India

As I watched news about the 26/11 attack, about Shiv Sena criticizing SRK for performance with a Pak channel, and the sportsmen winning medals in Asiad, could not help being overwhelmed by the wonder that is the amazing nation of India. Carefully sewn together by Sardar Patel and Menon from the 500+ states left after [...]

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Book Exploration: The Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran

Upanishads I began reading this book last year, and found its poetry beautiful and thought-provoking.  The Upanishads are Hindu scriptures dating back to the first millennium BCE, and include some very subtle insights about consciousness and life through engaging stories. After reading, I feel that the essence of these insights has been lost as thought, [...]

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An Instruction Manual For Life

Wandering reader, thank you for finding your way here. It was time for renewal, and this is where it begins. A relative emptiness is exactly what I needed for the start of another exciting journey in words. Let me just leave here an interesting video I recently came across. Enjoy. See you soon, with more [...]

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One of my favorite places

The picture below is a panorama, this time from the stitching of about 25 pictures. The place is Golden Temple, in my hometown of Amritsar. I love the tranquility of the place, and the sound of kirtan by the sarovar. For details – and very worthy ones – visit Wikipedia. Quicktime should be available, or [...]

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‘Sauda’-giri in Punjab

There is bandh all over Punjab today. Government offices are closed. Even small-street grocery stores aren’t open. People – many of them young boys – are brandishing swords as they roam. The situation is a grim reminder of 1984. Here is the story: Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (the head of Dera Sacha Sauda, a [...]

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Prejudice operates at subtle levels

One thing that I’ve liked a lot is sitting by the side of the ‘sarovar’ in the Golden Temple. Sitting alone, with the breeze flowing in sync with the kirtan is a soothing experience beyond comparison. So when I found out about the Gurudwara in Philly from an uncle at the Indian grocery store, I [...]

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