Civil Services Prelims: Sanskrit Literature: Books and Authors Bank

On the link, there is an article from the Banglapedia on Sanskrit literature. It is a very detailed article on the history of Sanskrit as a language in India and different literature and research on it from the earliest time, that is from the Vedic times to present day. It is written from the perspective of Bangladesh scholars. However, the chronological evaluation of the development of the Sanskrit is quite prefect. Different written works in Sanskrit are discussed as per the chronological manner. Hence, it turns up a very good article on the history of Sanskrit literature. My study of history of Sanskrit literature is based on Wonder That Was of India by A. L. Basham. I have not found even a single fact in conflict with the presentation given by A. L. Bhasam, the Australian Sanskrit Scholar who had spent his time Calcutta before compeleting his work.

In addition to that, the essay includes number of such books and authors which are not found mentioned in Wonder That Was India.

Sitemeter Talks

Yes, the sitemeter talks.

I am not a marketing expert or an advertising expert. But I feel that I have been able to work like a true marketer and an advertiser.

My experiment with blogs started somewhere in February 2005. I got the idea, vision, motive and confidence from the discussions on educationforum.ipbhost.com. I knew about the blogs before that. As I do not have knowledge about computers and working of internet, I did not give much attention to the concept of blogging. However, the people of education forum in their e-help and e-learning section were aggressively talking about using web sites and blogs for teaching purpose. It was there that I was made to think seriously and try my hand at putting up on the web my professional achievements. Finally, in the month of February, I was able to locate the Blogger.com and pressed their three step buttons. I learned that I could do that. However, they immediately asked me to make some entries, and I developed sumir-history and I got my first address on the web as www.sumir-history.blogspot.com. If I remember it right, it was February 14 or February 18, 2005 when this thing happened. (Well, it can be checked from the records on blogger.com itself.)

After that I stopped for two days. I thought and thought over my new discovery. I was really excited and wanted to use it as a teaching tool in my job. I did not have any idea how I would reach my students and what would I put in to use it as a tool for my teaching. Gradually I developed a picture about what actually I would do. In the meantime, I just posted one posting. I added some of my already written and published views. I borrowed them from my Email enrollment with H-Asia of H-Net. Somewhere, I thought that my readings and writings could be useful for civil services aspirants and UGC NET applicants. Therefore, before I had made my blogs for teaching purpose, I created three more accounts after browsing through the contents of Blog Knowledge links on the blogger.com. I had written manuscripts for TATA McGrow Hill which they had refused to accept after having encouraged me for sometime. I knew that I had a good idea behind that manuscript and I posted already written some material on civil services blog.

In the meantime, all my attention was diverted to the working of blogs. It was summer holidays in the university. Earlier I used to read some books in those days or write some material for my lectures or visit places. But I spent those days on blogging. I started visiting other blogs and looked into the contents. I was definitely impressed by the appearances of many blogs and envied those who had developed their blogs nicely. One thing which always increased my jealousy was sighting a meter wherein it was showed that how many hits that blog had received. Some how, I learned from the Blog Knowledge of Blogger.com that it was an add-on feature which I could also use. By that time, I had also developed my undergraduate and postgraduate blogs with a plan how to use them as my teaching tools. I got the site meters in all my blogs. It also gave me some confidence in fiddling with the template and HTML. Here again, education forum became handy. They had the suggestions and lessons for learning HTML. I did not learn whole of HTML. However, I had learned how to check the HTML page, what was css and what does HTML and body code or tags do.

I had desired that my first blog should have become popular. But, I soon learned that it was my civil services blog which was receiving hits. It was during those days that I also managed to register for the Adsense feature in my blogs. I had learned about the HTML codes and I had become confident and I was able to implant them nicely because I could read and locate the tags. The Adsense account also gave me reports that where the people were visiting me.

