Mahashivratri. The night when you stay awake, and pray to Shiva, the ultimate Yogi. A lot of questions may arise in our minds, when we think of Shiva, and Shivratri – or the night of Shiva. For instance, why is Shiva synonymous with austerity? He is always depicted as a mendicant, as a renunciate – …
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 stumbled upon this blog of mine that I had written around three years back. I thought of it since I encountered a similar scenario, and hence thought it relevant to go back in time and read about what I had thought of it earlier, and whether my thoughts have changed since, and well, no, …
Countless stars in the sky, all looking down at me what is it that you desire, they seem to say you have everything that you wished for, and beyond… why then, are you looking upwards, and asking for more? Countless stars in the sky, all looking down at me So many opportunities, they seem to …
Tristan Harris, a former ethicist at Google, created a PowerPoint presentation for his fellow Google employees in 2013. Titled – A call to minimize distractions and respect users’ attention, Harris noted that products made by just three companies – Google, Apple and Facebook – were shaping (and now controlling) how humanity spent it’s limited attention …
The Big Bad Wolf is back again! The end of February brings good news – the mammoth book sale is back and well, I am super excited. Not to buy the books – that I will in the truckloads – I actually am looking for bookshelves to store them. My study is already overflowing, and …
A lazy Sunday called for a day of print, rather than a day of screen. And so I dug into my treasure chest of unread books and picked up ‘A little book of language’ by David Crystal. David is a serious linguist, but the book is an easy read – presumably aimed at the hoi …
Had an engaging conversation with the parents of a four year old in our locality. Among the topics that we touched upon, was the tendency of parents to compare their children with others. This starts of as friendly competition, but quickly turns into a never-ending cycle of “Sharma ji ka Beta” type of pressure, both …
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 …
Its all over the news today – the Washington Post laid off a third of it’s workforce – about 300 people, in the latest blow that the advance of technology and social media has delivered to traditional businesses. Claude CoWork had a negative impact of nearly a trillion dollars on the stock markets, and everyday …
