Some of you came back to me after yesterday’s blog. How do we know if a name is authentic? And anyways, why so much fuss over a name? A kid will eventually get used to it, they said. True. So does a kid named Tom, Dick or Harry. I guess it boils down to culture. In …
A rose by any other name may NOT smell as sweet… Read More »
ॐ दिवं च रोह पृथिवीं च रोह राष्ट्रं च रोह द्रविणं च रोह।प्रजां च रोहामृतं च रोह रोहितेन तन्वं सं स्पृशस्व ॥ dívaṃ ca róha pr̥tʰivī́ṃ ca roha rāṣṭráṃ ca róha dráviṇaṃ ca roha /prajā́ṃ ca róhāmŕ̥taṃ ca roha róhitena tanvà1ṃ sáṃ spr̥śasva // Raise the standards of all the aspects of your life, raise the …
A small business is anything but small. What it lacks in size, it makes up in impact. If you think of it, prior to the Industrial Revolution, a majority of the businesses, if not all, were small businesses. Traders, livestock, armorers, home smiths, potters…that sort of thing. Guilds were the next stage of evolution, where …
Today was the weekly book-run day, where Keshav and me visit a second hand book store to browse, choose and purchase a truckload of books. We usually oscillate between the House of Prose at Times Square and Book Hero at Oasis Mall (around 3 minutes from the former). It was Book Hero’s chance today so …
Those who know me well, also know that I usually begin my Sundays at Hariprasad. Here is what I wrote way back in 2023 – glad to see that the tradition has continued well into 2026! As I began my day today at Hariprasad, my favorite neighborhood (nearly) Kannadiga food joint here, I wondered about …
It’s a while since I wrote about taking a staycation, and err…haven’t yet got down to it! It’s surprising sometimes, how time passes you by, as you keep making plans and do little to action them. And from the past few days, I’ve realized that it has become essential to re-look at my strategy for …
Two monks were arguing about the temple flag waving in the wind.One said, “The flag moves.”The other said, “The wind moves.”They argued back and forth but could not agree.Hui-neng, the sixth patriarch, said: “Gentlemen! It is not the flag that moves. It is not the wind that moves. It is your mind that moves.”The two …
The great emperor Kṛṣṇadevarāya (Krishnadevaraya) had a lot of wise ministers in his court. The wisest of them was Tenali Ramakrishna. One day, a merchant came to the king’s court from a foreign kingdom. He saluted the king and then said, “Your Majesty, I have heard from many people that you have very wise ministers in your …
I chanced upon a very elaborate arrangement for recycling in our community earlier this week. Long instructions written on separation of what constitutes plastic and what doesn’t – to be sorted into three relatively tiny boxes that seemed more to tick a box (pun intended) rather than to actually provide a mechanism for true recycling. …
“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up. And boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you. Worldly …
