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Dilbert’s recipe for succinct writing

By S.K 2008-04-19 Linguistics 2 Comments

This is a sequel to my earlier post captioned “Less is More” dwelling on reductionism, brevity and KISS. This is what Dilbert (Scott Adams) muses in his blog about being…

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Good news for Blogsloths!

By S.K 2008-01-11 blogging 23 Comments

Pundits always advocate writing unique, original and creative content on your blog to be magnetic. But isn’t it a lot of work? Plus you have to rack your brains to…

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Run out of steam for blogging!

By S.K 2007-11-17 blogging 11 Comments

Yes. It happens to any one – be a writer or a blogger. You have been busy writing for quite a while, but suddenly found your mind hitting a blind…

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10 tips to buck up your Blog

By S.K 2007-11-06 blogging 9 Comments

There are zillions of resources for blogging on the net (why, there are pulp editions too!) – scripts, themes, ideas, links, hosts, dev-shops et al. But where to go for…

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Deep Dive:
How did a warrior's ballad become a priest's manual? Scholars like Dr. V.S. Sukthankar and Alf Hiltebeitel identify the Bharata layer (the 24,000-verse expansion) as the primary site of a "Sectarian Strike."
1. The Bhrigu Takeover (The Sukthankar Thesis)
In his seminal work On the Meaning of the Mahabharata, Sukthankar argues that a specific clan of Brahmins—the Bhrigus—took the raw Jaya core and turned it into an Upabrahmana (an expansion of the Vedas).
2. The Deification of Krishna:
Scholar Alf Hiltebeitel notes that the deification of Krishna was the centerpiece of this "Sectarian Strike". In the oldest strata, Krishna is a brilliant Vrishni diplomat. In the Bharata layer, he is transformed into a Supreme Being.

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