I made this logo, I really did! a fictional short story by Gaurav Rastogi The Restless Sannyasi Deva Ananda Mishtiqiya was distraught. Late January in southern India is as pleasant a time as you can get on the plateau. Nights are nippy, slightly cold, and the days smell of Valentine roses, “First Class Export Quality” as they say here. Deva Ananda had been sleeping fitfully for the last three nights, and had been restless and sweaty all day. He couldn’t think of anything... Read more
Henry David Thoreau wrote, “The bluebird carries the sky on his back”. What did he mean? Photo Credit (link) A small little creature, free and beautiful, blue above and brown below, and living between heaven and earth. Above it, the sky is open to infinite adventure; below, the solid earth offers nourishment and company. A wee, small bird it is, and yet it can explore the blue expanse above, descending ever so often to the brown earth to purchase a ticket for... Read more
Hope and dreams are the dollars and change of Silicon Valley. ‘Unicorns’ was the name derisively given to startup companies with a Billion Dollar valuation, because they are all too rare and mostly fictional, but not a day goes by these days before someone sights another Unicorn, and the sightings of ‘Deca’horns (companies with $10Bn+ valuation) now considered a common as the corner Starbucks. Mass produced miracles. (This note first appeared in print on India Currents). — In the Yoga system,... Read more
Review of “Rearming Hinduism” REARMING HINDUISM: Nature, Hinduphobia and the Return of Indian Intelligence by Vamsee Juluri. 2015. Westland Limited. 250 pages. A version of this review first published by India Currents. Link here. We are far away from home, all of us immigrants, and we have forgotten the sensory world that cocooned us; the smell of fresh monsoons, the burning of skin in the noonday sun, the taste of ripe mangoes in summer, the riot of colors worn by smiling... Read more
We often hear the words ‘career’ and ‘job’ being used interchangeably. However, the two terms are distinct and the sooner we can tell them apart, the better will be our outlook. A job pays the bills and gives us something to stay busy with. A career, on the other hand, is the story we tell about ourselves today and in the future. Mohandas K Gandhi’s job was to be an advocate in South Africa, but his career was built as... Read more
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