Mega learns her ABC…
Her parents called her Meghana. Her friends shortened it to Mega. Was there any reason to it? Yes. They tell everyone who cared to listen that once in class, the teacher asked, “I need only two volunteers to help me set the new PCs in the lab. Up went Meghana’s hands… yes, both her hands…...
Photography, philosophy, and a spoonful of Surf excelmatic
I watched keenly as my wife poured a careful measure of Surf excelmatic in the protruding chamber of the washing machine, close it, put in a select number of clothes, firmly shut the front door and then do some magical fiddling of the auto controls… and that’s it… she beckoned me that we were now...
Can I dodge that snowflake there?
The flake, being just a flake, has a will That surely lies elsewhere. Is it the clouds or wind or the hill Or something else elsewhere? I wish I know, sadly said the flake Then I’d have floated far Riding on my cloud powered by the wind Yes, I’d have floated far To little kids...
Inner Voices
There is a lot to earn if you learn To let in art inside your heart And never rush, for you may crush Or just scramble everything apart! You get thematic if you’re mathematical And never sick if just physical But remember that every member Of an actuary can’t act theatrical! Poetry, we know, is...
I Went Out Too Far. Review of ‘The old man & the sea’
BOOK REVIEW Title of book: The Old Man And The Sea. Written by: Ernest Hemingway. 347 words. Title of Review : I Went Out Too Far. This story has simple sentences. No difficult words. No harsh judgements. No desperate attempt at trying to sound unique. The old man or Santiago, his skiff, the fish he...
There is a monkey in your mind!
We all need inner joy. Some of us believe that it comes through the practice of meditation. However, meditation always tends to remain a distant dream and remains an art that exists in books and on the small screen. Let me tell you that meditation is the simplest form of ‘unaction’ (it isn’t an activity...
Only friends discover life!
Let us travel together Not just on the roads that are But also where the weather Has beaten and left a scar! Such places where we discover Soft edges to all sharp stones, Wipe the dust to then uncover All the friendly ghosts and gnomes! All the twists and all the turns We shall make...
life never ends!
not every moment comes laden with you. so, are not the trees in autumn happier? not every moment comes laden with you. every prayer said is not for the Gods. so, earthy wishes will they not be fulfilled? not every moment comes laden with you. moments from the past are no longer here. so, will...
Care for human well-being is paradise-engineering!
“I want to live in a world without money.” Will the above sentence lead to a spiritual evolution? It may, for an individual, but where many are involved, a bit of paradise-engineering may be needed! Truth is that nirvana depends on individual happiness and well-being. Gone are the days when GDP and GNP ruled the...
Aisi apni LIFE ho!
Har saal bright ho, Har din right ho, Kaam mein apne might ho, Success ki light ho… Aisi apni LIFE ho! Hansi ki delight ho, Kisi se difference slight ho, Kabhi na koi fight ho, Har pal right ho… Aisi apni LIFE ho! Dil kabhi na tight ho, Khushi kabhi na quiet ho, Kahin koi...
Life’s Momentum
Have you ever seen the clouds? What will happen if they always have the same shape and are always in the same place? Richard Bach rightly said that ‘if perfection is stagnation, then heaven is a swamp!’ Change and momentum give life to living. There are three keys to creating unstoppable momentum in your life....
