Am on the topic of blockchain, since I have been reading extensively about it. As I was getting ready to write today, I chanced upon a news clipping that said that the government was holding a critical meeting on bitcoin and blockchain-related scams that have been circulating recently. On one side there is the crypto …
Came across something today. Those from the 90s and before will surely recognize this. Called “orange mittai”, these sugar candies were (and still are) the tastiest among the simple candy options that we had when we were growing up. One could get these for a ridiculously low amount of money (I guess they were 5 …
Two pieces of news have been making me think. One – the T20 Cricket World Cup that is close to conclusion. When it started, India were hot favorites (or at least some said so) and the first match against Pakistan was to be a formality – an exercise in continuing the humiliation that the Pakistanis …
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 in bliss apparently, that you were born:| Jokes apart, the ones that matter mostly come on WhatsApp. Cards are passe …
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दु:खयोनय एव ते |आद्यन्तवन्त: कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुध: || 22|| ye hi sansparśha-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva teādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣhu ramate budhaḥ The pleasures that arise from contact with the sense objects, though appearing as enjoyable to worldly-minded people, are actually a source of misery. O son of Kunti, such …
Right. The biggest festival of them all is upon us. Deepavali (as I like to call it) signifies much more than what most of us believe it to be. And surely more than “Festival of Lights”. It is also the festival of sounds by the way, which have fallen silent due to silly rules that …
It finally happened, so now we can all go back to our daily lives. For 20-odd days, every news headline read the same. Now that the prodigal son has been granted bail, the nation heaved a collective sigh of relief. It is said that the GDP numbers have been drastically affected due to the lack …
That is why this great mantra dhīyo yo naḥ pracodayāt prays not for these ephemeral constituents of our imagined glory in this world. It asks for our understanding to be rightly directed. What is meant by rightly directed understanding? It is that understanding which can tune itself to the great light of the universe. It is the …
तत्स॑वि॒तुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो॑ दे॒वस्य॑धीमहि । धियो॒ यो नः प्रचो॒दया॑त् ॥ tatsaviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasyadhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ prachodayāt We all know the above as being the Gāyatri mantra. Actually we may know it in it’s varied form, the one that starts with ॐ भूर् भुवः सुवः । You may also have heard it in Anuradha Paudwal’s soothing …
A sound by any other tālā will not sound as sweet… Read More »
गायन्तं त्रायते यस्मात् गायत्री प्रोच्यते बुधै: That which protects the person who recites it with full consciousness… The Gāyatri mantra is one of the most well-known mantras. From yoga schools to evening bhajans, the Gāyatri has been heard in various forms and recitations. People say that this is the most powerful mantra, and if one …
