Tag: acceptance

  • Day 1 Dedication of Fria.

    Day 1 Dedication of Fria.

    Beginning of a month is akin microcosm of the year’s commencement. February envelops us in the romance of love. Beyond mere verbs, love manifests as three forms: eros, friendship, and an elusive essence. Delving into Indian Mythology, Kama Dev wields five arrows, each evoking facets of love, from fascination to the potential for demise. Yet,…

  • sama chitta

    sama chitta

    Viveka chudamani -23 On the path to self realization is “sama” or the internal state of equilibrium.  This has to be developed through dama  and uparati is the result. When there is a sense of ‘sama ’ or equilibrium the adept does not attach emotional charge on the ‘phala’ or reward. To be more precise…

  • A Journey to Epiphany.

    A Journey to Epiphany.

    This trip seems to be doomed one of those things when life decides to make things uncomfortable for you. My journey from Goa to Bombay was pits, enough from to invoke the Egyptian god of creation and say,”Ptah” next day I was so exhausted that all that I did was to sleep, that in turn…

  • Traditionally Yours

    Traditionally Yours

    “It is a family tradition” Radhika looked up, every damn thing here seemed to be tradition, which end you eat the mango from to who dices the melon. It was rather irritating.  But guess that was what traditions are all about, the Deshpande family has been thinking, behaving and doing things this particular way, considering…

  • Who changed me…

    My story by Kamala Das has a statement, “ask the books that I read why change. Ask the authors dead and alive who communicated with me and gave me the courage to be myself.” … Did they? I do not know, I was brought up by parents and grandparents who were voracious readers, membership to…

  • The first step.

    The first step.

    Arjun drove all night He had to reach Panchagani by morning he would check in to the hotel freshen up. Over breakfast he had just enough time to give final touches to his presentation. Not bad he thought the going was good. Driving through the nearly empty streets unknowingly the speed had accelerated to 120km/hr. …