Shihan Rohit

Samatva…

उदेति सविता ताम्रस्ताम्र एवास्तमेतिच।  सम्पतौ च विपत्तौ च महतामेकरूपता॥ udeti savitā tāmras tāmra evāstameti ca |  saṃpattau ca vipattau ca mahatāmekarūpatā || Kavya Prakash 7.245 The Sun is red at the time of rising, and red at the time of setting too. Likewise, great men remain alike in both good times and bad times. In …

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On being jealous…

Jealousy is a common human trait. We would have to admit that we have been jealous or envious of someone at some stage of our lives. It may be as silly as a car, to bigger things such as someone having your dream job, or a much better pay package, a bigger house, a better …

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Of Akshaya and Tritiyas…

Akshayais a Sanskrit word meaning ‘unending’ or ‘indestructible’. On this day, the Pandavas received the Akshaya Patra (upon worshipping Surya deva), a vessel that never ran out of food. The day is associated with material wealth and prosperity when people buy gold and start business ventures, but that is perhaps a reflection of what we …

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Lets speak a little Ingleeesh…

Now that Wren and Martin is history, and Grammarly is in, we have slowly but surely, lost our touch with English Grammar. When you depend on software for everything, you stop thinking and just click the autocorrect isn’t it? Well, there is no Grammarly for spoken English (yet), so here are some tips and some …

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Us vs them…

Constant reinforcing of values is essential for growth, since such growth is not made in one day, but in small steps over a period of time. Like that proverbial monkey riddle, we walk ahead three steps and come back two – well that’s ok, as long as it isn’t the other way round. And so …

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Octopus and a bubble…

Anyone who has been through a toddler knows the importance of bubbles in their lives. They demand it at will, and the popping of these temporary spheres of soap becomes the primary focus of the moment, or moments, until it’s ‘bye bye’ bubbles. Rohāmrta is no exception. It is for him that I found a …

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The net is down:(

So something is wrong with my mobile internet. In normal circumstances, it would have been fine, but the issue is that it serves as my primary source of data at present – and so, when I am unable to access it seamlessly, I am very inconvenienced. My work pretty much depends on it.  A few …

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