So how does one start Day 1 again? The 30*30 formally commenced today – 30 minutes of exercise into 30 days. Dubai’s pathbreaking initiative to drive residents to fitness. I must say, it is a fantastic thought, and has been very successful. Our firm too participates, and so workout gear is taken out and dusted, …
And I have run out of book space in my study – or as Keshav calls it – the bookshop. So two things to do now – add more shelves in my room, and expand to the guest room. A couple of bookshelves in the offing, that should be enough for my current collection and …
Time flies past, doesn’t it? The hair that you struggled to control and style now you have to find a hundred ways to stop it from falling Food takes longer to go through you, most times it just becomes part of you and refuses to leave, never mind all that exercise that you pretend to …
Is learning ever wasted? Someone asked me this question the other day. She wanted to go for a course – short-term, around 2 weeks, and an introduction to something completely different from what she had done till now. The apprehension was – what if I don’t learn anything and it all goes to waste? What …
Renunciation does not mean giving up something, as is commonly believed. Attachment to anything – an object, a person…is rāga. The absence of attachment is Vi-rāga. The condition of being in vi-rāga, is vairāgya. When it comes to Shiva – he cannot renounce anything since everything is in him. Whatever you see around you, and …
And so tomorrow, sometime in the morning, I would complete 47 cycles around the sun, as per the Gregorian calendar. Birthdays are all about wishes. And you get a lot of them. Ever since the explosion of email, one even gets wishes from the bank, the neighborhood e-grocer and your bike servicing company. Everyone is …
आप सब को दीपावली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ! जय श्री लक्ष्मी माता! If you chose to celebrate in full abandon, happy Diwali to you! If you chose to have a muted celebration, happy Diwali to you too! And if you choose not to celebrate this year, well, happy Diwali to you too! A celebration comes from …
Well, a mini vacation comes to an end, with a tsunami of work waiting for me on the other side of tonight. Work and Diwali prep. Both office and home. And then a couple of birthdays, a break in celebrations but balanced by better weather and so visitors from abroad and possible trips to neighboring …
I fasted the whole nine days of Navratri. Warm water during the day, a banana and a date when hungry, and a simple alu jeera around 6 pm post sunset. None of the fried stuff that usually goes into Navratri thālis. No rice, no wheat, no lentils, no dairy, no tea, no coffee. No other …
