This is what I had written a couple of years back… We all crave to spend more time with our loved ones, don’t we? Working from home gives that opportunity to those of us who are fortunate to have our loved ones with us. Schools in the UAE have already declared holidays, and so those …
Times like this are a wake-up call for many, for the collective. Everything cannot, and should not be about more work, and more profit, and more luxury, and more growth, not at the expense of what matters most – our health, our family, our environment. Did you realise that clothes have become cheaper over the …
Take it slow(er) The past decade has been one of growth. Very good growth. Most of us think that everything has to keep going in just one direction – up. Much like a Moore’s law for life. Those who have been here in 2008 (or in 2000, or in 1987, or many times earlier) know …
Prologue In early 2020, I had penned down some thoughts of mine that went on to become “Love in the times of Corona”. I would hesitate to call it a book since it was never meant to be one. Instead, it was a random set of thoughts that came together as I watched the world …
I mean joy, not the other Ecstasy…When was the last time you felt this way? If you had the choice, wouldn’t you be this way every day of your life? Isn’t that what life is…a celebration? Then what stops us from being our natural self? Whatever be the circumstances… Think about it…
The “Bhagavad Gita”: A Biography by Richard H. Davis There have been many translations of the Bhagavad Gita, which is perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, but this book is not one of them. Rather, Richard traces the journey of the Gita, from its oral renderings to when it appeared in written form…its different manifestations …
On Looking: Eleven walks…came highly recommended. I haven’t read Alexandra Horowitz before, and the reviews on Goodreads were not the most encouraging. Nevertheless, I did start reading… As the title suggests, and I suspect the blurb outlines, this book is about a few walks that Alexandra took around New York City. Alone, with her kid, …
सन्तो हि सत्येन नयन्ति सूर्यं ।सन्तो भूमिं तपसा धारयन्ति ॥सन्तो गतिर्भूतभव्यस्य राजन् ।सतां मध्येनावसीदन्ति सन्तः ॥ By the Truth the saints lead the sun; by askesis the saints uphold the earth; the past, present and future find their refuge in the saints. Noble persons in the midst of the saints have never any grief. [Savitri …
एकः स्वादु न भुञ्जीत एकश् चार्थान् न चिन्तयेत् ।एको न गच्छेद् अध्वानं नैकः सुप्तेषु जागृयात् ॥ ९५ ॥ ekaḥ svādu na bhuñjīta ekaś cārthān na cintayet |eko na gacched adhvānaṃ naikaḥ supteṣu jāgṛyāt || 95 || One should not feast on good food alone. If everyone with him has slept, one should not wake him up alone. …
Vikshepa shakti. 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 …
