Deepawali is known as the Festival of lights. Arguably the most well-known festival from India, Deepawali (or Diwali) is celebrated around the world, even in the United Arab Emirates, where dazzling fireworks and light shows mark the occasion. A lot of Indian festive buying culminates in Diwali. People buy everything from cars to jewellery to mobile …
Did you know that tomorrow is celebrated as the National Ayurveda Day? Mostly not. We have come to associate this day with buying gold or silver or something valuable, because well, Dhan means wealth na? धन्वन्तरि – Dhanavantari dhanu = “science of [extracting] arrows” (surgery) dhanu + anta = dhanvanta = “the end (complete knowledge) of …
Ah so a surprise today. The team went and got me a delicious red velvet cake, followed by a scrumptious meal of momos, noodles and Shezwan from Chowringhees. This week is all about eating and so difficult to control one’s culinary urges:) I am typing this surrounded by kaju-based sweets that we have bought for …
There are a hundred exercises to choose from when you go to a gym. Well, it isn’t even called a gym anymore. Its called a fitness studio. You can pick a couple of classes of cardio, add a core workout to the mix, a dash of yoga and pilates, a cycle hour and well, you …
46 is the double of 23. 23 is a prime number. And one is at one’s prime at 23. Not intellectually or by way of accomplishment, but just physically. You can safely say that if handled well, 46 turns out to be one of many milestones on the way to your intellectual peak…but can also …
As I lie back and watch the blue sky Clouds, shapes, a bit of sun peeping from around the corner… A beautiful sight, a moment in time, frozen, my own, just for me. I capture it on my phone, and instantly work on optimising it more color, less glare, in pursuit of the perfect picture… …
Zen stories. They bring back fond memories. Of times I spent with my master – sometimes in larger groups, other times just with the uchideshis – live-in students. Kancho – my master – used to conduct meditation discourses, and in between the philosophy, we used to wait eagerly for the Zen stories to make their …
The one thing that you cannot buy, is a good night’s sleep. And at the end of it all, it is sleep that matters. Not just rest, but proper deep sleep, one that you can wake up refreshed from, to face a new day ahead of you. Around a year earlier, I had written about …
Last night, I saw the fastest 2 hour 50 minute movie that I have even seen. From the intro titles, till the final credits, Jawan is one roller coaster ride with the brakes kept on the side. Of course, logic is conveniently kept in the cloak room, but when you are hurtling through air at …
अवन्तिकायां विहितावतारंमुक्तिप्रदानाय च सज्जनानाम् ।अकालमृत्योः परिरक्षणार्थंवन्दे महाकालमहं सुरेशम् avantikāyāṃ vihitāvatāraṃmuktipradānāya ca sajjanānām ;akālamṛtyoḥ parirakṣaṇārthaṃvande mahākālamahaṃ sureśam द्वादशलिङ्गस्तोत्रम् dvādaśaliṅgastotramShiva Dwadasha Jyotirlinga Stotram This is an extract from the द्वादशलिङ्गस्तोत्रम् The inauguration of the redevelopment of Shri Mahakāl Lok was done earlier this year – a Danskhineshwar Jyotirlinga, situated in the centre of the ancient world – Ujjain. …
