Here is a “paasuram” from Peria-Azhwar’s “tirumozhi” that I consider is an utterly enchanting still-portrait of Krishna Leela theme expounded in the Srimadh Bhaagavatham. You must read it with the portrait of Bala Krishnan above etched in your imagination. வெண்ணெய்விழுங்கிவெறுங்கலத்தைவெற்பிடையிட்டு அதனோசைகேட்கும்கண்ணபிரான்கற்றகல்விதன்னைக்காக்ககில்லோம் உன்மகனைக்காவாய் *புண்ணில்புளிப்பெய்தாலொக்கும்தீமைபுரைபுரையால்இவைசெய்யவல்லஅண்ணற்கண்ணானர்மகனைப்பெற்றஅசோதைநங்காய்! உன்மகனைக்கூவாய் —- யெரியாழ்வார் 2.9 “Your little boy ate up all the butterContinue reading “தொல்லை இன்பம் (“thollai inbam”): an oxymoron for Krishna Bhakthi that Peria-Azhwar knew only too well!”
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The Dogs of War that will bring back the Era of the Cold War
Igor Afanasiev, a native of Kyiv in Ukraine, was hired in 2011 as Business Development Manager of a large, multinational investment company in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in which I was then serving as its Chief Financial Officer. Igor and I worked as colleagues during the ensuing eight years when we became good friends too. BesidesContinue reading “The Dogs of War that will bring back the Era of the Cold War”
BEWARE “THE IDES OF FEBRUARY” if the Valentine mood happens to seize you …
Hastening to romanticise the “Ides of February” in the heady, pinky Season of Valentine could end up you later repenting bitterly in a dark Shakespearean tragedy of the “Ides of March” !! In America, people have repented thus with a combined loss of $ 547 million! Read below link: https://gizmodo.com/ftc-online-romance-scammers-fraud-record-high-2021-1848529748 After you’ve read the above,Continue reading “BEWARE “THE IDES OF FEBRUARY” if the Valentine mood happens to seize you …”