[My ancestral motherland being the state of Tamil Nadu In South India], Having travelled on a regular basis through the Indian Subcontinent, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and even briefly to Tibet. My fascination with all these places is the Shared History that all people in...
TANJAVOOR, TAMIL NADU THE BRIHADISVARA TEMPLE SHOWN ABOVE, IS ANOTHER MAJOR HINDU TEMPLE. THE ARTICLE IN WIKIPEDIA ON THE TEMPLE, WHICH IS PRESENTED BELOW HAS BEEN POSTED WITHOUT ANY MODIFICATIONS; WE ARE DEEPLY INDEBTED TO WIKIPEDIA FOR THE FACT-FILLED ARTICLE. PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THE URL...
Until I readJ. R. R. Tolkien’sThe Lord of The Rings,my favorite book growing up was, by far,The Hobbit. Growing up in Russia, however, meant that instead of Tolkien’s English version, my parents read me a Russian transla...