In those days, that was in the month of April and May 2005, the sitemeter was not all that elaborate as it is today. I think the person who is looking after it, is David. He is a true professional because if you email him, be sure, that you will get back a reply. However, the site meter contents showed me about the referring URLs and also the search terms which were used in search engines which had directed the net surfing people to my site.

It was May 13, 2005, when the civil services result was announced. Suddenly, the rush to my civil services blog increased. I checked into my site meter for civil services. I found that most of the visitor had visited me to check the result. I immediately visited the UPSC site and implanted the desired link on my site. On May 15, 2005, the prelim test took place. From May 16, 2005, the hits on my site suddenly increased. I checked into the site meter. I found that most of the visitors who visited me were seeking the answers to civil services prelims paper. As my address was civilservices-prelims.blogspot.com, the search engines were locating my site for the search query.

One of my relatives had cleared the civil services in the already announced result of the Civil services. I phoned him and asked me to procure the papers of Civil services especially of history and also of general studies. I was able to procure general studies papers for me. The paper reached me on May 23, 2005 and I started posting the questions from May 25, 2005 onwards. On May 25, 2005, the total hits to my generalstudiesupsc.blogspot.com were hardly 10. All those visits were made by me. By June 4, 2005, I had solved whole of the paper and posted it on the blog. I had posted some wrong answers. But the demand of the question and answer to them was so great that people joined in to correct the answers. Here, one engineer, Tripathi really played a big role. By June 10, 2005 the total hit to my General Studies blog had crossed three hundred.

Now after seven months, the total hits on civil service blog and general studies blog have crossed 1000 hits for each blog. On the other hand, the visits to other blogs which I cherished that they should have become more popular, have not crossed even 500 hits each. I was highly disappointed when I found that my students, who are so eager to show off their latest and costly gadgets, did not visit the blogs whereas I have given enough useful material on them. It was only when I posted their lecture statement on my blog that they started visiting the blog. But, that was not my aim. I wanted to use the blog as a teaching tool and to improve my own learning by exploring the net for information and then using that information on my blog to increase my knowledge and that of my students.

In between, I have stopped looking into the sitemeters. But, the onsite meter on civil services is showing that it is still receiving rush. I have stopped posting new material on it. But it has enough content on it that it is attracting the visitors. Now when the total count has suddenly crossed 1100 on civil services, I visited the site meter reports. I was astonished to see the people and their queries with which they had visited me. It really amused me. They were not only from India but from virtually all the continents except Africa. The maximum numbers are from America and Canada. Some of the details even fascinate me. There are many people in America who are interested in Civil services examination of India. Who are they? Secondly, many of them are interested in Ancient India. I have made a list of the query phrases. It has given me a great boost to work further on blogs.

Now two things come out of my experience of blogging for the last seven months.

First, if the contents of your blogs have some stuff in it, then you will definitely get the hits.

Secondly, You must know what actually is in demand. In case of general studies blog, the answers to the latest question paper was in demand. I learned about it from the site meter. I provided the material. My material was not correct. Even then I received the visitors and gradually appreciation also. Some of the people prefer to email you instead of placing the comments. Or they do not get the idea that they can reach the blogger by placing comment below the post. But they are prompted enough to search for the email address or email icon and send a message to you.

The second observation is more important. In order to remain popular, you must know what actually the seeker wants to know. If you have the right material and knowledge then provide it. You will start getting the visits. But, before that, you must know that what they want to know. You must know what is being sought out there. Here, site meter has really become very handy.

Why Was Gandhi Not Given Nobel Prize?

"He is undoubtedly a good, noble and ascetic person - a prominent man who is deservedly honoured and loved by the masses of India...(But) sharp turns in his policies, which can hardly be satisfactorily explained by his followers. He is a freedom fighter and a dictator, an idealist and a nationalist. He is frequently a Christ, but then, suddenly, an ordinary politician," Professor Jacob Worm-Müller, 1937.

