Every quarter, I sit through a few presentations of people who want to change the world. A very few of them, if any, end up doing so. Every founder is taught to start with a question – what is the problem and how can I solve it? Some start with the question – What can …
Just a couple of days back, I had written on cricket and patience, and my friend Neelakantan’s relaxed weekend watching the ball being tossed around by 11 men and a couple. Today, as I browsed through the evening news, I noticed that it was the last day of the test match, and India had turned …
Ṛṇatraya literally means ‘three debts’. The idea of ṛṇatraya (pronounced as rina-traya), the three debts under which every human being is born, has been referred in the Rgveda. However it is more explicit in other Vedic literature like the Taittiriya Samhitā and the Satapatha Brāhmana. These ṛṇas are: Deva-ṛṇa – debt to gods : It is …
I am a martial artist, and so two traits that come naturally to me are discipline and dedication. Almost like second nature. I guess thirty plus years of training help as well. However, there are times when I too take it easy. When I say times, I really mean days, sometimes months. I too subscribe …
I remember growing up on a healthy dose of India-Pakistan cricket encounters and five-day test matches that mostly ended in a draw. The one-dayers were more interesting, but the five-day matches had a charm of their own. One didn’t have to sit through each ball, but a general session-by-session update was a given. But that …
You didn’t understand the title right? It’s in Punjabi. Even if you are a Punjabi, and it is your mother tongue, there is a high chance are you were not able to read it. Being a Punjabi myself, I feel ashamed that I still haven’t managed to learn the language. Learning your native language is …
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Nursery rhymes are an odd bit. Children enjoy them, non-stop, on loop. Adults however, have a “U-shaped” relationship with them. We start by enjoying them – after all, we all were kids once, and some rhymes bring back memories…but then, after a while, one experiences diminishing marginal utility. Oddly enough, if this continues, one starts …
Does acrylic painting on small rocks denote a creative mind? An interesting debate come up this evening. What constitutes art? When does someone transcend from someone who paints to an artist? Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth – so said Pablo Picasso. It is said that Saraswati, the Devi of knowledge, …
25 stories. 162 posts. Over 7 months. This was the Vetāla series, from the original Sanskrit version. When I started the series around December of last year, I had just completed the Panchatantra series and was looking forward to another set of stories, and what better than Vetāla Panchavimshati! Now that this series is done, …
Read the previous part here… “Oh mighty king! The sovereignty of the Vidyādharas,which was desired by the evil ShāntiShila, is now yours, once your life on this earth has come to an end. I have annoyed you a lot, but you kept your patience. I am pleased – ask me for any boon that you …
