A Sanskrit Quote and Its Meaning काकः कृष्णः पिकः कृष्णः को भेद पिककाकयोः वसन्तसमये प्राप्ते काकः काकः पिकः पिकः Kakah krishna, pikah krishna, ko bheda pikakakayoho? Vasanta samaye prapte, kakah kakah, pikah pikah. The crow is black, the Koyal (Asian cuckoo) is black too. What, then, is the difference between the two? When Spring arrives, […]
संस्कृत सुभाषित आणि त्याचा अर्थ काकः कृष्णः पिकः कृष्णः को भेद पिककाकयोः वसन्तसमये प्राप्ते काकः काकः पिकः पिकः कावळा काळा तसाच कोकीळही काळाच मग दोघांत फरक तरी काय? दोघांचाही रंग काळाच पण वसंत ऋतूच्या आगमनानंतर कोकिळाचा मंजुळ स्वर कानावर पडायला सुरुवात होतो आणि कावळ्याचा तोच जुना पुराना ‘कावकाव’ त्यामुळे वसंत ऋतूच्या आगमनाने दोघांमधला फरक स्पष्टपणे […]
I woke up that morning in tears. A ward boy from the hospital had arrived at dawn, carrying the news of my father’s passing. It was November 22, 1978. Barely a few weeks had passed since Diwali—a festival we had celebrated with joy—and suddenly, everything came to a halt. My father had never used to […]