India’s second ambitious lunar exploration mission ‘Chandrayaan 2’ was aborted due to some technical glitches on the mid night of 14/15th of July. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) had fixed the time of 02:51 am (IST) on 15th of July 2019 at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh for the launching of CHandrayaan 2. But due […]
Forbidden Marriages in Simhastha Brihaspati: Why such fear?
(Note: The content in this article has been taken from my published write-up “Solemnizing Marriages need not be Prohibited!” at Express Star Teller October 2015 issue) Hindu astrology has suffered from lots of superstitions in the last few centuries. One of the main reasons for the spread of wrong beliefs in astrology is the overemphasis […]