Shihan Rohit

Preparing for Navratri

Navratri is around the corner, and I am gearing up for it by starting the salad diet from this week. The vrata calls for a rest of the body and the mind, and such resets cannot happen instantly. I recommend preparing at least one week in advance, and also continuing eating light one week after. …

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The tale of Dantila and Gorambha!

यो ह्य् अपकर्तुम् अशक्तः कुप्यति किम् असौ नरो ऽत्र निर्लज्जः ।उत्पतितो ऽपि हि चणकः शक्तः किं भ्राष्ट्रकं भङ्क्तुम् ॥ १४३ ॥ yo hy apakartum aśaktaḥ kupyati kim asau naro ‘tra nirlajjaḥ |utpatito ‘pi hi caṇakaḥ śaktaḥ kiṃ bhrāṣṭrakaṃ bhaṅktum || 143 || Why does a man who is incapable of taking revenge, shamelessly get angry with other …

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Some random musings…

And we enter the season of festivals. The next one and a half months will be a roller coaster ride of fun, frolic, fasting and worship. Starting with Mahalaya on the 25th, Navratri on the 26th, and nine days of fasting and resetting the body and mind, and visiting Gayatri’s place to see the golus. …

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One of my favorite songs:)

Not many songs touch a chord the way this one does. Melody, classical touches and beautiful picturisation, an ode to my favorite Krishna, what else could I ask for? Muripaala Mukunda – from Bahubali – The Conclusion. Here are the lyrics for those who don’t understand the beautiful language of Telugu! Muripaala Mukundaa…Oh lovely mukunda …

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Visarjan!

श्री गणेश चतुर्थी – Ganesh Chaturthi Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi (Vināyaka Chaturthī) or Vinayaka Chavithi (Vināyaka Chavithī) is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Ganesha. It falls in the months of August or September of the Gregorian calendar. The festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha clay idols privately in homes, or publicly on …

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Happy Onam!

Asura is typically construed as evil, and is used interchangeably with Danavas, Daityas and Rākshasās, mainly because in English, they are all demons! But all asuras were not considered evil. Here are some of the niruktas (etymologies) of the root word asu.  Asu can mean, prana – life breath, life- force; in this sense, asura means ‘one who brings, gives prana’ …

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Can you do it?

The issue is not that you are not capable of doing it…the issue is that I know you are capable but you don’t. A phrase (or a close derivative) that I have found myself repeating often – to karate’s who I taught, to employees, even to family. The starting point for most people is “I …

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Teachers, not all Gurus:)

We may remember Teachers Day as the day when we decorated the blackboard (or green board, as was in our case), and wished our teachers and thanked them for teaching us well. We may not have understood the importance of teachers day then, as we do now.  Today, we live in different parts of the …

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