Starting With Next To Nothing
October 3, 2014 2 Comments
Happy Dussehra!
October 3, 2014 1 Comment
In mythology,Ravana is the son of a Brahmin father, the great sage Vishrava or Vesamuni and a Kshatriya mother, the Daitya rakshasa princess Kaikesi. His grandfather, the sage Pulastya, was one of the ten Prajapatis or mind-born sons of Brahma and one of the Saptarishi ,Seven Great Sages, in the first Manvantara.
Ravana was both aggressive and arrogant but at the same time he was also an exemplary scholar, an able administrator and great devotee of Lord Shiva.
Ravana performed an intense penance or tapasya to Lord Shiva, lasting several years. During his penance, Ravana chopped off his head 10 times as a sacrifice to appease Lord Shiva. Each time he sliced his head off a new head arose, thus enabling him to continue his penance. At last, Lord Shiva, pleased with his austerity, appeared after his 10th decapitation and offered him a boon. Ravana asked for immortality, which Shiva refused to give, but gave him the celestial nectar of immortality. The nectar of immortality, stored under his navel, dictated that he could not be vanquished for as long as it lasted.Ravana also asked for absolute invulnerability from and supremacy over Gods, heavenly spirits, other rakshasas, serpents, and wild beasts. Contemptuous of mortal men, he did not ask for protection from these. Shiva granted him these boons in addition to his 10 severed heads and great strength by way of knowledge of divine weapons and magic. Read more of this post
All For A Clean India
October 3, 2014 Leave a comment
Today morning I woke up to an SMS from the Indian Bank, urging me not to litter and to pass on the message to at least 10 other people. Mr. Modi is apparently in mission mode to clean up India. Ministers were asked to devote an hour today to focus on issues of cleanliness and various government departments have been ordered to create awareness. As I drove past Churchgate the IT Offices sported Swachh Bharat banners. The idea is that the nation honours the Mahatma on his 150 th birth anniversary in 2019 with a clean India. Trust a Virgo PM to wish to give a gift of cleanliness. And I am one Virgo gal whose glad to do my share. I can honestly say I didn’t litter today. Read more of this post
Sticking To The Middle Path
October 2, 2014 Leave a comment
“There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the cross-roads of history and must choose which way to go. But for us there need be no difficulty or hesitation, no looking to right or left. Our way is straight and clear—the building up of a socialist democracy at home with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations.”-Lal Bahadur Shastri .
Today is also the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri. These days when we think over how much we should adopt of American practices and of Chinese ones, we’d best not forget that freedom is precious and that we need freedom in every sense of the word. And that the Land Of The Free is not really all that free……..
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