Pakistan Sanskrit Education: For the first time after partition, Sanskrit language has been included in the curriculum of education in Pakistan. Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has started a four-credit course in this classical language. This initiative evolved from a three-month long weekend workshop, which received a good response from students and scholars.

Under the course, the Urdu version of the famous theme of Mahabharata television series ‘Hai Katha Sangram Ki’ is also being taught to the students.

Focus on Pakistan’s rich but neglected Sanskrit collection

Dr Ali Usman Qasmi, director of the Gurmani Centre, told The Tribune that Pakistan has one of the richest but most neglected Sanskrit collections in the Punjab University Library. He said, ‘An important collection of Sanskrit palm leaf manuscripts was cataloged by scholar JCR Woolner in the 1930s, but no Pakistani scholar has been associated with this collection since 1947. Only foreign researchers use it. Training local scholars will change this. Dr. Qasmi also informed that the university is planning to expand through upcoming courses on Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita. He said, ‘In 10-15 years we may see Pakistan based scholars of Gita and Mahabharata.’

Dr. Shahid Rashid made a big contribution

This change has been possible due to the efforts of Dr. Shahid Rashid, Associate Professor of Sociology, Forman Christian College. Dr. Rashid said, ‘Classical languages ​​contain a lot of knowledge for humanity. I started learning Arabic and Persian and then studied Sanskrit.

He told that he learned Sanskrit grammar under the guidance of Cambridge Sanskrit scholar Antonia Ruppel and Australian Indologist MacMas Taylor, through online platforms. He further said, ‘It took about a year to learn classical Sanskrit grammar and I am still learning it.’

Dr. Rashid said that people often question his choice of studying Sanskrit. He said, ‘I tell them, why shouldn’t we learn it? It is the bonding language of the entire region. The village of Sanskrit grammarian Panini was in this area. A lot of writing took place here during the Indus Valley Civilization. Sanskrit is like a mountain, a cultural monument. We should adopt it. It is ours too; It is not related to any one religion.

Cultural unity through languages ​​in South Asia

Dr. Rashid further said that if people try to learn each other’s classical traditions, a more harmonious situation can be seen in South Asia. Giving examples, he said, ‘Imagine if more Hindus and Sikhs in India learn Arabic, and more Muslims in Pakistan learn Sanskrit, this could be a new, hopeful beginning for South Asia, where languages ​​act as bridges and not barriers.’

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Veteran actor Pankaj Dheer passed away. Pankaj had cancer, for which he was undergoing treatment for a long time. However, the cancer had failed in his body. Pankaj Dheer is known for BR Chopra’s Mahabharata. He played the role of Karna in this serial. However, before this he was supposed to play the role of Arjun but he was removed from the serial.

While talking to Leharen Retro, Pankaj Dheer had told that BR Chopra had asked him to leave his office because he was not shaving his mustache for the role of Arjun. Pankaj had told that he was the first choice for the role of Arjun. But he did not shave his mustache so he was fired from this role.

When Pankaj was offered the role of Karna

Pankaj said, ‘When I auditioned, dialogue writers Masoom Raza, Bhring Tupkari and Pandit Narendra Sharma ji were in the panel. He thought that I was perfect for the role of Arjun. Our contract was signed. BR Chopra called me and said that I would have to play the role of Brihannala as well, for this I would have to shave my moustache. But I had refused. I won’t look good. So he asked me what kind of actor are you? You are leaving such a big role for the moustache. I am not able to understand.

Pankaj had told, ‘I had done a very stupid thing. At that time I could only understand this much. Chopra Saheb had said, ‘Go out of this door and don’t come back.’ They threw me out of the office. Then Chopra sahib called me again. This was my luck. He asked me for the role of Karna. So I asked Sir, do I have to shave my moustache? So he said no. The role of Karna was my destiny.

