The spectrum of my learning spans across engineering, music, management, philosophy, photography and writing. Learning engineering and management was tough but a relatively easy journey. I stayed on course, memorized the postulates and just applied them to situations. Same with music, where having learnt Raags (combination of notes) and...
Dark night followed by a new dawn We strive for happiness till eternity but even with our best efforts, cannot escape frustration. In the night of life, demons of doubt find a home. Swooping down and perching momentarily on the branches, Sparrows find their new flight path. It really doesn’t...
Opposites are part of the whole. To define white, one needs to first define black. It is therefore not a surprise that Mount Kailash in Tibet, believed to be the abode of Lord Shiva, finds it’s feminine form in the nearby Mount Namo Nangi, the abode of Parvati, his...
Close today was on horizon yesterday. What was cast on me had a source. I unfurled it one step at a time. Life sometimes appears to be a tapestry of confusion. It’s a feeling that is an outcome of looking at events from a low vantage point, limiting our...
Following my previous blog writing on Indian Sikh soldiers who went to Tibet in the year 1904, under Francis Younghusbands advance to Gyantse fort to nullify potential advances by Russians under the “Great Game” that could have moved them closer to India, it was picked up by a few organizations...
In the process of expansion to excel in our day to day pursuits, we generally forget to reflect and contemplate, which is the most important ingredient for the holistic growth of individuality. It is therefore, from time to time, I look at the pictures I have clicked and contemplate to...
Stories are the essence of our existence. While not everyone may be gifted to capture the moment that reflects a story but no one can deny being part of a story. It is our choice if we want to see a story unfold around us. Such opportunities exist in...
Over there… On the other side… Where the sun sets… Or maybe… The moon…that rises… Veils of twirling simmering smoke… There are shades of You… Even in your anger…one reaches out… To feel you…where you reach out… To heal them…seal them…. (poem by Atamjot...
“To the plateau they come and go – mountain climbers, pilgrims, discoverers, volcanologists, tourists, storytellers. They speak of broken heights and transformed terrains – of eruptions and calamities long, long time ago: an immense volcanic memory remembered only by some deathless stones. Once in a...
Mt. Bromo is an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia. It lies within a 16-km wide caldera, known as the Tengger caldera. On the northern tip of the Tengger caldera lies another active volcano, called Sumeru. The Tengger caldera is a large depression in the land, formed through a volcanic...