Jai Jinendra! Yesterday was day 1 of Svetambar Paryushan. Jains all over were immersed in Paryushan activities of starting new helpful habits and letting go of old unhelpful ones. For many, it may have been attending Swadhyay for the first time or even something as simple as saying Navkar Mantra 3 times on waking up. … Continue reading Paryushan diaries: Day 1
For Svetambar Jains, Paryushan starts tomorrow, Sept 3, and it ends on Sept 10. Das Lakshan for Digambar Jains, starts on Sept 10 and ends on Sept 19. Many are deciding what to give up and where to focus their attention during this time for internal contemplation Many are looking to see how to tweak … Continue reading Paryushan Diaries 2021: day 0
Love is… Valentine’s day is upon us. It makes some miserable and others really happy, some yearning for it and others sun-bathing in it ……No matter which camp you are in at this time, let’s take a moment and contemplate on this a little. Love your neighbor, as you love yourself Let’s visit our childhood, … Continue reading Mom Musings: Let’s talk about love
You are a new mom. Enjoying but exhausted taking care of your newborn. Your baby has angry red face, not much hair on scalp but for a yellow cake on scalp or not and is 3 weeks old. What do you do? Baby is fussy and crying and you can’t seem to get any sleep! … Continue reading Mommy Pediatrician’s desk: Cradle cap
From Apes to Humans: Earliest diversion of humans from apes occurred 5000000 years ago[ 5 million] in Africa and dispersed out of Africa. They belong to the genus Homo. Who belongs to the genus Homo? Anthropologists say that Africa is the source of earliest Manu as per Rig Veda. Anthropologists call any species in genus … Continue reading Mom musings: Arriving in India
Have you ever wondered why India is called India? It is an important question to answer, if not for India, we would not be Indians. Let me start with the Rig- Veda, written in 1700-1100 BCE, mentions Sindhu as the name for the river in the North. The region, Sindh, is conquered by Persians in … Continue reading Mom musings: Why India?
Nitali and Nihir are getting ready for school. They are feeling ebullient since it is the last day of school and time for their summer vacation. They have plans for their vacation: eat, play, read, color and travel. They spot Khiskoli playing in the vrksa. Khiskoli has a plan too. It is Khiskoli’s first summer by … Continue reading Khiskoli’s adventures: First summer alone
Who is an Indian? Where can I start? There are Indians and there are Indians. There is India and there are Indian Reservations. Let’s start the exploration with Native Indians. I have wondered time and again, so many things have been changed/ corrected but not the error Columbus made. Let’s talk about him, an Italian … Continue reading Mom musings: Who is an Indian?
Sometimes temporary lasts a few minutes at other times it is whole lifetime. Sometimes it is measured in minutes or hours at other times it is measured in feelings and yet often it is measured in terms of the only permanent entity in this life. Have you guessed already, what I am talking about? As … Continue reading The [Un]Lucky horse a.k.a ghoda
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Katy Kelleher | Longreads | March 2019 | 16 minutes (4,107 words) In The Ugly History of Beautiful Things, Katy Kelleher lays bare the dark underbellies of the things we adorn ourselves with. Previously: the grisly sides of perfume and angora. * * * “There was once upon a time a… Continue reading The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Pearls
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