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Lord Ganesha married two daughters of Lord Brahma, the creator, Riddhi and Siddhi. From the two wives he had two sons named Labha and Kshema.

Dwaipayan Vyasa compoased the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. He himself a character in it. It is said Vyasa dictated verses and Ganesha wrote it. Mahabharata is the longest epic in India containing 100,000 verses.

Krishna was married to 16,108 wives in Dwaraka and the chief was Rukimini. He was also married to Jambavati and Satyabhama.

Shukadeva or Shuka was the son of sage Vyasa. Depicted as a sannyasi, he died before the Kurukshetra war. He founded Srimad Bhagavatam.

Why I am a Hindu is a book in relation to Hinduism by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. He talks in it about Hindu and Hinduism. He discusses about plurality of Hinduism and defences Hinduism. Currently it is one of the most read book in India written by a politician.

Santoshi Maa is the mind-born daughter of Ganesha. She is the mother of satisfaction (santosh). She fulfill desires of people and thus named Santoshi Maa.

Demonetization is necessary to stabilize currency and to some extent inflation. It also facilitates trade and push transparency in domestic economic activities. It drives out black money from the market. The gray markets also seize to operate.

Ashoka Chakra is depiction of Buddhist Dharmachakra and 24 spokes in it inspires the people to work 24 hours, tirelessly. It is called wheel of duty.

The first reason is that most of the fuel consumed in India is imported from other countries and secondly huge tax is levied on it. With the high tax the segment is one of the key products from where the government gets generate fund.

Daksha hated Lord Shiva as he used to live on the mountains, wore tiger skin, covered himself with human ashes, had snakes around his neck, and had no attachment to the world. He liked to keep himself detached while Daksha was a king with good wealth and luxurious living.

Shiva linga is a symbol that gives form to formless. It is the symbol of Shakti (power). It is also the symbol of duality or polarity, combination of two. It represents totality of the cosmos.

Shashi Tharoor is one of the senior most and popular leader in Congress party. He is usually recalled for his intelligent and his latest book titled Why i am a Hindu reflects how much he knows about Hinduism and in what way he can defend the religion.

A simple review of Why I am a Hindu book by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is that it has almost all the aspects to defence Hinduism over the ages. It is now one of the most read books in India.

Swami Vivekananda said that you are the creator of your own destiny. It is true. Human beings can achieve what they want and so the final result is based on what they had earlier thought. So one is creating his or her own destiny.

You and I are just an identity of an individual and not the spirit or aatma. The aatma lives for ever. It takes birth again and again, but not as the same individual. So in broader sense You and I are nothing but an identity of just one birth.

In Indian tradition wives are not allowed to wear revealing clothes in general. However, in private there is not objection. Today's modern culture, inspired by the west, has turned the concept the other way. Now wives do wear revealing clothes in many families in public too.

The word Bharat comes from legendary king Bharat Chakravarti, who was also the founder of the Bharat Dynasty. His kingdom expanded a vast part of India. He was the ancestor of Pandava and Kaurava of Mahabharata.

We are lately caught into culture war and gradually losing traditional family values. Married women now are opting for work more than staying at home and do all the cleaning and cooking. We also try to cherish the western culture and in between getting away from our own.

Joint family is like an institution where all members of three generations gets shelter and guidance together. It minimizes expenses and work during events like marriages and birthdays could be shared. All the members feel supported amid ups and downs of life.

He was killed because he didn't pay to underworld people. He was shot to death by them as they wanted to spread the message that not paying them will lead to death to anyone.