Month: September 2022

One of my favorite songs:)

Not many songs touch a chord the way this one does. Melody, classical touches and beautiful picturisation, an ode to my favorite Krishna, what else could I ask for? Muripaala Mukunda – from Bahubali – The Conclusion. Here are the lyrics for those who don’t understand the beautiful language of Telugu! Muripaala Mukundaa…Oh lovely mukunda …

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Visarjan!

श्री गणेश चतुर्थी – Ganesh Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi (Vināyaka Chaturthī) or Vinayaka Chavithi (Vināyaka Chavithī) is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Ganesha. It falls in the months of August or September of the Gregorian calendar. The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha clay idols privately in homes, or publicly on …

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Happy Onam!

Asura is typically construed as evil, and is used interchangeably with Danavas, Daityas and Rākshasās, mainly because in English, they are all demons! But all asuras were not considered evil. Here are some of the niruktas (etymologies) of the root word asu.  Asu can mean, prana – life breath, life- force; in this sense, asura means ‘one who brings, gives prana’ …

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Can you do it?

The issue is not that you are not capable of doing it…the issue is that I know you are capable but you don’t. A phrase (or a close derivative) that I have found myself repeating often – to karate’s who I taught, to employees, even to family. The starting point for most people is “I …

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Teachers, not all Gurus:)

We may remember Teachers Day as the day when we decorated the blackboard (or green board, as was in our case), and wished our teachers and thanked them for teaching us well. We may not have understood the importance of teachers day then, as we do now.  Today, we live in different parts of the …

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Just begin!

Had an interesting conversation with family friends today. This revolved around exploring what one is good at, and putting it out there for the world to see. The processing power of computers, internet and social media have made it very easy for one to create, edit and post content across multiple formats to reach thousands, …

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Of parents and walks…

I take a walk with Rohāmrta a few times a week. Not very far, just inside our community, which is pretty well spread out, and so I end up walking for around an hour. I see quite a few infants and toddlers, relaxing in their strollers, or playing around on the grass, maid in tow, …

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A short story…

There is an interesting story as to how Panini, the originator of Sanskrit grammar, received knowledge from Shiva. He was supposed to be the dullest of the students in a group that was studying from a Guru in Taxila, Taksha Shila. The other boys were very intelligent. Panini was the most stupid, the least intelligent, …

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