Karna was the hero of Mahabharata, who was extraordinary by birth, but circumstances made him a tragedy. Kunti got Karna from the boon of Sun God. At the time of birth, he had armor and earrings on his body, which made him invincible.

But Kunti was unmarried at that time, so due to fear of the society, she kept the baby in a basket and threw it in the river. This was the same child, who was brought up by a charioteer and his wife Radha. Thus, despite being the son of Surya, Karna was brought up in a charioteer family.

Since childhood, the society despised him by calling him a son of a son. This insult itself became a fire within him, a fire to prove his existence. When in his youth he challenged Arjun to a fight in the court of Hastinapur, Bhishma and Dronacharya insulted him by calling him from a lowly family. Then Duryodhana honored him by making him the king of Anga country. This honor became the turning point of Karna’s life. From that moment he considered Duryodhana not only as his friend but also as his everything.

Karna learned weapons from Lord Parashurama. He became extremely powerful, but fate gave him two deadly curses. Once Parashurama came to know that he was not a Brahmin, he said ‘When you need it most, you will not remember your knowledge.’ The second time, a Brahmin cursed him that ‘when your chariot is in battle, its wheel will sink in the mud.’ Both these curses came true at important moments of Karna’s life.

Just before the war of Mahabharata, Kunti told him that he was the eldest brother of the Pandavas. Even after knowing this he said that Mother, I am your son, but Duryodhana is my religion. He promised that he would fight only with Arjun. This was his biggest ideal and also his biggest mistake. This is where Karna got stuck between religion and loyalty.

When Karna and Arjun came face to face in the battle of Kurukshetra, Karna repeatedly defeated Arjun with his weapons, but as soon as his chariot sank into the mud, Parashurama’s curse came true. He was about to lift the bow when Krishna said to Arjun that ‘This is the moment for which you were born.’ Talking about Kshatriya religion, Karna said, ‘Religion says that a helpless warrior should not be killed.’ But Krishna reminded that when Abhimanyu was helpless, he was standing silently watching. At that very moment Arjun’s arrow sank into Karna’s chest. Surya’s son fell helplessly on the earth.

Karna was omnipotent, but lost in the conflict between religion and loyalty. He had power, but not direction. He knew the truth, yet was on the wrong side. His defeat was not Arjun’s victory, but was the result of karma. He was defeated by destiny, defeated by his emotional bonds.

Karna’s life teaches that power is meaningful only when it is accompanied by religion. He maintained friendship, but also supported injustice. He was the son of Surya, but could not come out of his own darkness. His story reminds us that sometimes even the bravest man is lost in the confusion of his feelings and duties. This was the true tragedy of Karna, he had power, but truth was not on his side.

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People still remember BR Chopra’s Mahabharata. It had made its special place in the hearts of people. Every character of this show had impressed people and even today people know them by the same name. Pankaj Dheer played the role of Karna in Mahabharata. People loved Pankaj Dheer a lot. Everyone’s favorite Pankaj Dheer has passed away. At the age of 68, he lost the battle with cancer.

There is mourning in the entire industry due to the demise of Pankaj Dheer. Both fans and celebs cannot believe that Pankaj is no more in this world. According to reports, Pankaj had cancer and he won the battle against it. But in the last few months his cancer returned again. After which his health kept deteriorating. People are mourning the demise of Pankaj Dheer.

What was Pankaj’s salary?

Pankaj Dheer became famous everywhere by playing the character of Karna in Mahabharata. Very few people would know how much money he got for this show. He used to get very little money for the show. If reports are to be believed, Pankaj Dheer used to get only Rs 3000 for an episode in the show. He did 94 episodes of Mahabharata.

Pankaj Dheer has worked in many films and TV shows in his career. He also worked in many mythological shows. Which includes many shows like Chandrakanta, The Great Maratha. Apart from this, he also worked in films like Soldier, Badshah, Sadak. Fans have always been impressed by Pankaj’s acting. For this reason people liked him very much. Talking about Pankaj Dhir’s personal life, he leaves behind his wife Anita Dhar and son Nikitan Dhir.

