The Humble Hermit, The Lofty Masses (Part 2 of the Humble Pebble Series)
And then the masses flocked to the hermit, who stood at the brink of pebbledom. They begged and they pleaded, they wept and at his
Golu 2022
Our Navrathri golu this year is a trip through time weaving reality with mythology, fantasy and dystopy. Ethereal The journey starts with Swarga, where perfect
Why a ‘naked’ soul?
A blog of musings of a naked soul. A soul that sheds all external influences and looks at life, at existence, at consciousness, from within and
Entrapment and Enlightenment
There are various degrees of entrapment. On one hand, we get so entrapped in events and consequences of our own lives and on the other,
Fear Fear
Fear defines us. Fear defines all that we do. It could be some subtle, subconscious fear or a phobic fathomable fear. Fear binds and chains
Simulations and Illusions
Simulation is the buzz word of the day in popular science magazines, of nascent and tenured philosophers and established scientists. Even popular figures like Stephen Hawking
Our (il)Logical Fallacies
Save my dog, eat the chicken. No, you cannot eat a horse, but a lowly pig is fine. My religion, my god, my beliefs are
Step-(Un)Wise
Our brains are like VHS tapes. No, not in that they are obsolete (yet), but in that they are capable of working only in a
E=motion of life
Feelings of sympathy, love, and of course happiness are ‘good’ while emotions such as hate, envy and the like are deemed ‘bad’. So much so
My Father
Saraswathi Ganapathy. Is no more – in his mortal form. But will live on. At 92, a mind as vast as the cosmos, an intellect
The Knowing Brain
To be is to know. We know what we are, why we are and how we are. We may not know that we know, but
Chasing happy
Happy is not our natural state of being. In fact it isn’t a state of being at all. We always yearn for happiness, work on