The above quotation is of a committee's advisor of Nobel Prize Norwegian committee, Professor Jacob Worm-Müller, who wrote a report on Gandhi in 1937 when his name was nominated for the Nobel peace prize. This is a quotation taken from a report which has appeared in Times of India dated October 8, 2005 at 12.10. It may appear in Print on October 9, 2005.

My main motive to bring this post here is not to discuss Gandhi and his contribution or the working of the Norwegian committee for deciding Nobel prize. It is one of the aim of this blog to collect the quotations of historic personalities and similar judgements on Historic personalities and historic events.

I have not brought any such post as yet and this turns out be the first one. Why have I picked up this quotation? Why have this very words attracted my attention?

Well this is another question. I have not studied Gandhi in detail. However, being a student of history and teacher, I have been studying Indian history. It is the result of the study of history, that I have spoken a number of times during my lectures that Gandhi has been presented out of proportion in the history of India. I have been studying about Surender Nath Banerjee, Gopal Krishan Gohkle, Bal Ganghadhar Tilak, Feroze Shah Mehta, Subash Chander Bose, the activities of Hindustan Revolutionary Party and many others. I have studied the role of different people and felt that they were the people with a vision and personality and Gandhi was one among them. However, there is so much talk about Gandhi and he is being studied as an institution. I have been giving a justification for that. I say that as it was the Congress party which came to power after the independence and therefore, the party in power projected the history overshadowing the achievements of other people in order to leave impression about its own achievements in making and raising of India. It was in course of such an attempt, the party in power had a mascot which it could project. Therefore, Gandhi became so important. Definitely, it had given rise to the controversry between Tara Chand and his work "Freedom Struggle" versus R. C. Majumdar and his writings with Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan series work.

Did the same government not present an apology when they bestowed upon Subash Chander Bose the Bharat Ratna? Who were the people who denied him such recognition for such long time and why?

I am not speaking against Gandhi. I have read only one book by Gandhi and that was My Experiment with Truth. When I read that book, (I have never completed its reading), I had also read "The Discovery of India" by Jwahar Lal Nehru. I have read the whole book. I am so much impressed by the writing ability of Nehru that he infatuates me. However, my study has remained confined to 1947. I have not studied beyond 1947. On the other hand, I have fully read the book by Sumit Sarkar, "Modern India 1885-1947". I have read with great attention and interest those pages in which Sumit Sarkar had studied the issue that Gandhi was a myth or what was the cause of the popularity of Gandhi. He had discussed this issue that how far it was true that the general public had a true perception of Gandhi. Somewhere he was accepted as a representative of Viceroy and on the other hand a special officer directly appointed by Queen of England who was even over and above the Viceroy. I have also studied the STS strategy of Gandhi as presented by Bipin Chandar. From those reading, I have acquired this confidence to say what I have been saying in my lectures. Now, here, I have found another quotation which was given somewhere in 1937. This quotation also gives the impression which Sumit Sarkar had tried to elaborate.

It is not an issue here that Gandhi could not be praised over and above all. I believe that he was the only person among Indians, who had the charisma and influence, and only he could have negotiated with person in authority at that time. No body had acquired the stature and vision that Gandhi possessed at that time. The country needed a leader and he was the person who could fulfill their need.

Why was then, Gandhi killed? Without going into different interpretations and generalizations, if we take the historic causes, then it was that, at that time of partition and after the partition had materialized, he was towing a liberal line towards Pakistan. He was creating an opinion about dealing with Pakistan on softer lines. He was in favour of giving the compensation which was being demanded by Pakistan but refused by the authorities which had taken over the responsibilities of the governance. The general public was pained by the massacre and communal riots that had created an environment, in which, the fundamentalists did not like his soft approach to Pakistan. They were not ready to accept the division. Gandhi, a politician and apostle of peace knew better than they did. The fundamentalists were not ready to accept a reality that Pakistan had become a reality. They were not against Islam or the Muslim population that has remained in India because their heart is in India and they are true Indians. The fundamentalists were against the political stance which Gandhi had taken on the issue of divisions of assets when the rest of nation was watching with dismay the sufferings of the refugees and riot effect Indians which included both Muslims and Hindus.

