Rāmānujācharya was one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vasihnavism Sampradaya within Sanatana Dharma. He was also the proponent of the Viśiṣṭādvaita school of Vedānta. I must confess that I have not read much of his teachings, but I recall something I read a few years back, that I reproduce here: Whether we …
Ok. What’s common between bolt, buckle, clip, consult, left, dust, screen and Rohāmrta? They are all contronyms. That is, they can, depending on context, have opposite or contradictory meanings. For instance, bolt can mean to secure, or to flee, dust can mean adding fine particles, or removing them…and so on. Which is why many words …
What’s common between Aankh maare from Simbaa, Genda Phool from Baadshah, Aila Re from Suryavanshi, Rowdy Baby from Maari 2 and Naatu Naatu from RRR? Nothing really, except that they form the core of the Feed Baby playlist that we have. Rohāmrta apparently likes these songs on loop, given the enthusiasm that he displays in …
“Let’s brainstorm over lunch.” Today this usually means meeting up and thinking of ways to solve a problem – creativity, ideas, that sort of thing. Mention this before the 1930s, and it would elicit a very different reaction. Because, according to the 1934 edition of the Unabridged dictionary, brainstorm meant only “a violent, transient mental derangement manifested …
Today is Rohāmrta’s first English birthday. One year back – he arrived in this world, a bit earlier than anticipated. Was scheduled to come on Tuesday, the 2nd of February, but he decided that he couldn’t wait anymore, and besides, his father’s nakshatra was on 1st, not 2nd. And his father is known to be …
A lot of talk about money today. India’s budget is to be announced tomorrow. Personally, the only thing the middle class used to look for (and still does) were tax cuts and better allowances. However, the biggest elephant in the room (besides the BSP) is taxation on agro income. Which does not seem to be …
Today was a day of play. The first concerned an NPC, and the second – a slammer of Grands. If I am not making any sense right now, do forgive me. We just managed to feed the kid, a feat that is a Grand Slam in itself. Ok, so I watched Free Guy – Ryan …
Open any new site today. The ratio is roughly 30/70. That is, 30% of actual news, and 70% clickbait and tabloid-type articles. Top clickbaits include Bollywood holidaying in Maldives, although I am very curious to know who takes along professional photographers to holidays and even worse, honeymoons. The rest is about couple goals, vacay goals, …
Not me, that’s Kapil Sharma’s new show on Netflix. Was good (mostly), and ended with a beautiful English song, but what got me thinking is… I’m not done yet… Every journey has an end, and that’s when you realize that the journey itself was more enjoyable than the destination. Like my journey to the black …
It’s funny how much our surroundings influence our emotions. Our joys and sorrows, likes and dislikes are colored by our environment so much that often we just let our surroundings dictate our course. We go along with “public” feelings until we no longer even know our own true aspirations. We become a stranger to ourselves, …
