tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post8687087983570321647..comments2024-03-22T09:18:46.934+05:30Comments on Windy Skies: Tiranga, The Indian TricolourAnil Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-25642600607015265512011-08-27T05:12:53.084+05:302011-08-27T05:12:53.084+05:30Grannymar: Thank you. Like with the Indian Flag I ...<b>Grannymar</b>: Thank you. Like with the Indian Flag I believe there's a lot of meaning and import behind the story of flags of most countries.<br /><br /><b>ND</b>: Thank you. Even on other days one can make the flag a part of the everyday in other creative forms.Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-76729956422363754952011-08-25T00:03:50.614+05:302011-08-25T00:03:50.614+05:30Great info about the origin of the flag. After all...Great info about the origin of the flag. After all you get one day to flaunt it publicly like this.NDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-100648604341702412011-08-22T20:11:15.930+05:302011-08-22T20:11:15.930+05:30Thank you Anil. You have made me revisit the Flag...Thank you Anil. You have made me revisit the Flag under which I was born. The Irish Flag, with the same three colours Green, White and yellow. It to was adopted at the end of British rule.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-39989033493699553782011-08-21T16:24:02.427+05:302011-08-21T16:24:02.427+05:30Balachandran V: The museum at Sarnath is extraordi...<b>Balachandran V</b>: The museum at Sarnath is extraordinary for the range of artifacts it houses, and for their beauty, all of them retrieved during the excavation at the Sarnath site just across the road.<br /><br />Going through the museum one instantly imagines what the actual built up area must've been when all the artifacts that one sees in the Sarnath museum were in their original Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-71601340948136889952011-08-21T08:54:34.482+05:302011-08-21T08:54:34.482+05:30One of the most unforgettable images that I carry ...One of the most unforgettable images that I carry in my mind is that of the Sandstone Buddha in the Sarnath museum. I was hypnotized by the serenity in his face. That slight twist of his lips, like Mona Lisa, the closed eyes, the broken hands which the guide said was originally a mudra of untying a knot - the knot of the mystery of life... I just couldn't tear myself away from Buddha- I Balachandran Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-59366985920478377802011-08-18T20:01:11.286+05:302011-08-18T20:01:11.286+05:30Nona: Thank you.
Lynn: Thank you. The experience...<b>Nona</b>: Thank you. <br /><br /><b>Lynn</b>: Thank you. The experience at Sarnath where Buddha preached his first sermon, and the moment before the remains of Ashoka's pillar that once held the magnificient Lion Capital, and the one in Gandhi's house in Sabarmati Ashram, incliding the <i>Charkha</i>, both instances inextricably woven into the history of the Indian flag, were Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-34611119117968687052011-08-18T04:51:15.514+05:302011-08-18T04:51:15.514+05:30Informative and inspirational.Informative and inspirational.mhttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-81460842982440756412011-08-17T10:57:09.445+05:302011-08-17T10:57:09.445+05:30Agree with Lynn - so much more spiritual than our ...Agree with Lynn - so much more spiritual than our flag and its bloody history. Gandhi is one of my heroes.Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-53550126008583240072011-08-17T08:17:36.129+05:302011-08-17T08:17:36.129+05:30It was interesting to see all the places you found...It was interesting to see all the places you found the flag and the colors. I liked the way you described its importance.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865193802444007545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-32410391640264053542011-08-16T19:13:37.506+05:302011-08-16T19:13:37.506+05:30The moments you describe, in which you stood and r...The moments you describe, in which you stood and reflected about the history of where you were standing, are wonderful. A living, breathing thing - just wonderful.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-40909046525928657462011-08-16T09:29:31.887+05:302011-08-16T09:29:31.887+05:30That was very informative. I didn't know many ...That was very informative. I didn't know many things you had written about before reading this article.Nonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13892851938328826870noreply@blogger.com