This had raised the question that why did Gandhi not taken this stand during the All Party Conference of 1928? Does this mean that it was only during the course of time, he evolved his doctrine of peace and modified his philosophy of Ahimsa after 1928? Did the Poona Pact frame his doctrine of peace? But that is not true. His doctrine and philosophy of Ahimsa might have undergone a variation but it was there well in place when he first visited Champaran in 1915. No doubt, the fundamentalists were wrong and Gandhi approach was right. Now if we go by the argument of the fundamentalist of that time, then they should also treat Atal Bihari Vajpayee playing Gandhi while dealing with Nawaz Sarif with their stiff dealings. In the recent days, the fundamentalists were again infuriated when L. K. Advani, playing a politician, called Jinnah a secularist. However, the issue of presenting and interpretation in history still demands some different approach. India needs a history written for the Indian nation. In that, a large number of people had also played a role which has not been rightly highlighted but the image of Gandhi is being created to such a proportion that their existence is being overshadowed and overlooked, should be brought before the country. The above mentioned quotation directs the attention to that fact, that the perception about Gandhi at that time, that is during 1930s was not such that he was the only leader. There were doubts about his overall role. When such doubts are expressed then it also suggests that a person, who has tried to doubt, knows something else also. He, here Professor Jacob Worm-Müller, who might had at that time, read some reports about other Indian leaders, had felt that if Gandhi was to be praised and recognised for his peace role, then there were other people also who were giving meaning to the struggle for peace. However, who were they? Well, this again a question of debate. But it seems that an impression was carried that he was one of the freedom struggle fighter. The politics of those time, that was Gandhi versus Bose, might have been read and reflected upon the judgement of Jacob Worm-Müller. Gandhi for him was a politician fighting for his nation in the country of Buddha and Mahavira (Jacob Worm-Mülle might not have studied about Mahavira).

Factor of Eight and India

Today, in the morning, India was shaken by an earthquake. The epicentre of the quake was in Muzzafrabad in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. The date is October 8, 2005 or 8-10-2005. The total of the numerals in the date is 7. It is 8+10+2005; that is 8+1+7 and that is 16 and finally 7. They are two numbers i.e. 8 and 7 in that order.

On December 26, 2004, the southern shores of India was hit by Tsunami. Again the date was 2+6 equal to 8. In this case also that the date was 26+12+2004. It makes 8+3+6 and which adds up in the order to the total of 17 and finally 8.


On another date, that is January 26, 2002, Bhuj was visited by an earthquake. Again the total of the date was 8. The total of the numerals in the date was 26-01-2002. It adds to 8+1+4 and it makes 13 and finally 4.

In the coming days, the dates 17 October, 2005 and 26 October, 2005 will make the same total.


Another date, that was August 17, 1988 was another important date when Zia-ul-Haq, the then Military President of Pakistan died in an air crash.

Well there is no scientific basis to predict the natural calamities or historic events. However, such patterns do emerge. The numerologists may stand up and give justifications and patterns behind it. The astrologers may also join in. However, there are no ascertainable basis for such numbers and their correlation with events. You can not predict that when an earthquake emerge.

On the other hand, August 8, 1942 is considered as an important date in the freedom struggle of India when Quit India was announced. There are many scientists who were born on a date which added to the total of eight or the date was eight.

The issue of date eight had emerged when Tsunami visited. But if we take this argument further in the year 2006, eight will emerge number of times. In that case, 2006 would see many startling events. It is difficult to say whether they would be natural calamities or the historic events. But the factor of eight continues to reappear.

