I am 2000 km away from my own city, Kolkata. Really missing every bit of it. So just thought of writing this for all you people dont know about kolkata.
Let me say a few lines about my city, Kolkata. In 1690 , Job Charnok , an agent in the East India Company chose this place [...]
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The Undying City- Kolkata
Posted in My Passion, tagged calcutta metro, calcutta stock exchange, Durga Puja, Eden gardens, Kolkata, Salt Lake stadium, tram on November 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Bharatanatyam: The Origin
Posted in My Passion, tagged Bharatanatyam, Brahma, Devdasi, Natya Shastra, Rajnartaki, Vedas on October 24, 2007 | 7 Comments »
The myth says that after the four Vedas have been created all the Gods approached Lord Brahma to create another Veda, the fifth Veda which would be readable to all including women and the lower caste. Thus Brahma ordered muni (sage) Bharatha to write the fifth Veda.
The fifth Veda or the Natya Shastra was [...]
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