Read the previous part here… “Look around, O Kamalākara, this is such a beautiful garden! Try to get out of this sad mood, and cheer up!” The young Kamalākara answered… “My friend, my heart has been taken away by her, the beautiful Anaṅgamañjarī. There is just an empty space within, so how can I cheer …
My tooth aches. AND BADLY. All the knowledge in the world, can be forgotten in a single instant…not due to a curse, but an aching tooth! That was not Kant or Socrates, but me speaking from experience. What is it with toothaches that make them so unbearable? Is it because they are closer to the …
Read the previous part here… Mālatikā then sprinkled cold water on her friend’s face, and lay her on a bed of lotus leaves, placed a necklace of cold gemstones on her and fanned her until she came back to her senses. As Anaṅgamañjarī opened her eyes, she said tearfully… “My friend! These measures are but …
Read the previous part here… The sight of each other bound them into a fascination for each other, as if Kāma himself had brought them together. The two were overcome by passion, and they forgot everything else, and got carried away in the storm of their attraction. Kamalākara’s friend, who was walking alongside him, saw …
Read the previous part here… But even though she was married, Arthadatta would not let his daughter leave his house and go to her husband’s, since she was his only child. Maṇivarman was as distasteful to Anaṅgamañjarī as a bitter medicine to a sick man, she hated him. But Anaṅgamañjarī was dearer than life to …
Read the previous part here… एकिवशंोवतेालः The twenty-first story The story of Anaṅgamañjarī अथ गत्वा पुनः प्राप्य शिंशपातस् ततो ऽग्रहीत् ।स त्रिविक्रमसेनो ऽंसे वेतालं तं नराधिपः ॥ १२,२८.१ ॥ आगच्छन्तं च तं भूयः स वेतालो ऽब्रवीन् नृपम् ।राजन्न् उद्गाढकन्दर्पां शृण्व् एकां वच्मि ते कथाम् ॥ १२,२८.२ ॥ King Vikram went back to the tree, and …
Ok. This is still not Vetāla. One more person barged into my routine, and this is the result of it. Actually, how many of you end the day exactly how you thought you would, when the day started? How often do our routines get interrupted, how often do we get distracted…it’s all too easy nowadays …
Oh, this does not sound like a Vetāla story! Well, to tell you the truth, I was all about to start the 21st story when someone pinged me on aa new book that they had read…on death. Written by a prominent Indian ‘happy’ guru, the book was all about death and how to approach it. …
Read the previous part here… So International Day of Yog came and went, and I hope that you made something of it. Other than striking a pose on Instagram I mean. That’s the thing isn’t it? When we celebrate something, it has to be outwardly, out-worldly, mostly external. Birthday? Put up pics to show how …
Read the previous part here… Tomorrow is International Yoga Day. How do I start yoga? Quite a common question yes? Most people are used to enrolling in the neighbourhood yoga class, where the instructor quickly takes you through preparatory stretching, gets into simple postures and wraps it up with a 5 or 10 minute meditation …