UGC Aspirants and Search Engines

UGC NET HISTORY has remained a neglected blog.
For some days I had watched that the visits to this site had increased. I had not placed any major posting on this blog. It has remained neglected because I have plans to develop it on a later date. Secondly, I am working on a plan to first attract my students to my blogs and then to use blog as one of tool in teaching. While writing for undergraduate students, I may be writing on such topics which will cover the Indian history as well as World History. As far the Philosophy of History is concerned, I want to write some original essays on this topic on Sumir-history Blog and Review View Analysis blogs. Any how, I found that my UGC blog was receiving regular hits.

I have not checked the reports of sitemeters for some time. When I had placed the sitemeters on the blogs, I was always eager to know who visited my blogs. I spent lot of time on reading the sitemeters reports.

I have learned many things from reading the sitemeters. I learnt that what were the main search phrases of the visitors. That had given me many ideas to write the posts. I also learned about many search Engines. However, lately, I have discontinued watching the reports. The rush to some of my site had increased and I was hard pressed for time. There is a perennial problem of electricity cuts. I do not know how India Today has declared the Punjab as the most progressive state. I have not read the magazine at all because I can not relate it with the suffering which I am experiencing while living in Punjab.

I checked the site meter of the UGC blog. A very fascinating thing was observed. Nearly twenty recent visits to this site was reached through MSN search. Is MSN search becoming popular?


However, when I checked the referral url which took me to msn search engine, I did not find any major change in the research results of the MSN. It is same old type set up. Secondly, I am not able to use its preview section at all. I have found my visitors coming to my blogs from MSN preview.

It is my general observation that most of the users use google search or yahoo search. Yahoo search has tremendously improved in recent months. It seems that it is trying to give competition to googles. Even I have now shifted to yahoo. Just a day back, while getting Acrobat, the yahoo tool bar had been embed on my browser. First I thought of removing it but then I decided to maintain it for the time being.

On the other hand, I am getting infatuated by the search results of beta.previewseek.com. It is really a different material. I have started using its left hand side classification. It is more helpful then to check whole of the list as the search engines dish it out before you. It is definitely a more intelligent device.

The other important thing which I found about visitors to my UGC site is that they are from technical field and more concerned about clearing ugc cisr. I can understand why they are doing it. But their preference only for one particular engine really attracts and fascinate me. The visitors from Hyderabad were all MSN users.

Another visitor amused me more. He visited my site while seeking information for Rahon sword. The searcher, as per the sitemeter, is placed in America. He was also using msn search engine.


Somehow, I am made to conclude that the people who are in research field and students (because they have yet to clear ugc/csir eligibility in order to pursue their higher studies), they prefer MSN search engine. However, I have found google, yahoo and beta.previewseek.com as more effective tools. May they just place their desired term in IE address and the inbuild MSN search option find it for them.

Now, in coming breaks, I will check the reports of civil service blog as the visitors has suddenly increased and crossed 1000 mark.

Previewseek: A Search Engine

Previewseek Limited is a privately held, UK based company.

It is based in London. The exact names of the owners and professionals are not given.
The Previewseek claims, "Our mission is to help ordinary people find exactly what they are looking for quickly, easily and efficiently." It is their claim that one does not have to visit number of search engines in order to check other available information for the answers sought for a question. It is further emphasised that their search engine is based on twenty years research and such technologies which are not yet tried by other people.


They consider google as their standard benchmark. They claim that they have an edge over it and set ahead than googles. This is their main selling point.

They have a point when they elaborate on the point that their search engine is better than google. No doubt, they paid due regards to google people. But when they talk about their good points, they are not bragging. However, after using it for a week, I may say, they are different, practically useful but as I have talked once about Kartoo.com, one has become so accustomed to google searches that he may turn back to google results also. For some time, even Yahoo searches have showed improved results. It seems that they have also added some thing into their device that one can use them also.


They also claim that their results include the searches of other search engines also. If I remember, there is another search engine which tells that which variable is given in a particular form on different search engines. However, their presentation is definitely a work of a professional.

