A collection of essays written by me to celebrate my understanding of life.
I trust you will enjoy reading them as much as I did writing !
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Books & Series
68 dialogues weaving patterns from abstractions on the tapestry of Science & Spirituality. Published in infinithoughts (2008 to 2015)
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Dialogues from Indian mythology as they unfolded in my mind’s eys. Written in 2004; published by GIRI in 2015
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A series of articles on holistic wellbeing published in the monthly magazine of the Andhra Chamber of commerce since 2023
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A series of articles on holistic fitness and wellbeing published in Food & Health (2012-2016)
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A series of articles on physical literacy published in The Hindu Young World (2014)
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In search of that elusive balance of Yin & Yang… Published as a series in infinithoughts between 2002 & 2003
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What is that invisible anvil that shapes us to become who we ought to be? Written in 2003-2005
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Our words define what we perceive! We ought to choose them wisely…
We were seated in a restaurant waiting for our dinner to be served, when my six-year old daughter Meenakshi began to play her ‘favorites’ game. She asked everyone present what their favorite animal, place, person, fruit, flower, food and so on were. Finally she came to me and asked, “Ma! What is your favorite thing?”...
In the 18th century, thousands of people died by the outbreak of ‘smallpox’, a disease that respected no social class, disfiguring those few people who managed to recover from its attack. The only means of combating smallpox was a primitive form of medication called ‘variolation’ where a healthy person was intentionally infected with the ‘matter’...
“Why do you keep bringing God into everything? Don’t you know that the only reality is the field of energy? All that we need to ensure is that our thoughts are absolutely pure so that we attract the right energy. Why keep referring to a fictitious God?” – a dear friend of mine questioned me....
Guru Gobind dono khare kake lagu paye / balihari us guru ki jo gobind diyo dikhaye // “My Guru and my Lord both stand here before me. To whom shall I bow first? O seeker, Hail thy Guru! It is he who has made this union with the Lord possible.” This is the essence of...
Raghu returns home after a one-year stint in the U.S. He is received at the airport by his fiancée Sulochana. They have been engaged to-be-married, for just over a year. They have been communicating through e-mail and chat rooms during Raghu’s absence from the country. The alliance is a formal one arranged by the parents...
“True happiness in this world is the right terrestrial aim of man and true happiness lies in the finding and maintenance of a natural harmony of spirit, mind and body” – wrote Shri Aurobindo in his book The Foundations of Indian Culture. Culture is the harmonizing of the spirit, mind and body of the peoples...
On a vacation to Bangalore a few weeks back, we stayed very close to the military training center. Every time I stepped out of the hotel, my eyes would fall upon the billboard that said ‘JOIN THE ARMY – NOW!’ I remember as a child, meeting a friend of my aunt in Hyderabad, who had...
