Well, a mini vacation comes to an end, with a tsunami of work waiting for me on the other side of tonight. Work and Diwali prep. Both office and home. And then a couple of birthdays, a break in celebrations but balanced by better weather and so visitors from abroad and possible trips to neighboring …
And so we gathered, a few colleagues and friends, their spouses and their children – to celebrate the end of the summer, the coming of Diwali, and just to get together and have a good time. And we did. The good part of such gatherings is that it isn’t the quantity of time spent with …
१३. स –स निर्जित्य पुरीं श्रेष्ठां लङ्का तां कामरूपिणीम् |विक्रमेण महातेजा हनूमान् कपिसत्तमः || ५-४-१ Having conquered by his valour the guarding deity of Lankapuri, who was capable of taking any form she desired, Hanuman, son of Vayu and very powerful (scaled the ramparts of Lanka) १४. ध –धन्या देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः |मम पश्यन्ति ये नाथं …
It went well. A good gathering, employees, spouses, children…all packed into a small room with large memories at the end of it. A few won, but everyone left with something. Some kids accompanied their parents to collect their trophies, and it was beautiful, watching them pose along. Manoj bought a few gifts from India, and …
घुणाक्षर न्याय (Gunākshara Nyāya) – The maxim of the letters made by the wood worm, Ghuna. This worm bores holes in wood and in books which sometimes assume the shape of a letter; hence it is used to denote the occurrence of something quite accidental, or a chance occurrence. Chakrapani in Deerghamjeeviteeyam Adhyaya refers this Nyaya while explaining the Samyagyukta Bheshaja …
Bhogā na bhuktā vayameva bhuktāḥ – The more we get, the more we want, isn’t it? At the start of my career over twenty years ago, I had thought of a target – a certain amount of money that I would aim to earn , that would fulfil my needs and help me lead a life of …
I didn’t realize we had so many, until I started to write out their certificates of appreciation:) The 10 Leaves annual celebrations happen this week, with a gala dinner scheduled on Wednesday. Well, not as gala as they come, but gala enough:) We then take off for a short staycation on Friday. Part of the …
I fasted the whole nine days of Navratri. Warm water during the day, a banana and a date when hungry, and a simple alu jeera around 6 pm post sunset. None of the fried stuff that usually goes into Navratri thālis. No rice, no wheat, no lentils, no dairy, no tea, no coffee. No other …
An elderly couple lived in great poverty, on the brink of a huge forest. They used to walk through the forest everyday, to gather firewood for their daily needs. One day, Shiva and Parvati were also walking through the same forest, when Parvati happened to see the couple. She was filled with compassion for them, …
Read the previous part here… Seeing Chanda and Munda vanquished, the remaining asura army panicked and fled in all directions. And Kāli, holding the heads of Chanda and Munda in her hands, approached Chandika and said, “In this sacrifice of battle, here I have brought you the heads of Chanda and Munda.” The mighty Śumba burned …
