Category: My thoughts

Nerves of steel, Muscles of iron, and Minds like thunderbolt – Swami Vivekananda

Nerves of steel, Muscles of iron, and Minds like thunderbolt – Swami Vivekananda

Ramakrishna was not a saint as many say, he was a realized soul and a great Guru. No one really understood the way he worked around with people and himself. He was a connoisseur of food, and loved eating. During his satsang he will leave in the middle, get in to the kitchen and have some [...]

January 13, 2012 More
Srinivasa Ramanujan – A Man, Myth and Beyond

Srinivasa Ramanujan – A Man, Myth and Beyond

Srinivasa Ramanujan:     Ramanujan’s brief life and death are symbolic of conditions in India. Of our millions how few get any education at all; how many live on the verge of starvation. – Jawaharlal Nehru in his Discovery of India Sheer intuitive brilliance coupled to long, hard hours on his slate made up for [...]

December 23, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Corruption and the Anti-Corruption Movement in India

Corruption and the Anti-Corruption Movement in India

Let’s face it, we all in at least a small way are corrupt. The degree of our corruption is directly proportional to the opportunity we have for doing corruption. Yes, there are some souls who despite presented with an opportunity will not do any thing that is against ethics and values. Now we need to understand that [...]

August 12, 2011 | 0 Comments More
What is Jan Lokpal Bill and Who is Anna Hazare?

What is Jan Lokpal Bill and Who is Anna Hazare?

1. Who is Anna Hazare? -  An ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War 2. What’s so special about him? – He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district, Maharashtra 3. So what? – This village is a self-sustained model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills. In 1975, [...]

April 7, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Being a vegetarian – the supreme virtue

Being a vegetarian – the supreme virtue

How often have we seen people claiming that God is not with them and always testing them, they add that they were very righteous men and has not done any crime and never inflicted any suffering on anyone. They also add that God is helping those murderers and people who do a lot of corruption. [...]

October 12, 2009 | 6 Comments More
Money the mother of all evil

Money the mother of all evil

Money, what a beautiful thing? Ugly as well. Ugly??? I got to be kidding.  No. It is not just Ugly, but it is the mother of all evils. I may sound philosophical. What good it is being philosophical if there is no rationale behind your words? My view is completely rational as well. How? The [...]

October 9, 2009 | 4 Comments More