Holi is a festival that guides us on the path of embracing sattvik nature by eliminating evil and bad thoughts in one's mind. The aim is to purify the environment by offering oblation in the form of dry wood to the fire.I remember how holi was lit in front of the shiva temple next to... Continue Reading →
People in villages are more connected to being traditionally attached to their customs and rituals than the people who migrate to cities. City people are like rootless weeds coming from nowhere, settling in an unknown destination. Few bring their tradition, others don't and many enjoy all customs and traditions brought by the immigrants. The chawl... Continue Reading →
It's for sure 90% of us, whether male or female have come across frotteurs in our life. Who are they? They are the ones who are engaged in frotteurism. Now, what's that? It's an act of rubbing one's genitalia against another person, usually that of a stranger. It is non-consensual and is considered a psychiatric... Continue Reading →
The birth of a sibling is received by different kids in different ways, right!I was eagerly waiting for the arrival. On my visit to my parent's house, I used to accompany my mother to a gyno. But when he was born, I was at Mulund, 2 hours away from him. Immediately we left for Borivali.... Continue Reading →
Would you be able to envision and accept that our childhood was spent without television, fridge, AC, phone/ mobile , PC/laptop and so on? To put it plainly, our life was extravagant with no lavish things. Indeed, all the above things were viewed as luxurious items.We had a radio at my grandparent's home. We used... Continue Reading →
The values which are instilled in you during your childhood has never-ending impact on you, right!I was a Swadhyayee, we had Satsang each Sunday in the temple close to my home at Mulund, where I lived with my grandparents. It was a Shivalinga temple. In the garbhagriha (the room where the idol or symbol of... Continue Reading →
Do parents need to pick up parenting skills? I never saw my parents learning it. It was an instinct to mould the behaviour of a kid or possibly the monetary circumstance and experience that caused them to do it. I was encouraged to believe that you never get all the things you desire, in life.... Continue Reading →
On a Thursday, 44 years back while in labour my mother was bothered by a nurse in the clinic," While doing you delighted in, now bear the pain". She was simply 19years old while bringing forth an impromptu child. I want to slap that nurse, whenever I recall the above words described by my mother.... Continue Reading →
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