5 Indispensable Books to Guide Your Soul

This is for each of you who have aspired to a higher state within. Sometimes one hits a wall. A wall of obstruction that prevents us from making progress. These states come out as an unease, a state of disquiet, a sense of being alienated from the world and its events. However this state of [...]

A Thought – The Sanyyasi’s Reticence

The Sanyyasi is said to be a recluse. Shunning all contact with the traffic of the world. The lonely king of an empty kingdom. Men of the world look down upon him and think, ‘What an existence! Without any possessions, living on the whim or generosity of the world. Not knowing where the next meal [...]

The Parable of Churning of the Ocean

It was the perfect parable and myth. To be listened to at the foot of a beloved grandparent under the moon light. The tale itself is quite simple.  Two mighty groups. Devas and the Asuras, the forces of light and darkness respectively. The Devas and Asuras desired immortality and headed up to Vishnu, the grand [...]

Identity 2.0

For all its present crudity my race had many saving graces in its past. By ‘my race’ I don’t mean the Aryans or Dravidians or the countless other classification systems by which my people choose to slaughter themselves. I do not choose geography as the criteria to identify myself. As some of the ancient travelers [...]

One True Moment, Had Any Lately?

You could not imagine a more mundane setting. I had gone to get some lunch from a nearby hotel. After placing my order I let my attention drift to a bunch of papers laid out for customers. I picked a color supplement and cast a glance, soon my eyes fell on this picture. I just [...]

All blogging is Yoga

I have been blogging more frequently than in my past attempts. With that I shall have redeemed myself from excessive self-censure. What is interesting though is the process of watching the hits arrive. Of course am nowhere in the same league as any of the big-boys of the blogging world, either in the sparks of [...]