(My attention was drawn to this by Tara Mehra, father of my friend Rashmi Chatterjee) According to the Ramcharitmanas, the … More
Category: Enlightenment
The Closure One Seeks in a Relationship
The best way to get a closure in a relationship that you are holding on to with fading hope is … More
My Own Take On Being
Man always is in the present where the “trace” (to use or misuse a word/concept that Derrida keeps hearkening back … More
Want to make a difference in the world?
Dear GSR uncle, While your goal/intention of making a difference in this world by having a positive impact, leaving this … More
The Various Kinds of Hunger
Swami Vivekananda believed that you cannot preach spiritual truths or give religious lectures to someone suffering from extreme hunger. For … More
The Cost of Not Following One’s Svadharma
Here’s a poem I wrote (see photo below) about my med school classmate when he lost his father. It is … More
Relax, It’s Only a Dream
“You begin to relax a bit more when you realize that nothing of what happens in a dream can affect … More
The Longing and its Consequences
“Drop the longing and your biology, psychology, philosophy will all come to a grinding halt and only the truth will … More
Desire and Time
“Desire creates the yesterday and tomorrow or the past and future.”
Was Sankaracharya disrespectful towards women?
See what he says in Dakshinamurthy Stotram (see who he is clubbing the women with): “Some, deeply deluded, argue that … More