Was reading something unrelated, and came across this extract on crows. Found it quite interesting! Crows can recognize your face, hold a grudge for years, and warn other crows to avoid you. The thousands flying in cities right now are running a nightly operation that puts most logistics companies to shame. Every evening from fall …
The mind has a tendency to be restless – to constantly keep thinking of hundreds of things at once. Even when you sit still, the mind is never still. It keeps making up stories, analyzing imaginary scenarios, depending into daydreaming….The whole process of yoga is aimed at calming this restless mind. Asanas serve no greater purpose …
The echoes of an April that passed us a couple of years ago – when Dubai was under water after a deluge of epic proportions. Well, not so epic this time (thankfully), actually, nowhere near it, but we are back at Treppan nevertheless. For those who don’t know, Treppan is the Hotel Apartment provider where …
Conflicts starting across the world… People against each other – choosing sides… I am right and he is wrong..this is mine and that is not his… My country, my house, my family…rest be damned… Let’s watch this unfold on social media… Bombs falling, people slaughtered… All from the comfort of our couch… And don’t forget …
The Vedāntā advocates mitāharā – mitā means moderate and āharā means food. It is one of the yamās of Yoga. Eat on time, when you are hungry, and the right kind of food. Ayurvedā also advocates regular fasting. लंघनं परम् औषधं Langhanam param aushadham – or fasting is the best medicine. Science has also conducted a lot of studies on the subject. Fasting …
Legacy planning. That’s the solution that most lawyers and financial planners peddle to their rich customers. Often with gray-haired square jawed smiling white men in green meadows with a beautiful wife and a dog in tow. And yes, two kids as well. The complete family to ‘preserve your legacy’. Is that all you choose to …
Today is Ugādi — the first day of Chaitrā māsā, or the beginning of the new year. Largely celebrated in South India (where I am from), Maharashtra (as Gudi Padwa), Sindh (as Cheti Chand), and Manipur (as Sajibu Nongma Pānba). It is also the start of Navaratri. Unlike New Year’s day as per the Gregorian calendar, the …
Why can’t China make a ballpoint pen? There is what’s regarded in China as a “classic” question of manufacturing. The manufacturing powerhouse of the world finds it difficult to make this, despite making 80% of the world’s pens. As it turns out, the ballpoint of the ballpoint pen—a tiny metal ball bearing that “mimics the …
So I was chatting with the secretary of our owner’s association in the neighborhood, and talk turned to the menace of the electric mobikes that a few kids had been riding from a couple of months now. These bikes are fast and totally unsafe both for the rider and the public at large – they …
An eventful day, or not, depending on which part of the world you are in currently. The news continues to be dominated by the war next door, and (of course) on how people are fleeing the UAE and Dubai is getting empty. Then I set out in my car to find a suitable glass board …
