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transcendinG tiMe and space:
An Ode to Indian Epics
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People living thousands of आचख्युः कवयुः कचचत्संप्रत्याचक्षत परे
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kilometres away from us in आखयास्यन्ति तथैवयान् इचतहयासमिि भवव।
Japan, who don’t know our Some poets told this epic before.
language, who don’t know Others are telling it now.
much about our traditions, their Different narrators will tell it in
dedication to our culture, this the future.
reverence, this respect, is very
Rightly foretold through this
commendable – which Indian verse in the great Indian epic,
would not be proud of that! the Mahabharata, such is the
legacy of the legendary stories
– Prime Minister Narendra Modi which transcend time, space,
(in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address) and generational boundaries.
Stories that not only cascade
to people of all walks of life but
acquaint us with the values and
ethics for leading a fruitful one.
Around two years back when
the world grappled with a
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