The engine also gives you a picture of the web page on the left side. They call it is their discreet presentation or prescient feature. If I remember, it is also done on MSN. That is other thing, where it is now, I do not know. It has reverted back to its older form. MS has thirst only for getting money even for breathing while you are using their softwares. That is other thing, a person like me may ask Gates to pay me first in order to even remember that he is there.

On the whole, it is a good search engine. I am using it for some days by now. It was only then I desired to look in for the people who are running it. The remarks evoked some feelings which I am not able to express here. I had actually done it to record those feelings but a type of write up has come up.


I here acknowledge that I learnt about it from Chittah Vishav.


The site link to previewseek is http://beta.previewseek.com/

Achilles’ heel of intellectual world

The scholars base their facts on assumptions. The whole of the intellectual world starts with an assumption that a given thing is a fact. The best example is mathematics. They begin with the assumption that there is a zero and there is a quantity which can be equated to one.

You change the assumption, the whole world of logic and reasons become redundant.

The truth remains exclusive just like the god.

The scholars begins with an assumption. He assumes that a given thing or proposition is a fact. Around that seed he builds a world of truth and realities.


It seems that every assumption, if it is taken as true, has the right to acquire life. A world can be built around that assumption. The world gives the impression that it is true and final.


You change the assumption, the whole world created around the earlier assumption will crumble down as a house of cards.

The scientific methodology helps us to ascertain the veracity of a fact. However, it is an assumption which helps us to define any experiment. It is again a set of assumptions which are used to classify and derive conclusions from the data gathered from the experiment. It is again an assumption when the conclusion is used to pass the verdict on the thesis.

One thesis is proved to be true at a one point of time. But soon a counter fact emerge and dismantle the veracity of that thesis. If that thesis was true at a given point of time then how it has happened that it is proved wrong at other point of time. There is only one reason and that it is that the intellectual world begins from an assumption. The time changes, the assumption changes and thus the conclusion changes. Here is Hegel went wrong. He gives a rule. But if you start questioning that why every thesis would be followed by antithesis, then before jumping to the argument that it the gradual revelation of the idea, try to use the paradigm that it was the assumption which was changed. The assumption can change with time, it can change with place, it can also change with the circumstances which is again the function of time. In Shantiparva of Mahabharta, Bhimshma Pitmaha had put it is more effectively. He explained to Arjuna that whatsoever is dharma today will become Adharma tomorrow. The Adharma of today will become Dharma of tomorrow. The change take place with time, place and circumstances. Similarly, the same process and mechanism is explained in the last chapter of the Tulsi Ramayana. It is explained through Shakbhushundi, a crow.

Here again the question arises, that it is being explained as an ordained mechanism. It also try to same that it is a law that change would take place in a particular pattern. But, if we break ourselves from this type of understanding and try to question that if it happens like that, then why does it happen in that manner? It will bring you to the point where you may be compelled to ask that what actually goes in your thinking process when you identify a fact, or an information or a thesis as true. You call it hypothesis before declaring it as a thesis. It is a process by which the brain identify an assumption and then take that assumption as a thing or as an assertion. Then begins all the play of intellectual exercise.


Take any example of adopting a given fixed criteria with some variables. Now, through logic you can deduce a world of intellectual conclusions. But then declare that the starting premises was mere an assumption, you may find that all the derivations were mere exercise in mental imageries. The best example is accepting a god. For a second, do not identify god either with Christ, or Allah, or any symbol of god. Do not identify it with non descriptive existence or "Onkara" or the ultimate. Just try to feel and understand that it is an assumption. You will soon find, that whole of the world works like that. The best example of this exercise which have given results is mathematics. The quantification of any force, or anything thing, or even time, is an assumption. But try to see. Can you do without them now in this scientific world.


