A powerful story in Mahabharat, of a Sannyasi, simple housewife and a butcher, illustrates that whatever may be our status, wealth, vocation – ‘Leader or Laborer’, no duty is ugly or impure, and it is.
On the reading list this week are short stories that articulate the true cost of living, a book that blends the science of aromatics with travel writing, history and insights into India’s contemporary perfume trade, and a collection of the 24 Gitas from the Mahabharata
Dakshin Literary Festival 2020: God s a word from Sanskrit, says Bibek Debroy
This is what Economist and Author Bibek Debroy said of the origin of the word ‘God’ while speaking at Dakshin Literary Festival 2020.
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God might be an English word but its roots can be traced back to Sanskrit, said Bibek Debroy, author of the recently released The Bhagavad Gita for Millennials. He is more popularly known as an economist and the Chairman of the PM’s Economic Advisory Council but he is considered an authority when it comes to Sanskrit texts.