Saturday, October 5, 2013

Tirupathi as metaphor for India

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I am not a temple going idiot at all. Nor do I scorn the pious and devoted; it does not concern me at all. I have long realized the futility...
Monday, September 30, 2013

On the brink N saved at the bell

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September is almost gone –a period where my mind plunged into depths of despair and now slow on the bend. So many lessons thick and fast; l...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

August, 2013 notes

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Writing is the greatest gift and most transparent. There is nothing simpler on the globe than “evaluating a writing style”. I’ll even say h...
Monday, August 26, 2013

Nagarjuna Sagar tales – Eight

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Meditation and lessons The first two days of meditation was a torture. Even 10 minutes felt like sitting on a cactus heavy on thorns. At h...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Nagarjuna Sagar tales – Seven

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An encounter with a cultured family The first view of Dhamma Nagarjuna made an immediate appeal on the mind. I felt in my bones that the t...
Sunday, August 18, 2013

Nagarjuna Sagar tales – Six

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Dhamma Nagarjuna first impressions I was a tired man getting off the Hyderabad Superfast Express at 4:00 am. There was a large digital c...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Nagarjuna Sagar tales – Five

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S-8 companions It was around 8:30 pm that I found myself in the new carriage – my pluck and gift of the gab fetching me a berth. There a...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Nagarjuna Sagar tales – Four

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The easily corruptible TTE I observed a TTE (Train Ticket Examiner) is assigned to 3 or 4 compartments. So even if he starts his chore a...

Nagarjuna Sagar tales – Three

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Military man’s crib at S-4 Someshwara was in seat number 64, those two side seats in a sleeper class. He straightway climbed to the sid...
Friday, August 9, 2013

Nagarjuna Sagar tales – Two

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Miracle on Platform 9 - Someshwara’s gesture There is something about Central station – the red colour Gothic structure is the face of Che...