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Schools across the Telangana region reopened and thousands of coal mine workers resumed work on Tuesday, calling off their agitation even as the general strike called by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (T-JAC) entered its 36{+t}{+h}day. About 52 lakh students and two lakh teachers were back at school in about 40,000 institutions, both government and [...]
Congress leaders of Andhra Pradesh are expecting their party high command to end the procrastination over the Telangana issue and announce a roadmap for the future, most likely before the end of October. A highly-placed source with access to the thinking of top Congress leaders said the high command was in no mood to delay [...]
Though, the Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee has ruled out the possibility of calling off the employees strike in government departments, it is reliably learnt that, behind the screens it is trying to forge a deal with the government for an honourable exit. With RTC JAC, Singareni JAC and Teachers JAC have exited from the [...]
Vaishnavism sometimes referred as the heart of Hinduism is the largest community within the Hinduism worshipping the God Lord Vishnu. There are many divisions focusing on one form or avatar of Vishnu. The twelve Alvars laid the foundations for the Vaishnavas based in Shri Rangam with the leader Sri Ramanuja. The four sampradayas created by [...]
Buddhism is a religion with a complex history and system of beliefs. Its four noble truths comprise the essence of Buddha’s teachings. They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. [...]
The Puranas being expressed in the form of parables and narratives have become the scripture for the common people. They are encyclopedias furnishing an image of spiritual, religious, social, political and cultural life comprising an astonishingly varied repertory of folklore and information regarding diverse topics including philosophy, ethics, legal institutions, popular festivals, and several arts. [...]
The Dharma Sastras contain treatises on ethical and social philosophy compiled to deal systematically with the proper conduct of life and describe social, ethical and religious obligations. The Sruti and the Smriti are the two authoritative sources of Hinduism. Sruti literally means what is heard, and Smriti means what is remembered. They contain the ancient [...]
The Bhagavad-Gita contains the essence of Indian teaching about the duties of life as well as spiritual obligations. It emphasizes on the importance of knowledge, charity, penance and worship. It is referred as the song of the divine one, the Krishna. Commonly called as the Gita, it is mainly the conversation between Krishna and Arjuna [...]
In the period of the Epics which succeeded the period of the Upanisads, the Ramayana and the Mahabharat, philosophical doctrines were presented in the form of stories and parables. The Avatars or the incarnations of Vishnu, assume a prominent place in the Epics and the Puranas. The Ramayana is a Sanskrit epic by Valmiki, based [...]
The Upanisads being diverse in character and outlook recognize the intuition rather than reason as a path to ultimate truth. Even though there are supposed to be 108 or more Upanishads, twelve of them are recognized as the principal units. The Isa Upanisad emphasizes on the fact that this world is enveloped by the Supreme. [...]