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I watched ‘The Odyssey’ today, and I must say it was an Absolute Masterpiece. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Some scenes moved me deeply—especially when Argos, the faithful dog, recognized Odysseus, and when Telemachus realized that the beggar standing before him was actually his father. Those moments felt profoundly symbolic and touched something beyond the story itself. 🎬😯⛵🗾[…]

The Odyssey and The Iliad are truly masterpieces of Homer. I have not watched the film but have read an English translation of the original

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But according to Maa’s teaching, should I go or not? What should I pass to my daughter, she is 8 years old? She is curious to know about all the gods. My husband is a Shiv bhakt. And after my 1st visit to Pondicherry after the 12th exam, due to some experience, I started loving the Mother as Guru, but had no knowledge. 🙂🙏🏻❤️‍🔥🪷[…]

As far as the Mother’s guidance is concerned about the gods and the temples is concerned She adviced ‘a luminous indifference’. The gods are there

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Alok da, one increasingly concerning trend that one’s observing in indian society right now is there’s a feverish tendency to inquire about one’s range of earnings. The moment the so-called elders meet a young man who’s just into two to three years of graduation, the very first question they ask is “What’s your Package?”. 👴🏼👨🏼‍💼💼🏢🥀[…]

It is not Darwinism but copy-catism if one wants to coin a word. The reason however is twofold. Partly it is due to the strong

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Sir, how do we make sense of Trump’s U-turn on Iran? What would a powerful and globally accepted Iran mean for the emerging global order? And was this conflict triggered by a gross miscalculation and Trump’s petty ego? If so, what is likely to stop him from using his power to subordinate less powerful nations, leading to greater global disharmony? 🥸🗺️📌🌄

Trump’s U turn on Iran is clearly a reality check. But certainly the capabilities of Iran has been crippled, even seriously crippled. Iran has to

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