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Check out this post… "Saraswati and other Rivers in Ancient North India".

#indianstory #rivers of india #saraswati

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It was a post on Rivers in ancient India - and today I remembered that I had written it once!

#indianstory #rivers of india #ancient #history

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69734

Check out Ludovici, Anthony M. (Anthony Mario), 1882-1971 

  Lysistrata; or, woman’s future and future woman

The masses are materialistic to-day because, in the first place, lowered vitality and defective functioning depress the spirit and dull the wits, thus unfitting the mind for all lofty pursuits; and, secondly, because at every moment of their lives their attention is either riveted upon their own halting functions or else distracted by similar disturbances in those among whom their lot is cast.

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Check this out!

Amazon.com https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0BRVS8PHS?ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_ts_AZBPXKWDQFP5MTAXSPFR

The New Year should start with sharing the story of an amazing experience of temptation, failure and then seeing a friendly gesture from an unexpected quarter. Available on kindle in all countries. #shortstory #comedy #friendship over #food #foodlover #culturalstudies #foodculture #india

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Check out this post… "Time is ticking".

Happy New Year! #2023

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The magic hour

Does the rooftop of Ahmedabad or Kolkata home have some resemblance with the ancient relic of Kutub complex?

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After a long break, I am back again with my short story - this time with TMYS review!

Cultural Identity & Ideology – III

TMYS Review December 2022 project themed on Society & Artistic Endeavours.

Poems, short stories, essays, articles on Books and Films and panel discussions.

Available worldwide via Amazon now.

Project link: https://tellmeyourstory.biz/tmys-review

Amazon India: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0BNXSHSVM

Amazon USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNXSHSVM

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BP48BB8F

Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BP48BB8F

Amazon Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BNXSHSVM

#culture #culturalideology #culturalidentity #cultural studies #identity #society #socialtension #individual #relationship #choices #author life #literature #indianenglishliterature

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So glad to be included in the project #cultural identity and ideology with Tell Me Your Story along with esteemed authors. Also happy to be back with stories after two long years :) #shortstory #culturalidentity #culturalideology #cultiralstudies #society #indianstory #_tmys_ #anthology https://www.instagram.com/p/CmE4c7Xy94T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#cultural #shortstory #culturalidentity #culturalideology #cultiralstudies #society #indianstory #_tmys_ #anthology

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Thank you all for making my day brighter with your wishes. I cherished your beautiful messages, and at the same time wondered how small a space we as individuals take in the entire period of our known history of the world. We fight for prominence, we fight for our rights, sometimes become dangerous to others in order to claim our superiority, perhaps create a few monuments, then disappear from this earth. Isn't this most amazing part of our existence? I remembered the history of Sigiriya and thought I should write this for you on this birthday of mine. :) http://bangiyokatha.blogspot.com/2022/11/how-ancient-game-of-throne-helped.html https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckn7Nd9yqlw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It's Festival of lights https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGUQslyoUC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Good morning! https://www.instagram.com/p/CkCYngAyudT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Mom told me to clean the plate in which she offers fruits to gods. And I remembered Jaisalmer. :) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjR8RWrPhpR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Flowers on a rooftop (at Kolkata) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiEiQ8rJJwS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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A postcard view of the Königstein city in 1907 from In Meißen, not far from the Königstein Fortress, there is a rock called Jungferstein (Maiden stone), alternatively called Pfaffenstein (Priest stone). In a village here lived a mother and daughter. The daughter did not go to church on Sundays, but went to the pluck blueberries instead. The pious mother was unhappy but the daughter could not be stopped from sneaking out of home for blueberry plucking. The mother was unable to tolerate such immoral act of her daughter who did not listen to her. She cursed her in the name of the Holy Lord. The daughter turned to a stone. Around noon or in the bright sunny days, her image can still be seen at the hill. During Thirty Years' War, people of this region fled there to take shelter in the hills to escape the attacking soldiers. *The story makes us remember the Roman Catholic concept of sin and piousness. Escaping Sunday mass was considered sin. And not listening to the mother could bring terrible consequence. Remember the bride who turned into a giant stone on her wedding day for marrying her lover against the choice of her mother? However, Meissen became famous not for its strong belief but for its porcelain; though the neighbouring Dresden claimed higher status in porcelain making due to administrative intervention. The king Augustus the Strong captivated the alchemist Johann Friedrich Boettger in the beginning of 18th century with a hope to produce some gold.  Boettger could not make gold but incidentally leant to make porcelain, another luxury material which made the region richer. #meissen #Folktale #german #romancatholic #sundayservice #prieststone #maidenstone #germany #sinners #sin #belief https://www.instagram.com/p/CfiHw37LUoc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#meissen #folktale #german #romancatholic #sundayservice #prieststone #maidenstone #germany #sinners #sin #belief

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Wooden butter churn in the yard in old days from wiki. *orally transmitted story from Upper Valais or Oberwallis. We know of an earthquake induced landslide in Visperthal in 1855 burying a vast area. But this story was available even in 18th century. We assume that same kind of disasters might have occurred prior to that, which remained unrecorded. Under a mountain in the Visperthal, not far from Alt-Tesch, locals believed that an entire village with a church and houses was buried under earth. They had a story to explain: The village was once prosperous. The farmers owned large pastures of land and livestock. Housewives used to leave chunks of frozen butter hung over the fire on their chimneys outside to melt. The village produced plentiful milk and butter and cheese. But some of the villagers were uncharitable.  One day, a farmer's wife stood at the hearth with a kettle of butter. The kettle was just half full of brew. An old man in tattered clothes looking like a farm worker came by and asked her if she would like to give him some butter from her kettle with his food. But the woman was unkind. Rudely she replied, “I need all for myself - cannot give a single drop of it away.” The man turned red in anger. He stood straight, looked at the woman and said, “Had you had given me a little, I would have made your kettle special. It could have always full to the brim and be never empty.” Telling this, he walked his way even before the farm wife blinked her eyes. Neither the woman, nor the villagers had slightest idea about the man. This man was our Lord himself. The village has been cursed since that day. Within a short while, the village was hit by a giant earthquake. Then it was completely covered by a terrible landslide. None of the area survived to be seen by anyone in the world.  Nothing but the head of the church altar, which previously stood high in the church was seen on the ground. A brook which previously flowed under the once mountain village began flowing over it. The small stream winds through the gorge of the rocks even today. #belief #folktale #earthquake #switzerland #vispertal #Oberwallis #sin #godsfury #naturaldisaster #justice #richfarmer https://www.instagram.com/p/Cffo-nmLQQI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#belief #folktale #earthquake #switzerland #vispertal #oberwallis #sin #godsfury #naturaldisaster #justice #richfarmer