All our scriptures, including the great epics (Ramayana and Mahabharata) were carried forward in an oral tradition – with Sanskrit as the medium, and hence preserved for thousands of years. They were all the form of stories – for the need to narrate has been as old as civilisation itself. In later periods, kathakaars, or storytellers, wandered from …
प्राप्तव्यम् अर्थं लभते मनुष्यो देवो ऽपि तं लङ्घयितुं न शक्तः ।तस्मान् न शोचामि न विस्मयो मे यद् अस्मदीयं न हि तत् परेषाम् ॥ १११ ॥ prāptavyam arthaṃ labhate manuṣyo devo ‘pi taṃ laṅghayituṃ na śaktaḥ |tasmān na śocāmi na vismayo me yad asmadīyaṃ na hi tat pareṣām || 111 || One surely attains what is destined for …
I got some questions from readers on my last article. Some wanted to know what to learn, so as to be prepared, others wanted specifics on possible career paths. My response was nearly the same in both cases. Be prepared to learn AND unlearn anything, and your strategy should be to be ready to go …
I was reading about the AR/VR headset that’s due for release by Apple sometime this year. A truly disruptive product, if it does even half of what was stated… Actually, we are at the cusp of very significant changes. Much like the period in the late 90s, leading up to the Ecommerce boom and bust, …
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Last year, it rained on January 3rd. This year too, but today it rained quite heavily. I just repeated what I did last year. Chill, chai and pakoras. Threw in a bit of work as well for good measure. Also dug in for a generous serving of my daily reading. At an exciting part that …
With warm, warm interactions:) I knew it was a packed day the moment I woke. At 5. But I couldn’t really get up till past 6, coz Rohāmrta woke with me and well, I had to try to put him to sleep. And I was unsuccessful. So, we both trudged down to the hall where …
Have you heard of Wootz steel? Chances are that you haven’t. Have you heard of the swords of Tipu Sultan? AHA. Well, they were made of the stuff. Wootz steel was a pioneering steel alloy developed in India in the mid-1st millennium BC and exported globally. It originated in Wootz steel originated in the mid-1st millennium BC in South …
Went for a haircut after long. My barber, oh sorry, ‘hairdresser’, was in a jovial mood today. Turns out that his mom was coming for a visit, and so he had taken a leave for two weeks from tomorrow. Also turns out that he is all of 24, which was a revelation. He is from …
We had an important milestone in our firm today. One that we prepared for, and for many months. The individual in question worked hard, and we tried our best to support him in his endeavor. Finally, today we came to know that he succeeded. And what a moment it was, when I opened the email …
And two days already pass by. Do you remember what you did on the second day of 2022? or 2021? or 2020? Chances are that you would not have a clue. New Year’s Eve is considered a special occasion and we generally recollect what we did on these days every year, and also probably the …
