”. I was impressed by this poem and immediately wrote it down to share with you. Here is a down-to-earth evaluation of our Prime Minister at the grass-root level, without naming him! …
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भूख लगी है बिल्ली मौसी भूख लगी है बिल्ली मौसी इडली मुझको एक बना दो संग नारियल चटनी दे दो या फिर कोई केक बना दो भूख लगी है बिल्ली मौसी एक कचौरी मुझको तल दो सब्जी ना हो तो भी होगा बस थोड़ी सी चटनी मल दो भूख लगी …
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Let us review the age old question. What is right and what is wrong? There is a tendency in most of us to immediately pass moral judgment on any issue. May be we are right, but if we ponder over the issue for some time we realize that all issues …
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My experience of Pashupatinath darshan and the overall experience of visiting the temple and the thoughts it evoked, are expressed in this article. Rajiv Krishna Saxena काठमांडू पशुपतिनाथ मंदिर में दर्शन युनिवर्सटी के कुछ काम से काठमान्डू गया था | वापसी में इंडियन एयरलाइंस की दिल्ली फ्लाइट दोपहर बाद …
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Everyone loves music. We can listen to soulful melodies of Bollywood, amazing ragas, Bhajans or even Western music and pop. But why is the appeal of music so universal? In this article, we would explore the biological reason for the Magic of music and beats. Rajiv Krishna Saxena संगीत के …
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