Over 11,000 days of my life so far I’ve lived completely for myself and those related to me, and I’m pretty happy with that, since I’ve so far held the same opinion as the Sonejis: Interestingly enough, the Sonejis don’t believe in doing service. “…we are not into social service. We believe that our own…
There is an interesting story in Indian mythology, about Goddess Kali… where Rakthabija was a demon who after a lot of penance asks for immortality, but since he can’t get that, he’s granted a workaround – that every drop of his blood that touched the ground gets transformed itself into another Raktabija. The gods tried…
These are some lovely quotes I got in an email from Channa: “It is only if we think back to the days of the freedom struggle that we will appreciate this day and our freedom all the more. If we know what our freedom fighters went through to achieve Independence only then will this day…
I’ve been lucky to have lived at several places around the world, but have always felt there was something special about India – could never really pin point out exactly what. Maybe I’ll never figure out the exact answer why, but currently I feel that ultimately it comes down to the ordinary average people I…
I’d been to Parikrama once, a month or so ago, and had a very good time with the kids there. They were kids coming from various slums, but being given ICSE level education, including things like sports and art and things like that. In fact they’ve used the walls and compound of the building itself…
India is so rich in art & culture – I sometimes feel this invaluable heritage is taken for granted and ignored… or sometimes people get into endless debates about trying to define exactly what it is! But once in a way its nice to be reminded of it… for example in the following entry by…
I was left speechless and deeply touched, for once I’ll keep my post brief…
The campus at Kohlapur was wonderful – a serene place near a village called Alate, surrounded by green hills. There were peacocks roaming all around the place.
Out of station till end of the month. Btw last few days that I can claim I’m aged 29 – even if I stretch it to 29.99… somehow it seems a whole decade less than 30! 😉 Hmm no matter how many times I travel, I never seem to be able to avoid these last…
Had been to Mysore – left on Saturday morning and came back yesterday night with Gajanan and some others. Was an excellent trip… will update with more details if and as and when I find time. Talkaad On the way back, we visited Talkaad . It was a nice place – huge expanse of water…
