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Tag: War

Rani Avanti Bai Lodhi – Celebrating seventy-five years of Independence – 8

This is the story of one of the lesser- known woman warriors who fought the British. Her name was Rani Avanti Bai Lodhi. Read on to know her deeds of bravery..

Karna – From the Mahabharatha

Karna is a character without whom Mahabharatha would be incomplete. It is his story we are going to read now. Lord Krishna’s father Vasudeva had a sister by name Pritha. She was a very bright, beautiful and lovely girl. Even while she was very young, her father gave her in adoption to Raja Kuntibhoja who […]

The Story of Mars (Chevvai)

India has succeeded in the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) in the first attempt just a few days ago and it occurred to me that I should write the mythological story of Mars. In our Puranas, it is said that once when Lord Shiva was in deep meditation, a drop of sweat from the brow of […]

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