Most car manufacturers in India choose foreign names for their products—often in Latin, Italian, or Greek. Majority of the Indian population does not know what the name means! Despite operating in India, the vehicle manufacturers rarely use names that reflect Indianism / Indian culture or connect with the local people. Consider few following examples: Maruti Suzuki […]
Tag: Greek
CLEOPATRA
Cleopatra (Meaning: Glory of the father) was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruled Egypt from 51 BC – 30 BC. She is celebrated for her beauty and love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Cleopatra was born in 69 BC – 68 BC. When her father Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC, […]
WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE?
If you ask me what ‘Knowledge’ I would reply ‘I do not know’. For each it implies something drastically different. Having studied PHILOSOPHY at the St Stephen’s College New Delhi under the tutelage great philosopher teachers like Prof. R.K Gupta, Prof. Ashok Vohra, Prof. Vijay Thanka, I can at most venture to state what the […]
Ship of Theseus
Theseus was the mythical Greek founder king of Athens. The Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment of ancient philosophers like Heraclitus, Plato etc., going back to 500 – 400 BC. This experiment is about whether an object that has had all of its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object. “As the planks of […]
NIJINSKY
Nijinsky (1980) is a biographical film. This film explores the life and career of Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (12th March, 1890 – 8th April, 1950). He was a Russian ballet dancer of legendary fame, celebrated for his spectacular leaps and sensitive interpretations. After school, Nijinsky became a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, in 1907, […]