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Karma: Sadhus and saints in India have always been the center of reverence and faith. The society not only considers him a religious guide, but also considers their conduct as the direction of life.

But when a person is involved in unrighteousness by wearing a monk’s clothes, it is not just a personal crime. This is a direct attack on religion, society and faith.

This is the biggest hypocrisy, because trust is exploited here. The scriptures have used harsh words for such hypocrites and have declared them Mahapatak.

Religion should be visible by conduct, not by being

Theology clearly says that the basis of religion is not just disguised. It is written in Manusmriti that Unrighteous Tu Ya: Sadhu Veshan Kritva Charedih. S Sarman Nihanatyashu Swargam Chav Na Gachhati. That is, a person who wears unrighteousness by wearing a monk, does not only become a sinner himself but also leads the whole society towards destruction.

Even in the peace festival of Mahabharata, this hypocrisy is considered a great sin. A person pretending to be a part of hell is a part of hell, because his conduct confuses others and corrupts faith.

Grooming depiction of Garuda Purana

In Garuda Purana, the most scary description on this subject is found. It is said here that the person who is wearing the dress of the monk is dropped directly into the Raurav hell after death.

In this hell, Yamdoots persecute him with fire flames and toxic insects. His soul does not find peace until the hypocrisy spread by it does not disappear from the society.

It is also said in the Padma Purana that such a person is repeatedly born in lowly vaginas and suffers endless sorrows. This punishment is not limited to the individual, but also has a side effect on his family and followers.

What happens when a person does unrighteousness by consisting of a monk?

When a person does unrighteousness by consisting of the monk, his effect is not only personal. This is a direct attack on faith. The society which considers the monk a symbol of religion is filled with doubt and mistrust.

The image of true sadhus also starts to fade and the reputation of religion is hurt. This is the reason that the scriptures have spoken of excluding such people from the society. Religion is not identified with prostitution, behavior is the proof of real religion.

What does hypocrisy get?

The scriptures do not only talk about the hereafter, they also indicate punishment in this world. A person who does hypocrisy has to face insults, diseases and mental tribulations in life itself.

His end is often tarnished and sad. His virtue in the form of divine punishment becomes weak and luck leaves him. He is excluded as a social punishment, and society stops believing his words. The scriptures have made it clear that such a hypocritical cannot live peacefully in both life and death.

What do those who do hypocrisy get?

On Mahabharata Veshane Tapasa Vapi Dharmam Yonntithi. S papado na skepto narakam yati durmati: This means that a person who follows religion only with dress and appearance is not real. Such a hypocrisy definitely becomes a part of hell.

This message was not only for that period, but is equally relevant today. When there is hypocrisy in the name of religion, then the society should remember this verse.

Who is the real saint?

Even today, we see many such faces who are involved in hypocrisy wearing a monk’s chola. Somewhere they claim to show miracles, somewhere they cheat people in the name of faith.

From the point of view of the scriptures, all this is extremely unrighteous. The value of faith is never decided by clothes. Seeing only the dress is the biggest mistake to consider someone as a saint. The real saint is the one whose behavior is clean, whose life is full of service and practice.

Carrying the monk and doing iniquity is the greatest sin!

The theology, memories and Puranas are unanimous on the subject that it is the greatest sin to make unrighteousness by taking disguise of the monk. Such a person ends with hell, humiliation and stigma. His life becomes a warning for society. The message of the scriptures is clear that behavior is religion, it is only a feeling.

Therefore, the society should not only be influenced by Chola, but tested the life and conduct of the monk. This is the way to protect faith and this is the real identity of religion.

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Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan was going to work in the biopic of Dada Saheb Phalke, the father of Indian cinema. The film was going to be made by Bollywood veteran Rajkumar Hirani. But now Mr. Perfectionist has opted out of the film and this film has become canned. There are reports that Aamir Khan did not like the script of the biopic and instructed the director to write a Dobapa script.

