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Dhenu sadanam rayeenaam  (Atharvaved 11.1.34) Cow is fountainhead of all bounties The above sloka reflects the deep understanding of the creation as possessed by the Vedic seer. A special animal, it's every aspect is a boon to mankind. The Vedic seers called it the mother, the source of nourishment of creation.               This gentle bovine has garnered a considerable amount of interest and reference that go beyond ancient Vedic texts spanning other civilizations like Greece, Mesopotamia and Rome.                                                                                 The Egyptians worshipped her as Hathor, the Goddess of Fertility, while those from this side of the Indus called her the Kamdhenu (cow...

By  Yogi Ashwini 18th November 2012 12:00 AM Mahabharata describes the city of Krishna’s Dwarka and also the war between Shalwa and Krishna. It mentions the various weapons used which include thunderbolts hurled from flying machines in the sky and weapons, which seem to resemble nuclear warheads and machines that seem like flying saucers. Till recently, modern day historians called Dwarka a myth; just as they labelled Ram Setu, the Mahabharata, the Saraswati River and the Aryans being from India as legends. One does not need much brains to understand that most of the historians were from the West or were western-educated, and were towing the line of Macaulay, who had proclaimed in 1836 in the House of Commons that Indians were economically and culturally very advanced. He saw no beggars on the streets and there was no dearth of wealth. He felt that it was impossible to rule such a culture and that the only way was to make Indians believe that their culture was infe...