Arjun Erigaisi from Warangal makes history! He crossed 2800 in live ratings, becoming only the second Indian chess player after Vishwanathan Anand aka Vishy, and the 16th player in the world to achieve this.
Gukesh D is the youngest person in the history of chess to become the contender for the title of World Champion, achieving this feat at just 17 years of age. He led India to team gold in 2024 Chess Olympiad. He got individual gold. His rating is now at 2794. He is in queue to cross 2800 rating.
Supreme Court says no to child marriage in unequivocal terms. It is against the constitutional principles of equality, liberty, and free expression.
Diwali, Deepaavali, festival of lights. Symbolic victory of light over darkness; dharma over adharma; good over evil; knowledge, truth over ignorance, untruth. Mythologically – Rama returned to Ayodhya, after defeating Raavana. Krsna, Satya killedkilling Narakaasura, releasing 16,000 captured women. Lakshmi’s birth through Saagara manthan. Lakshmi’s marriage with Vishnu. Lakshmi, Ganesh, and Kali puja. Saraswati, Kubera puja. New year. Muhurat sales. Liberation of Mahavira. Starting the wanderings of the monks after 3-4 month hibernation in the monsoon period. 5 days of festivities include: Dhanatrayodasi, or Dhanteras, Dhanvantari puja, yamadeepam; Naraka Chaturdasi, Hanuman puja; Deepavali, Lakhsmipuja; Bali Paadyami, Padwa, Goverdhan Puja; Bhai dooj – Bhagini hasta bhojanam, Subhadra treating Krsna; Yamuna treating Yama; Viswakarma day/puja. For Sikhs – it is the founding of Amritsar; release of Guru Hargobind from Mughal prison.
It is also the post-harvest season and therefore, the period of purchases, shopping. A third of the annual purchases may happen around Deepaavali. Big problem is the firecrackers causing intense increase in pollutants in the air. The smog lasts several days causing substantial health irritations – eye-nose-throat related – to most.
With more than 2.5 million diyas, Diwali celebration, Deepotsav at Ayodhya has created a Guinness World Record. 1100 people performed Sarayu aarti.
World over, Diwali has become a secular festival, with a holiday declared.
Interestingly, on a lighter note: I was born on Ashwayuja Sukla Dwitiya, in Swati nakshatra. After a lunar month, Deepavali comes on amavaasya and Swati nakshatra. It appears birth nakshatra controls us. The people who are born in the same nakshatra exercise huge control on us, and vice-versa. Our innermost are sanakshatrajaatas. For me it should be a swatijaata(s). Isn’t it?
Finding love, friendship, and true love is rare. If we love, we surrender, lose ourselves, and merge into others unconditionally. This translates as we lose our individuality. This stresses us. We become disoriented. We remain usually unhappy after initial euphoria. In friendship, we accept each other unconditionally. We remain ourselves at the same time. In true love, probably we surrender, become part of the other, yet we do not lose our individuality. This kind of love is very^n rare. If we can find friendship, true love, we are very fortunate. Let us retain them, keep them. By all means, ways, and tools. Can we? Like Chaatak waiting for rain drops to drink water, Chakora looking at the moon to give amrt jyotsna.
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing hand-in-hand. In N? panchaadasayoga for 7L.
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