The report of Bollywood Hungama wrote- ‘Aamir Khan heard the script of Dadasaheb Phalke from Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi. He felt that the script did not have suitable elements for release in theaters. He hoped that Raju (Rajkumar Hirani) and aristocracy would mix with laughter, emotions and drama as usual. But there was a shortage of comedy in the script, which created suspicion in Aamir’s mind and asked Raju to write it again.

Hirani’s film working on other scripts
Quoting sources, the report further wrote- ‘Raju and Abhijat Aamir’s reactions were surprised and now thinking about their next steps. The film, whose production was to start in October 2025, is no longer on the path to go to the floor next month. At the moment everything has come to a standstill and Aamir has started working on other scripts, listening to stories from different industries.

Superhero film with Lokesh Kanagaraja also rejected
Let me tell you that earlier there were reports that Aamir Khan has also left his superhero film with Lokesh Kanagaraja. The reports said that there were creative defense between the actor and the coolie director, due to which both of them separated their ways with mutual consent.

Aamir Khan’s Workfront
Aamir Khan was last seen to be the film ‘Stars Bhumi Par’. His film, released on 20 June 2025, proved to be a blockbuster at the box office. The actor now has his dream project ‘Mahabharata’, on which he can start work soon.

When history repeats itself, he does not bring facts directly, he recites his echoes in symbols, bad omen and events. Just as Duryodhana’s birth in Mahabharata became the Shankhanad of the World War, similarly, the forest fire of the trump and today their statements about Indo-Pak are seen standing in the same line, are all these only coincidences or the same old destiny of power?

Duryodhana Birth Stunning Starts

There is a description in the Mahabharata, that when Duryodhana was born, the meteor-pool was rained from the sky. Vultures, crows and jackals started making inauspicious sounds. The earth trembled and fear spread in the city.

Seeing these conditions at that time, Maharishi Vyas and Brahmins told Dhritarashtra that- Renounce this child, otherwise it will consume the entire dynasty in the flame of war.

But Moh put the decision on the decision. The result was the same, the war of Mahabharata. This affair tells us that when power begins with bad omen, in the end the society is pushed towards great destruction. Read this- Is the fire in America before the oath of ‘Donald Trump’ is a sign of any bad omen?

What does scripture say about this?

Shakuna: Survinashay, Shubhay Ch Shubhashubhah:
That is, Shakun-Apasakun is never in vain; They explain the direction of the coming time.

Mahabharata (Adi festival, chapter 115–116)

“Jyme tu tasminnav dine kurupungava: Tada chapi mahabhaga dandan jagat: Smritam
As soon as Duryodhana was born, scholars described it as the cause of world-destruction.

Trump’s oath and modern abusive

Donald Trump was sworn in on 20 January 2017. But this was not a normal change. But before this, the fierce forest fire in California and Los Angeles killed millions of birds and animals.

Washington D.C. Even before the oath, riots and arson took place, as if the celebration of democracy had turned into a battlefield. The weather also indicated, there was a strange movement in the event of sudden rain and clouds, which is usually less seen.

From astrological point of view, yoga like Shani Samadhila, Rahu-Ketu Dosha and Mars-Surya tension surrounded that moment. All these were pointing to the same thing, this beginning of power will not be the messenger of partition, not peace.

Trump’s statement on Indo-Pak: Diplomacy or inauspicious intervention?

Today, eight years later, when Trump claims Indo-Pak relations that they stopped the war, calmed the situation of the aircraft and used the trade as a weapon, the statement in the Indian public seems to be a repetition of a bad omen.

The White House and Trump claimed that we stopped the Indo-Pak war, India strictly rejected it.

Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar clearly stated that the struggle got a break from India’s military action (Operation Sindoor), not from the intervention of any third.

