Observations on life
Harmonizing Indian and American Values: Finding Common Ground
This year I will be completing three decades of residing in this country. Very early during my stay here, I pondered the question ‘Who am I?’ This was not the Upanishadic question but geopolitical identity. This introspection about one’s identity and the clash of values between cultures is common to all immigrants, sometimes causing inter-generational
Detachment
My new year’s resolution for 2020 is to internalize the principle of Detachment. Over the years, as we meander along the path of self-realization, attachment to people, material things, achievements, and identity have been a heavy ball and chain around our minds, preventing it from soaring the skies. We raise our children and think that
Memories of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) shakha during my formative years in India
I vividly remember the time in my childhood when at an age of 10–12 years, my friends and I used to play cricket after school, in the…
The evening of life (Vanaprasth-ashram)
Late in the afternoon of life, as the shadows start getting longer, the mind starts contemplating the approaching evening of our life….
