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Bibliotheca: The Road to Wisdom
No full textThere is a path which takes any creative intellect from the world of information to that of wisdom through the world of knowledge. This path for creative realization is indeed resonant with the \u27Upanishadic\u27 method of spiritual realization, i.e. the transformative ideology of the East, consisting of the phases of \u27Sravana\u27, \u27Manana\u27, and \u27Nididhyasana\u27 in that order, with the outcome of the phases being Information, Knowledge and Wisdom respectively. This has been seen to be true in the case of legendary literary work and unparalleled epic of the East, \u27Mahabharata\u27, inspired the master writer of India, MT Vasudevan Nair in penning an equally legendary work \u27Randamoozham\u27 (Second Turn), in this comparatively limited linguistic realm and the role played by libraries in that creative endeavor. The literary creative route of \u27Randamoozham\u27 the author vindicating the hypothesis; \u27Library is the right fulgent path for transforming information through knowledge to wisdom.\u2
Is Ranganathan a Pragmatic Philosopher? Reading the Five Laws of Library Science in the Light of Ancient Indian Philosophy
No full textHindu tradition of India is one among the oldest civilizations of the world. Indian philosophy put forward a Universal view which is rooted in Freedom. It always embraces the Eternal nature of this universe. It is these principles that work in the five fundamental laws of Library and information science of S.R. Ranganathan which in turn assures his philosophical and pragmatic nature