Further, the truth exists exclusive of your understanding of the truth. You can understand English. You may make out sense out of whatsoever is written up to this point. The same thing can be said in Chinese, in Arabic and Sanskrit. It can be said in Latin and Greek. But if they are used to convey whatsoever is said here in English, you would not able to understand anything. But the understanding can be conveyed to you in the language in which you can communicate. In India, many people know Hindi. But they do not know Sanskrit. Same thing can be said in Sanskrit. But a common man will not be able to make any sense out of it. Tell the common man the same thing in Hindi, he would understand what is being said here. Therefore, it means, that fact is exclusive of language.

For the same arrangement, it can be said, that truth remains as it is. Whatsoever, you consider as true is merely your assumption. Some assumptions help you to live a time with seemingly fruitful activity. But that does not mean that you actually know the truth. The truth remain separate from you assumption. It is only that your assumptions present a seemingly workable paradigm. But soon you realize that there is a shortcoming in your understanding. You do not say that your assumption was faulty. You would say that you have not understood the truth in the right form. There are some more contours of the truth which you have discovered now therefore, what you understand earlier was a half truth. This is how the world of intellect works. As far as the successes and achievements are concerned, they are mere mirage. The ultimate truth remain untouched and it keep on goading you to reach it but you never reach there. You can not get the truth. Whatsoever is with you is an assumption, which you take as true. That is not true. But you believe that it so. You have identified a method of enquiry which you call scientific enquiry. It is again an assumption. But it has shown some results. But it is not the ultimate way of learning the truth. The main lacuna is that it is based on assumption. It is some thing which Preto has said and explained. This is how the intellectual world lives. No doubt, the Indian Rishis were true and right, when they said, that wait for the intuition to receive the truth. That seems to be the only way. But again, it raises the same question and that it is, is it not an assumption?

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Is it a News for ME?

Me and Me.

I am getting dreamy and falling into a reverie.

There is a news for bloggers from the Sarkar. HEEE HEEE.

India government is thinking about e intelligence and doing e thinking.

My dear Sarkar, Kindly first ensure regular supply of electricity and pot and pond less roads. At least in Punjab they are not there since Ravi Sidhu is behind bars.

A news item is HERE.

The most marvellous thing is that this news item has been found on daily reporting on Blogger Buzz. Hey, Do you know, you sitting there on other side of the Atlantic (or the pacific, which ever way you have placed your desk),. I am not sure to complete writing this because I do not know when the electricity would go off.

Yesterday, I remained awake the whole night. The electricity men had slept without attending their duties and I was able to blog and do work on my computer.

I was able to do three things.

First I was able to record some pages which I have been writing when there was no electricity.

Secondly, I was able to post a tabulation in HTML under heading "A Trial" on one of my inactive blog. I do not know much about HTML. But I am sure, if someone look at the work, he would definitely exclaim, "Man you have done a hell of a job."

Thirdly, I was able to post in Hindi. There is so much talk about promoting Hindi. I am in the middle of the Book, British Paramountancy and Indian Renaissance. In the first three chapters, there is discussion on the English in colonial India. There is another essay which I have downloaded from net titled "A dubious Qoutation". I desire to pass a comment on that. The book that I have mentioned is written by a nationalist historian Dr. R. C. Majumdar. It is worth reading. It is astonishing to learn the detail about how English was introduced in India. Then the dichotomy will be revealed. Then one can see how dubious are the talks and desires of the people who want to promote the national language and how they have failed in nurturing sincere desires. Is it also a part of Apadadharma? Well, what PaP can be there when Ganga is following?

The Alchemy of Desire

The address of the web site of Tarun Tejpal the author of The Alchemy of Desire is as follows:

Site address: http://www.taruntejpal.com/default.htm

The Indian edition of this book costs Rs. 500/-

I went to buy it but returned buying some other books.

The author seems to have launched his site for promoting his book. However, in the biography link, he has given his other writeups also. It is good to have this site because when Tehlka was in news, being over conscious, I abstained from accessing it. Later when I tried to open, it did not download. Here, this site just appears without efforts.

Another section section contain the comment of the general readers which include leading names from the world of art, cinema, intellectual world and others.

(Category: Resources on Net)