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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]As the year drew to a close I saw many people were glad the year was finally ending. I don't know why they need to personify a year to blame all the bad stuffs. Anyway personally my life has been awesome. Even world wise things seem to be going well, as…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Parent:"In India one shouldn't cycle. The traffic is too risky"
Me:"in India one shouldn't do a lot of things cause it is too risky for eg: crossing the roads"
*parent agrees whole-heartedly*
From a long time I have been noticing that social acceptance makes people FEEL SAFE. Note that it only makes them feel…
Here are some interesting insights I have got from the grandmom at my AirBnb in Chennai. She has been associated with the Brahmakumari path for over 36 years now. It was very interesting for me to know of her sadhana as I am also usually into all sadhana stuff. So here,
Remembrance of God while cooking…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I have been traveling for two months now. First Australia & then Taiwan. Both amazing places, full of stories and on the road stuff. All of a sudden I find so many people saying that I am really lucky - and initially I just ignored it but it really got to…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I always felt that his was a very intriguing story. Most Indians would be aware of it but just to summarize it,
Buddha was on his usual walking journey and he came to a village. The villagers forbade him to walk through the nearby jungle because there was a dangerous bandit there.…
This post started out on Guru Poornima as an offering to my guru but it got much longer than I planned. And I kept writing for many days. As it happens I am publishing it today on 3rd Sept, Sadhguru's birthday :)
The Guru Pooja was for me an eye opener. I always had…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]In Mumbai the Jain community is pretty well known. Large number of restaurants are pure vegetarian and commonly provide dishes without onion, garlic and potato. When I am traveling I find a lot of people aren't aware of the Jain diet.
Here,
Jain Diet
[For the folks that don't know anything about Jains…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Random conversation in a yoga center far, far away,
Monk: At the end of the day, you should be happy
Me: *looks unconvinced*
Monk: isn't it?
Me: Really? Is happiness the most important thing?Â
Monk: I don't know
I also didn't know then. At least I couldn't articulate at the time my problem with making 'Happiness' the…
From solo traveling to spirituality to entrepreneurship, I keep choosing to do stuff that is statistically uncommon. So when I am sitting with a bunch of people, I am usually different. Earlier I had some hesitations - is it okay if I did this? What would people think? But, over the years, I find it…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Recently a Twitter conversation with friends,
@priyankawriting It can be beneficial I should think.
— Anubha (@teatattler) April 28, 2016
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@priyankawriting mandatory is fine I guess. They could do away with including it in the whole "marks" thing, yes.
— Anubha (@teatattler) April 28, 2016
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@priyankawriting it's the "Indian" institute of technology after all, doesn't…
Recently a work colleague was telling me about a friend who was cribbing a lot about her boss loading her with a lot of work. She was working on weekends while the boss went traveling. My colleague suggested to her that she get a boyfriend. I thought this was a really bad suggestion. We didn't…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Hinduism is a lot in news now a days. I wanted to share some views often on the much discussed news topics but waited until I could sit down and articulate it properly.
I see certain trends within society which lead to an onslaught on the age old Indian culture and religious…