Happiness, the collateral damage
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Love
Leadership Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita 17 – Duty
Chapter 2 Verse 31 स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि | धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाच्छ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते || 31|| swa-dharmam api chāvekṣhya na vikampitum arhasi dharmyāddhi yuddhāch chhreyo ’nyat kṣhatriyasya na vidyate swa-dharmam—one’s duty in accordance with the Vedas; api—also; cha—and; avekṣhya—considering; na—not; vikampitum—to waver; arhasi—should; dharmyāt—for righteousness; hi—indeed; yuddhāt—than fighting; śhreyaḥ—better; anyat—another; kṣhatriyasya—of a warrior; na—not; vidyate—exists The … Read more
Where there is love ….
On Sunday we watched this movie “The Vow” starring Channing Tatum and Rachel Adams. The story is about a couple who are madly in love, get married and within a few weeks are involved in a serious auto accident that leaves the wife in a coma. When the wife recovers from her coma, she doesn’t … Read more
Book Review – Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
I hadn’t heard of Kazuo Ishiguro till he got the Nobel prize earlier this year. Its sad that I missed reading him all this while. The minute I heard his name, I immediately looked up his books on Kindle and found this title “Never let me go” which was very intriguing, so I bought it. … Read more
A month of social silence :)
Ever since we went off social media in September 2015 for a month, we have made it a habit to take a month’s break each year from Facebook and Whatsapp. We aren’t less social, we just don’t look at these two media. September is also the month we travel, so it’s convenient to tune out. … Read more
Hay made her own Sunshine !
I first read her tiny book “You can heal your body” in 2004 and then the book which has become a bedside companion ever since – “You can heal your life”. From being raped when she was a young girl, to overcoming cancer without any medicines and living a full life that inspired millions to … Read more
Last year same day …
We called her to wish her a happy birthday and she replied with her standard statement – “am too old to be celebrating birthdays and I shouldn’t be around for the next one”. Last year she was actually unwell and just unable to enjoy her special day. This year she is not around … just … Read more
I LOVE my car, lipstick, home, bag….. seriously??
A school friend of mine recounted a conversation that she was privy to between a niece of hers and her friend about the kind of person her niece wanted to marry. The conversation apparently went something like this “he should have a four bedroom house in his name, an Audi or a Merc, his parents … Read more
Keep love fresh !
The thought for the day I had and posted was as follows … The reason for it is because today is 27 years since Krishnan and I met across a table during a training program in Chennai … I have spoken about how it was love at first sight and every sight after that … Read more