Month: December 2021

A day of pain…

To desecrate is shameful, but is lynching justified? What God or greater power can condone such behavior? Is faith driven by what signifies the greater truth, or the Greater Truth itself? How does man come to such emotional nadirs, when taking the life of another is seen as justifiable in the name of faith? Surely …

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What drives you?

When you are young, the thrill of ambition drives you when you grow older, the thrill of passion drives you and when yet older, the thrill of achievement drives you… The question is – however old you are right now ,what drives you as a person? What makes you get up every morning with a …

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Dream on…

बन्धुउद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मन: ॥ ५ ॥ बन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जित: ।अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत् ॥ ६ ॥ uddhared ātmanātmānaṁnātmānam avasādayetātmaiva hy ātmano bandhurātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ bandhur ātmātmanas tasyayenātmaivātmanā jitaḥanātmanas tu śatrutvevartetātmaiva śatru-vat One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the …

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Voynich

It was written 600 years ago. It’s 234 pages long. It’s been studied by cryptographers and codebreakers alike. And yet, we still have no idea what any of it means. This is the Voynich manuscript. The Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers from both World War I and World War II. …

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Meta Universe

Meta – denoting something of a higher or second-order kind. There has been a lot of talk about the metaverse lately. The word “metaverse” is often traced to Neal Stephenson’s 1992 dystopic, cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, and many see a more recent inspiration in the dazzling warren of experiences at the heart of Earnest Cline’s …

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Gita Jayanti…

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जना: पर्युपासते ।तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥ २२ ॥ ananyāś cintayanto māṁye janāḥ paryupāsateteṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁyoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham But those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form – to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they have. 9.22 मन्मना भव मद्भ‍क्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु …

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The return of history?

We have seen a lot of activity in restorations post 2019. First was the Ram Mandir, and now the Kashi Vishvanath corridor. Mathura is next, say sources. What goes around comes around. History is written by the victors, but is witnessed by time. And unlike men, time cannot lie, nor can it defend, nor can …

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The death of service

It’s uncanny that I have such encounters when reading a book on the subject. As some of you may be aware, I am reading about the future of banking – where archaic procedures meet their nemesis in new-age agile technology. And today, the universe conspired to demonstrate that what I read was indeed waiting to …

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