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Blame it on my rather parochial mind or call it my commitment unto Him and His omniscience that I never forgot to call on Him at His most magnificent abode at Angkor, though it took me 33 long years to arrive there at his benign doorstep. That picture of Lord Buddha’s face – peaceful, full of tranquility …
Engineering a Project; the Largest, Ever & Anywhere
We are in the year 1100 AD. The word rocket isn’t even thought of in the English language. Much later in 1232 AD, once the Angkors were nearly 90 years old, the Chinese during the battle of Kai-Keng, would be using arrows of flying fire, the rockets, against Mongols – (Chinese again!). Caltech and MIT are not even remotely …
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Apsaras: an important phenomenon
Apsaras form a significant part of the mythology of Churning of the Ocean. Tanny, my guide told me there were nearly 1800 figures of Apsaras alone within the Wat, all with distinctively different delicate facial features, different finery & attires, hairdo and distinctively different jewelry and facial expressions – both facial expression as also bodily …
Site selection; Pilgrimage for Unity with God.
In Indian philosophy, life and death are two stations in the passage of life. Both are certainties. Through death one yearns release from the tethering of life; again & yet again. That release can happen through Knowledge. Two men of the recent era come to mind almost with reflex action when we think of men …
All isn’t lost… yet.
Undoubtedly, they, the wise men & women of yore, did create a magnet for people of the future times to behold and learn from that creation. Vagaries of weather, marauding enemies of humanity and disease & shortages took their toll, undoubtedly. But, all isn’t lost, as yet. People of all nationalities, faiths & religions throng …