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
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?
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
Instant Coffee was a charm Instant milk was a novelty! What a craze! When growing up… Oh! Lest I forget the instant news On an old black and white tv Then came noodles…Instant noodles… ‘Ready in bas 2 minutes.’ the ad said Now, everything is in an ‘Instant’… Granted by CEOs who want to gift … Continue reading My ‘Instant’ life…
Once upon a time outside the village of Rakhigarhi, there lived a snake a.k.a. saap, named Cobra. Cobra was well known for his viciousness nature to the villagers, he had bitten many, hurt many more and killed quite a few. The villagers avoided his nesting area. One day, a group of boys were playing with … Continue reading The Snake a.k.a. saap
Once upon a time on the beautiful Ranmal lake a.k.a. Talav, in Jamnagar, Gujarat, lived 3 friends: Batak, Machimar and Kachbo. They were happy on their lake, eating fish, bathing in the sun and exchanging tidbits about their day. Kachbo talked all day and night. Batak and Machimar listened patiently. Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring: … Continue reading The Tortoise a.k.a. Kachbo
We came up to Sonoma to get away from the Bay area and home. I will be starting work in Jan 2019, after a hiatus of 1 year. I fell sick Dec 2017 and was cleared to go to work, Dec 2018. I will be able to go back to work with accommodations. I am … Continue reading Valley of the Moon, Sonoma
It is Saturday evening, the Shah family is having dinner, it is Pav Bhaji and story telling night, a.k.a. Indian sloppy Joe, Nitali and Nihir’s favorite meal. After dinner, they put their names in a bowl, shook it up and Ba pulled out a name from the bowl. It was Bapu’s turn to tell a … Continue reading One Mango a.k.a Kaeree
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