“Vasudhev Kutumbakam” is a concept in Indian (Hindu philosophy) culture. It means “one world family” that is – whole world irrespective of caste, color, creed or belief system is one family. I received this message recently on whatsapp – I crossed my street ?, they asked my caste Crossed my […]
This blog is in the series of blogs on – against – the caste system of India. I wish some day we would value people on their Capabilities and not Caste Action and not Ancestry Character and not on Color of skin That we all connected there is no two […]
Involuntary action of bowing in temple does not make one religious. Reverence must come from within, it’d be a mindful act. You shouldn’t be God fearing religious, be God loving.
When Adviti started school, I learnt an analogy between education vs learning to religion and spirituality. Spirituality is like learning.
Adviti is growing up, she has started turning and every now and then she turns. When feeding her, she turns that makes putting food in mouth difficult. It was surprising initially to feed her used to be irritating that she is turning in no time. Once, I was talking to […]
Perhaps in middle school (6th to 8th), we learnt a lesson on why crows are our best friends and what we can learn from them. They eat dead animals and therefore keep our surrounding clean. We need to learn from them that whenever they see something to eat they always […]
Recently I heard of Sahitya Akademi award controversy. The issue at hand is – many intellectuals are returning their awards conferred to them by the Govt. Sahitya Akademi is a National organization for literature, it is under the ministry of culture Govt of India. Since, I am not in India […]
This blog is dedicated to my adopted uncle – Mr Ramana Rajgopaul. Actually, he is kind enough to adopt me as his nephew. Uncleji writes daily on his blog website – www.rummuser.com I got connected with uncleji in 2011, when inadvertently I reached his blog site, read blogs and read […]
Yesterday I received a call from unknown number – Hello, is that Pravin? Yes I said. “I’m Ms Gautam [name changed], we connected that time etc”. We talked for about 10 min, that lady (though belonging to the Art of Living community) almost abused many unknown AoL devotees. The lady […]
This blog is in the series of blogs on – against – the caste system of India. In the new year once again* I wish some day we would value people on their Capabilities and not Caste Action and not Ancestry Character and not on Color of skin Disclaimer – […]