Shashi Tharoor had made a sharp remark that the reason for peace was not Trump, but a successful strike of India.

Here too the same symbol is repeated, the other’s power ignores the bad omen in its ego, and tries to hide the real cause.

Indian perception: End of friendship?

Between 2014–19, pictures of Modi and Trump became a symbol of friendship from Houdi Modi to Namaste Trump. But in 2025, this relationship has turned into acute dissatisfaction and mistrust. How do you understand-

• Tariff and economic policies, crisis for India.
• American objection to oil imports from Russia, question on India’s sovereignty.
• Trump’s frequent statements, outrage and dissatisfaction in Indian society.

The Washington Post recently called it The Worst Crisis in Two Decades. There is now a notion among Indians that Trump is not a friend, but an inauspicious indicator, such as Duryodhana was born for the Kuru dynasty.

In 2025, the same signs are visible again, Saturn is indicating a crisis on water-protection, maritime conflict and global supply-chain by entering Pisces.

Rahu Kumbh and Ketu Singh are under pressure on the image of mass movement, online dissatisfaction and leadership. Guru is intensifying information war, media-innovative and diplomatic tension while living in Mithun and Ardra Nakshatra, while Mangal is an indicator of border military tension by entering Singh.

This means that in the coming months, the cracks in Indo-US relations may be deeper, there may be a situation of clashes or aerial conflict on the Indo-Pak border and the phase of instability at the economic-social level can be accelerated.

That is, both the bad omen of the Mahabharata period and today’s planets indicate in the same direction, when the power is surrounded by ego and division, the future becomes not of peace but a messenger of struggle.

Shakun and bad omen are not just events, they are the shadows of the future.
Duryodhana’s birth was an indicator of a war. Donald Trump’s swearing-in and now his statements, amidst Indo-Pak war and diplomatic crisis, the same message is repeating, when power rests on arrogance and untrue, the inauspicious signs of its beginning lead the society to the sage.

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Bollywood’s Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan has confirmed that he is going to start work on his dream project ‘Mahabharata’. Even before Aamir Khan, many films and TV serials have been made on the epic ‘Mahabharata’ which were released in different years. Whenever films or TV shows have been made on ‘Mahabharata’, the audience has liked him a lot.

Mahabharata (1965)
The film ‘Mahabharata’ released in 1965 was directed by Babubhai Mistry. The film was also dubbed in Tamil under the name of Panchali Sabham which was released in 1966. In ‘Mahabharata’, artists like Shivaji Ganesan, Padmini, Dara Singh, Abhi Bhattacharya and Manhar Desai were. The title song of the film was given by Mohammad Rafi.

The Mahabharata (1989)
Peter Brook’s ‘The Mahabharata’ is also a film based on the epic which was released in 1989. Actually, this was Brooke’s 1985 nine -hour long drama in these short adaptation which was about six hours. It was made like a TV series which was included in about three hours to release in theaters. ‘The Mahabharata’ featured artists like Robert Langton-Lydus Antonin Stahli, Bruce Myers, Vitorio Magogirno, Andrez Saverin, Georges Curfees and Mallika Sarabhai.

Mahabharata (1988 and 1997)
Who does not know about BR Chopra’s ‘Mahabharata’? This TV series with 94 episodes was telecast on Doordarshan from 2 October 1988 to 24 June 1990. BR Chopra’s son Ravi Chopra directed this serial. This serial was well liked by the audience, after which its second part ‘Mahabharata Katha’ also came in 1997.

Mahabharata (2013)
Even in the 21st century, the popularity of ‘Mahabharata’ did not decrease and in 2013, another TV serial based on the epic came. It was directed by Siddharth Anand Kumar, Amarprit ji, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Kamal Monga and Loknath Pandey. Ahem Sharma, Saurabh Raj Jain and Shaheer Sheikh starrer This series had a total of 267 episodes which started from 16 September 2013 and telecasted on Star Plus till 16 August 2012.