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>>>>>>>Why would someone, Indian or not, want to learn Sanskrit online? >>>>>>>>There's nearly an infinite amount of knowledge in the world. And each of us has a finite amount of time. Why
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Why not?
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>>>> 98% of Indian Population have not even heard the word "Github" in their entire life, yet everyone acts like they know this stuff What kind of logic is it? Are 98% of Indian population software engineers? Why do t
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LOL! You do realize it's from a book titled "Vedic Mathematics", and not from the Vedas itself? Do you? Did you actually check link at the top of the article linked by OP[1]? And, why do think it's bullshit? I don't
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The verse 'gopi bhagya' basically follows Katapayadi system[0]. Earliest known usage of Katapayadi system was in 683 AD. That verse is from a 1965 book called "Vedic Mathematics" by Bharati Krishna Tirtha Maharaja[1]. Th
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It is really pathetic to see how people are quick to snub off anyone or anything that's related to Hinduism, ancient Hindu works, scriptures etc as propaganda, brainwash etc. Is it some kind of reverse propaganda?? >>> You c
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>>> Definitely a Hindutva site. And, your point is? That site also has collections about works of legit ancient Indian mathematicians, Vedas etc. So, you are going to disregard them because they're Hindus? If somebody mention
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>>>> Before buying into it, I would suggest the readers to review the works of Dr. Ambedkar such as Riddle In Hinduism. http://www.ambedkar.org/riddleinhinduism/ You're saying fight one "propag
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13y ago
CTRL+F - hindu - 0 results in home page. Where is the "nonsense" that you're talking about?
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Looking at these data: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dio... http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=USA+total+primary+energ... http://www.wolframalpha.com/i
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...developing country's perspective it looks like developed nations used cheap energy to get ahead. Now they want to curb usage of cheap energy in developing nations because: 1. Suddenly, they're affected by climate change, or cl
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YouTube comments were already a cesspool. Now, with added "shared via Google+", it has become unbearable. I added this rule in AdBlockPlus to block YouTube comments: youtube.com###watch-discussion
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13y ago
Opposition is against building GLONASS monitoring stations on US soil; not against GLONASS or any indigenous navigation system itself.
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13y ago
> Here? You created your account 19 hours back, just for this thread. What do you know about things 'here'? http://xkcd.com/386/ :)
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13y ago
Tried out the demo; it's nice. Keyboard shortcuts and threaded display would be nice to have. Will check out the source for my learning.
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You're the one who's comparing Apples to Oranges. Nobody here are worried about ISRO salary, perks etc. (they are actually good). No one's comparing ISRO to Google or NASA or SpaceX or whatever. You simply started off with th
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> Especially when you have taken so much pain of calling your friends and verifying the information to debate a stranger over the internet. Since you're taking so much pain to spread false info, others are taking some pain to corre
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@kamaal, please don't measure everything in terms of money, and in terms of those million dollar flats. You are simply swaying off of topic. Why do you think you can dispute GP's first hand experience? Also, you don't seem t