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  We organized an Essay Writing Competition on the theme "Lessons I learnt from the Mahabharat," we got amazing responses and our winners depicted through their excellent writing skills the lessons they have learnt from this timeless epic. So here we present to you some of the best essays penned down by our writers.  Our Winner under Hindi Category -  Minal Kiran Bakshi    महाभारत की अनमोल देन "मैं समय हूँ."* दूरदर्शन पर ये स्वरगुंजन मात्र महाभारत का आरंभ नहीं, गंभीर चेतावनी भरा जीवनदर्शन होता था l वास्तव में महाभारत केवल संग्रामकथा नहीं, कर्तव्य,ज्ञान -अज्ञान,न्याय- अन्याय,महत्वाकांक्षा के बीच होने वाले शाश्वत संघर्ष का अमर धर्मग्रंथ है। धर्म का मार्ग कठिन अवश्य है, पर अंततः सत्य ,न्यायपूर्ण और स्थायी है l इसके उद्गात विचार और संस्कार मानव का दृष्टिकोंन बदलने शक्ति रखते है l             अधर्म कभी अचानक जन्म नहीं लेता,अनुचित व्यवहार,अपमान,अन्याय, कठोर वचन,तीक्ष्ण शब्द ,मौन स्वीकृतियां,गलत संगत , बेवज़ह उम्मीदें ,अयोग्य निर्णयों...

  We organized an Essay Writing Competition on the theme "Lessons I learnt from the Mahabharat," we got amazing responses and our winners depicted through their excellent writing skills the lessons they have learnt from this timeless epic. So here we present to you some of the best essays penned down by our writers.  Our Winners Under English Category -  3rd Place Winners -  Shambhavi Salimath  Essay -  Mahabharata meaning “ भरतवंशस्य महान् इतिहासः ” (The Epic of the great descendants of Bharata), tends to be a guiding text to the entire mankind. It is an ocean where all the rivers are destined to be. It is a combination of series of short/long events that are well settled at the end in the war. Nothing more, nothing less. Every character or situation is so deeply important that for a moment every reads sees each character as a hero of this epic. This great text beholds every relationships a man can have in his/her life. For example, parent – child, frie...

  We organized an Essay Writing Competition on the theme "Lessons I learnt from the Mahabharat," we got amazing responses and our winners depicted through their excellent writing skills the lessons they have learnt from this timeless epic. So here we present to you some of the best essays penned down by our writers.  Our Winners Under English Category are -  2nd Place Winners -  Krithika Sudarsanam  Mahabharata is a timeless classic that carries Ocean death lessons for any age and is universally applicable. The most prominent one is from Bhagavad Gita from Bhishma parva, yet another from the same classic is Vidura Neethi from Udyogaparva. Despite, the listeners are from Mahabharata, the preachers are the divine forms with the list of queries and clarifications are timeless wisdom for life irrespective of geographical barriers. Vidur Niti: Vidura nevertheless being a cousin of the king Dirudharashtra, himself being the incarnation of Lord Yama Dharma served as an...

  We organized an Essay Writing Competition on the theme "Lessons I learnt from the Mahabharat," we got amazing responses and our winners depicted through their excellent writing skills the lessons they have learnt from this timeless epic. So here we present to you some of the best essays penned down by our writers.  Our Winners under English Category are -  1st Place Winners -  Niharika Kiran  Essay -     A key theme throughout the story is dharma . But what exactly is it? The central conflict between the cousins, the Kauravas and Pandavas, is called dharmayuddha , meaning a battle for righteousness. The narrative includes the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna before the Kurukshetra war, where Arjuna experiences doubt about the morality of the fight and his responsibilities.    The passage discusses dharma and swadharma in detail. Bhishma imparts teachings on rajadharma to Yudhishthira while lying on his deathbed. Vidura co...

 We recently organized a fun poetry competition for our poets on the theme Friendship day and yes, we got some of the amazing poems from our poets in Hindi and English language so to make your spirits high let's showcase their wonderful poems in front of you.  Our Winners Under the English Category are -  1st place winner - Priya Srivastava  Poem -  My Friends, My Saviour  Friendship Beyond Time                                                                       Friendship is not counted                                                                        in the number of meetings,       ...