Parwatisingari's Weblog

Category: Reluctant Hindu

  • Tale of the brothers– ramakatha

    Ramakatha. North Indian houses, believe that Ramayana should be read in the house, as it is a tale of brothers bonding but not Mahabharata. Ramayana is indeed a tale of brothers, Ravana–Kubera Ravana-Kumbhakarana Ravana- vibhishana Vali – sugriva Jatayu-Sampati Rama–Lakshmana Rama-Bharat. Somewhere in this annals poor shatrughna stays forgotten. The Ramayana of uttarkhand talks of…

  • Seasoning life with seasons.

    Rtu samhara, the cycles of season, or rtushringara the romance of season.  That is what it all about cycles, decay and rebirth.  In Sanskrit poetry seasons are entwined with love, both erotic and divine. They are parallel and interwoven. Vasanta spring, the eternal companion of the Kamadev, the lord of love, adorned with flowers and…

  • personal universe

    We have all heard, of the atma and Paramtma. God made us in his model. For me these concepts manifested as the construction of atom and the parallel in the solar system. People of ancient faiths including Vedic Hinduism, lived in a spiritually alive from horizon to horizon where spirituality was a dimension of every…

  • the duality of Lakshmi.

    The duality of Alakshmi fascinated me. For if the Amritha or the nectar of immortality emerged when the Ocean of milk was churned so did the pollutant Halahala or the cosmic poison. The Vaishnava legends claim that Alakshmi the twin of Lakshmi is the embodiment of Halahala. She is the goddess of misfortune and strife.…

  • Do I Believe in fate?– a Plinky Prompt.

    Do I believe in fate? The dictionary says fate is • Something unavoidable that befalls a person. • The universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of thins is presumably prescribed. The decreed cause of events. • Which is inevitably predetermined? • A prophetic declaration of what must be. Death, destruction or ruins.…

  • The moody weatherman

    Weather is a great metaphor for life – sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, and there's nothing much you can do about it but carry an umbrella. ~Terri Guillemets Rainbows “Moods, are the clutter-declutter pattern of us created by our harmones, experiences, anticipatory response and even the weather. We tend to have feel energtic with…