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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.…
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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?
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…
Recently I came across an ancient Indian figure. I am usually curious about Indian legends and stories, so was quite fascinated by this creature. It is apparently better known in Oriya-land. It is called a Navagunjara,
Interesting isn't it!
How many different animals and birds can you count?
Head - Rooster - I thought it…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]This is the first article in a series where I share some simple exercises which help bring clarity to life.
If you have read some of my previous blogs, I am often miffed at the inane conversation that keeps happening around me. Apart from the inanity, I also realized that while people keep using…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Co-Commuter: What do you do apart from work?
Me: I blog often during my free time
Co-Commuter: Oh, what do you write in your blog?
Me: Travel & Spirituality mostly. :)
CC: Oh, you blog on spirituality? You read a lot is it?
Me: Not really, now a days I do read a little but spirituality is…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I started out to write the Year End review post and ended up writing this post on this blogs objective ;)
It may help you set a context to my blog, summarizing them here, this blog is for two purposes,
Articulating stuff that is truly meaningul for me & exploring these thoughts very positively.…