Two movies released today. One spoke about bonds and relationships, the other is a copy of an American movie. One is a simple story about a lower middle class family and it’s challenges. The other is an intellectual pretender . one is from a director who makes movies rooted in emotions, the other is helmed …
Rākhī derives from the Sanskrit rakṣikā, a join: rakṣā protection. Raksha Bandhan is observed on the last day of the Hindu lunar calendar month of Shraavana, which typically falls in August. The expression “Raksha Bandhan,” Sanskrit, literally, “the bond of protection, obligation, or care,” is now principally applied to this ritual. Until the mid-20th-century, the …
From the past few months, there has been increased talk on food scarcity. Apparently, a very few countries in the world account for a majority of the supply of our staple foods, and a couple of these countries are now at war. Staples aside, as a species, we have been eating much more than ever …
A few months back, I had written about our haul at the Olympics. Today, as the Commonwealth Games come to a close, we wrapped up this session with a record haul. We won in the usual suspects such as Weightlifting, Badminton and Boxing, with new categories added in steeplechase of all things – a discipline …
Today’s post is very short. It’s about a movie on Netflix that most of you may have missed seeing on Netflix – and it’s called Music Teacher. A small movie about a small town and a man who failed to realize his potential in singing. Nothing very complicated, but strikes a chord. And the music …
Most of us deal with back pain at some point in our lives. Causes of back pain are varied from chronic nerve pain, to menstrual cramps, to stiffness from sitting all day. While those with more medically rooted problems will need specialized care, many of us can find great relief from our back pain with …
Another of my co-workers amazed me today. Our workplace is quite different from most. We work like a startup, even though we are well-established in our domain. We like to automate processes, make them more efficient, more lean, more easier for us to work with. And so we work on our tasks, and also some …
पण्डितो अनन्तपारं किल शब्द-शास्त्रं स्वल्पं तथायुर् बहवश् च विघ्नाः ।सारं ततो ग्राह्यम् अपास्य फल्गु हंसैर् यथा क्षीरम् इवाम्बुध्यात् ॥ ६ ॥ anantapāraṃ kila śabda-śāstraṃ svalpaṃ tathāyur bahavaś ca vighnāḥ |sāraṃ tato grāhyam apāsya phalgu haṃsair yathā kṣīram ivāmbudhyāt || 6 || The texts on grammar are long and have a lot of depth, The life of a …
My admin assistant gave birth on Monday, the first of this month. And today she pinged me, since she wanted to complete some work that was pending on her side. I didn’t ask her to obviously. I didn’t even know this was pending. But she took responsibility for the task and wanted to see it …
So more tensions now. Nancy Pelosi, for a brief moment in time, rode in arguably the most tracked plane in history, as she touched down on Taiwan a few minutes ago. And armchair war activists have already begun their calculations. From plane tracking to calculating the military power in the South China Sea, almost everyone …
