Great Tamil poet Subramania Bharati wrote:
"We will learn both scripture and science
We will explore both heavens and oceans
We will unravel the mysteries of the moon
And we will sweep our streets clean too"
The above poem was quoted by the President of India in his address to the nation on August, 14.
Nobel prize winning scientist Prof. S. CHANDRASEKHAR wrote a poem in 1993 titled "Gods", the poem starts:
"Secularism has only been on our lips.
and ends with the following lines
"Man’s collective consciousness
What he says in between are the lines about Gods.
Author Gurcharan Das has listed books which are important to read in some or other ways to recount the India and other narratives. The list is here.
The above poem was quoted by the President of India in his address to the nation on August, 14.
Nobel prize winning scientist Prof. S. CHANDRASEKHAR wrote a poem in 1993 titled "Gods", the poem starts:
"Secularism has only been on our lips.
In its most modem form,
It says not what it does
And does not what it says."and ends with the following lines
"Man’s collective consciousness
Runs riot when stripped
Of reason, and at journey’s end.
When culture is consumed at religion’s crossroad
In the name and altar of righteousness."What he says in between are the lines about Gods.
Author Gurcharan Das has listed books which are important to read in some or other ways to recount the India and other narratives. The list is here.
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