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Saraswati Puja
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Saraswati Puja

Bindika Pandey January 26, 2023

Basant Panchami, also known as Saraswati Puja and Shri Panchami, is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati who is also the Goddess of Knowledge, music, arts, science and technology and also marks the preparation for the arrival of spring (Basant). This alone is a big reason to rejoice and celebrate.  It also signals for the preparation of Holi, which takes place fo…

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The myth of the original star-crossed lovers
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The myth of the original star-crossed lovers

Bindika Pandey September 17, 2022

“We were doomed from the start. A lost cause. A losing battle. And yet, in that narrow instant, I didn't give a single fuck.”   -Julie Johnson, Erasing Faith Background: Love grows and expands us like nothing else.  Nothing is as deadly as the love of a powerful man.  Star-crossed lovers are two people who care deeply for each other; however, their love…

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Shrawan 15 - Kheer Day in Nepal
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Shrawan 15 - Kheer Day in Nepal

Bindika Pandey July 31, 2022

Shrawan 15 (July 30/31)  is also known as “Kheer Khane Din” meaning a day to eat rice pudding. It is celebrated grandly to commemorate the accomplishments of farmers who worked hard throughout that period, marking the end of the paddy planting season. Kheer, also known as “Aayash” in Sanskrit, is a sweet rice pudding from the cuisine of Nepalese tradition …

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The Chinese Legends of the Butterfly lovers
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The Chinese Legends of the Butterfly lovers

Bindika Pandey July 30, 2022

“I almost wish we were butterflies and lived for three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.”  - John Keats Background: As Maya Angelou and Edward- Burre Tonas said, "Love costs all we are and we will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.", The Chinese Legends o…

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