Prasad Kulkarni

Prasad Kulkarni is a Data and Analytics professional. At work, he analyses historical data and ponders over historical events otherwise.

The most important Mahabharata characters

The puzzle called Mahabharata Characters A standard and a diplomatic answer to this question will be that every one of the Mahabharata characters is important. We cannot...

Dusshera or DASHA HARA: Arjuna’s lessons

The boastful prince “I cannot stand this mammoth army!” exclaimed Uttar, the prince of Matsya, looking at the ocean of Kaurava army, along with whales like...

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From Ganga ji to Gandhi ji: Remembering the Mahatma

The two tales of Ganga Ji and Gandhi Ji In his Great India Novel, Dr Shashi Tharoor created a fictional but comparative narrative between the Mahabharata and the Indian...

The great teacher Krishna

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. –William Arthur Ward When Arjuna crashed with...

The scientific intuition to Ganesha Idol

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality~Albert Einstein The deterministic...

Krishna Janmashtami : a walkthrough of Krishna’s life

वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम् , देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वंदे...

Karna and Arjuna

Karna and Arjuna: the genesis A gem of a boy named Vasusena (later Karna) appeared in the city of Champa, near the banks of Ganges. He was talented enough to rule the...

Apollo Mission Anniversary: Remembering Edwin Aldrin

The Firsts They say that the world always remembers the ‘first’. This is certainly true with Apollo Mission of NASA when mankind first set its foot on the...

Rukmini Krishna: when they first met

Prologue: the love letter ‘O Lord, ever since I saw you first, seven years ago, you have owned me. I have chosen you as my husband. In my conscious, unconscious...

Raavan – Enemy of Aryavarta

Some of you may wonder why I decided to change the name of the book from Raavan – Orphan of Aryavarta to Raavan – Enemy of Aryavarta. Let me explain. While writing...