Datti Kaur, our younger daughter, a 9th grade student is passionate about art. Getting bored at home yesterday, in response to a sudden creative bout, she selected a photo of a Nihang from my photography blog and has adapted it in her own creative water color art form. Here is...
Within light there is darkness. Within darkness there is light. Each has its own value. Absolute is only understood with relative. It is a paradox, impossible to resolve intellectually, that one needs...
Do you know where you are heading? Journey of life is a river whose goal is the ocean. The future will always be uncertain, so use wisdom of men who have been around before us, as the guiding map. Click first photo below and scroll to view series...
Very early in my career, an experience with Mr. Chandrasekhar (General Manager) of Higginbothams Bookstore in Chennai, taught me the importance of being mindful of one’s conduct as reputation takes a long to build and can be destroyed in an instance. Year 1994, as a 27 year young executive...
In Myanmar, faced with young children being trained into the order of monkhood, one is left wondering if renunciation is the solution to preparing the young for facing worldly challenges? Would it not be better if children are skilled in their youth to become active contributors in the society,...
Normally I only blog thoughts centered around my photography. However, for a discovery like this one, linked to one of my earlier blog posts, it is worth sharing even though it doesn’t carry any photo created through my camera. On 24th September 2013, I blogged about my personal photographic...
Self Sufficiency is an opportunity! Sociability is the essence of humanity. However it’s through self-sufficiency that one is able to connect Self with Cosmos. It does not mean that being with others is of any less importance but self-sufficiency does help overcome one’s shortcomings. Society and self-sufficiency need to be...
About 37 km ahead of Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), at the height of 16,500 feet lies the Bum La Pass, where runs the historic McMahon line, defining the line of actual control between India and China. Bum La is a very remote pass where only a few travelers reach in...
Remain focused, opportunity will find you! Many times we stand at crossroads, not knowing the path to choose. If a choice is made then not knowing if it will take us to the destination. Ambiguity in life is the chariot, while the sixth sense is the chariot...
The clay is the same, but the Fashioner has fashioned it in various ways. There is nothing wrong with the pot of clay – there is nothing wrong with the Potter. From the One Light, the entire universe welled up. So who is good, and who is bad? Says Kabir,...