’Meaningful Accomplishment’
10th September, 2023 Sometimes it’s easy to get carried away with our so-called accomplishments. We spend our lifetimes collecting achievements, earning praise and recognition, and seeking approval – so much so that we lose sight of what is truly meaningful. If you ask the average person, “What is a meaningful accomplishment?” the typical responses will […]
Yes Weekend!
9th September, 2023 You can make the world a better place by making yourself a better person. The answers you seek, never come when the mind is busy, they come when the mind is still, when silence speaks loudest. Socrates once said, “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” So, just do what you love […]
The Importance of Religion
8th September, 2023 Celebration of Festivals for me have always been a medium to express gratitude, to be kind, to bring happiness and to share. My concept of religion is very simple. When I do good, I feel good and when I do bad, I feel bad. Religion for me has always meant synchronisation between […]
Happy Janamashthmi!
7th September, 2023 Krishna was born in the darkness of the night, in the locked confines of a jail. However, at the moment of His birth, all the guards fell asleep, the chains were broken and the barred doors gently opened. Similarly, as soon as Krishna (Chetna, Awareness) takes birth in our hearts, all darkness […]
‘Let’s teach our children’
6th September, 2023 I Recently came across this beautiful article, ‘The story of watermelons’ supposedly written by Manohar Parrikar: “I am from the village of Parra in Goa; hence we are called Parrikars. My village is famous for its watermelons. When I was a child, the farmers would organise a watermelon-eating contest at the end […]
Happy Teachers Day!
5th September, 2023 Abraham Lincoln, wrote this letter to his son’s teacher when his son joined school: “My son starts school today. It is all going to be strange and new to him for a while and I wish you would treat him gently. It is an adventure that might take him across continents. The […]
‘Take action’
4th September, 2023 Have you ever dreamt a great dream or had an inspiring idea, but then went back to your daily routine and lost sight of it? The next time inspiration knocks, invite it in. Remember that fulfilling a dream and following an inspiration requires your investment in time and effort. Determine the steps […]
‘Contentment’
3rd September, 2023 On a 17th-century tsukubai (water basin) stone at the Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto, there’s an ancient inscription where four Chinese characters are written on the stone. Read alone, these characters are of no significance. But when combined with the borders of the central square, they can be read as “ware Tada taru […]
’The responsibility is yours’
2nd September, 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. stated in a 1953 radio address, “One of the most common tendencies of human nature is that of placing responsibility on some external agency for mistakes we have made. We are forever attempting to find some scapegoat on which we cast responsibility for our actions.” We all tend […]
Do you have a mountain to Climb?
1st September, 2023 If two people want to climb a mountain, what’s the most important thing they need? Is it equipment? Or training? Favourable weather conditions? Teamwork? Luck? The answer of course is that while they need all of these for sure, the most important thing they really need is the mountain itself. In our […]