Thandhai Makarkaatrum Nandri AvaiyaththuMundhi Iruppach Cheyal (67) The best thing parents can do for their children is to prepare them stand foremost in the assembly of the learned. पितृदेवातिथीपिता विद्याप्रदानेन पण्डिताग्रेसरं सुतम् ।यदि कुर्यात्सुतस्यैतत् महत् साह्यमुदीर्यते ॥ (६७) पिता करे उपकार यह, जिससे निज संतान ।पंडित-सभा-समाज में, पावे अग्रस्थान ॥ (६७) ತಂದೆಯಾದವನು ತನ್ನ ಮಗನಿಗೆ ಮಾಡುವ …
Life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get… Forrest Gump “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable…” Dwight Eisenhower Pretty much sums up two schools of thought when it comes to planning your life ahead. The first believes that life is …
Is there a God? Are there many Gods? Who writes our destinies? Are they even written? Or does life play out in it’s own way and then we die, never to be seen or heard of again? Do we come back? Even if we do, how would we know? What lies beyond the Universe? Science …
So it was an eventful Sunday…or not, depending on how you look at it. There was some work to be completed at home, and so we had workers in early. Good news is that a marquee piece of art has now found its pride of place, while another just missed by a few millimeters. More …
The fight. If you haven’t seen it don’t. If you don’t know what I am talking about, even better. I would instead recommend the Taylor Serrano bout that preceded the Tyson-Paul sparring session – it was a great display of skill and resilience, something that I had expected from the main card event. Nevertheless, a …
eBay is a shark in the ocean We are a crocodile in the Yangtze River. If we fight in the ocean, we will lose. But if we fight in the river, we will win. Jack Ma There are two processes of designing in engineering. The first is based on iterations to an already existing template …
The world is a village, and explorers we all are… Visited Global Village after a long time. In fifteen years, I’ve visited the place twice, yes, twice in fifteen. Actually, I never took a fancy to the place, but this year, I decided to show Rohāmrta around. Turns out, I was looking for the wrong …
I discovered something new today. About one of my teammates. She used to run a cookery channel on You Tube – an own initiative undertaken during Covid – nothing fancy, but some good and practical dishes that anyone could try. And then work came along, and this took up the back burner. Today, she got …
Many people have asked me about my writing, others have suggested that I make a book. Well, for one, I don’t think I have reached there yet, nor do I aspire to. It it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, I don’t really get affected. I guess the goal is to write for oneself, as …
Yesterday I wrote about superheroes, both aspiring and reel. I forgot to mention a third category- the real. Yes they do exist. Not the silly Linkedin/Insta reels that speak about ‘not all superheroes wear capes’ and comprise emotion-evoking and boredom-provoking multiple-times copied attempts at garnering a few more likes. I’m speaking of the ones that …
