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Arjun’s conquests without the Gandiva bow

07 Thursday Sep 2017

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Arjun Related posts, Mahabharata

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arjuna and gandiva bow, arjuna mahabharata, Arjuna's conquests, invincible Arjun, Shaheer sheikh as arjuna

Would you credit Sachin’s bat with all of his devastating cricket innings? Would you bestow sole glory of Steffi’s formidable forehand to her tennis racquet? Would you credit Shakespeare’e quill with every literary masterpiece?

No?? You say they are mere instruments to transmit the finesse & the genius of its owners!!

Right! Then why is the Gandiva bow given near-total credit for Arjun’s martial triumphs?

Arjun & Gandiva were indeed an Invincible Team. However, Arjun was Continue reading →

Arjun Without a Doubt – Blog Tour

22 Friday Apr 2016

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Arjun - My published novel, Uncategorized

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#amwriting, arjun, blog tour, contest, Indian epic, Mahabharata, mythology

“Truth is a kaleidoscope …it alters with perspective.

The best hiding place for a secret is in plain sight of everyone … most people overlook the obvious. Nobody can ever claim to know the whole truth of epic Mahabharata. There’s always more to unravel and analyze.

Come, uncover myths & re-discover its mysteries. Join the journey through my eyes and in my voice.”- ARJUN Without A Doubt.
Genre – Indian epic/Mythology

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India & Indraprastha -Mythology connects History

03 Thursday Mar 2016

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Arjun Related posts, Mahabharata, Social Causes

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army, betrayal, border, India Pakistan war, Indo-Pak war, kurukshetra, Pandavas Kauravas, peace & war, political treaty, terrorists

#India & #Pakistan were born of a common land. Whereas India zoomed into intellectual, monetary, industrial and literary progress, Pakistan stayed stagnant in hatred, envy and terrorist networks.

Pandavas made a meteoric leap from arid, barren Khandav to a blindingly prosperous #Indraprastha, while Kauravas stagnated in crippling envy, hatred and murder plots.

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Pakistan gets million dollar gifts from #USA to fund & fuel further terrorism, while self reliant India builds wealth and fights terrorism alone.

india pakistan

Hastinapur had 100 princes. #Hastinapur had the readymade wisdom of Vidur, the military force of Drona-Ashwatthama and administration experience of Bhishm. Yet it was unable to expand its horizons, to perform Rajsuya yagna or amass wealth.

Indraprastha had just 5 princes. Continue reading →

How to add Goodreads book reviews to WordPress blog post

25 Monday Jan 2016

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Blog Eureka moments, Book reviews for Arjun: Without a Doubt

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author, Goodreads book review, Goodreads page, how to, Insert link, Wordpress book review

At last your book is open to public eyes, minds and opinions …Yay! Slow & steady begins the trickle of those heady reviews which officially stamp you as an Author.

For once, it is perfectly sane to gather all your eggs in one basket.  Those precious reviews lie scattered across Amazon, blogger sites and on Goodreads – and you want’em all under one umbrella – namely under your WordPress domain.

This is how you get a link to the Goodreads review onto your WordPress blogpost. Continue reading →

Your touch brings me alive …

21 Wednesday Oct 2015

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Arjun Related posts, My cars- my chariots, Random Musings, Spirituality

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attachment, cars, detachment, devdatta shankh, hoarders, instant relations, iphone fanatics, krishn arjun, Mahabharata, panchajanya shankh, personal weapons, personified objects, possessive owners, recycled bodies, use and throw relations

Ever bestowed a title or name upon your possessions? Ever felt that your non-living possessions have mood swings and emotions?

A house, a car, a laptop gleaming in the showcase are mere objects. Once they belong to you, they get kick started into life. I do believe our possessions inherit vibes from us, just as pets do. They attune themselves to our touch, our habits, our fingers. They cling, they adopt, they mould.

Ever so slowly, memories settle over them like butterflies. The day my car came home blushing like a bride, the day she threw a royal tantrum in the whirlpool of traffic, the day she took her first shower at the service station, the day she valiantly huffed & puffed home before giving up, the day she was witness to my joyous whistling.

In fact, akin to what the horse Chetak meant to Maharana Pratap Singh…

Going even farther back, remember Devdatta and Panchajanya, the celestial conch shells of Arjun-Krishn. Gandiva and Sudarshan – the divine bow and divine discus. Continue reading →

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