Hindu Gods are many and the worship practices very many. Challenged in recent times in court, these are sadly debated are upon without possibly appreciating the customs rooted deeply in the rich diversity of ‘the many’ to discover ‘your’ personal God. A creative take on this as “YOU”, seeded by Sridhar Pabisetty who requested a poem on the controversy of women not being allowed in Sabarimala.
The demands of a CXO compared to the long journey of Ultra and finally wooing the CXO for a 12-hour Ultra. Many ideas in my mind for new revenue to find Many problems to solve requiring strong resolve Many decisions to make and many actions to take Many meetings to attend lot of data to comprehend Many emails to respond wish I had a magic wand Many customers to meet a lot of time on…
It is sad to see the beautiful God’s own country so wet. Did dear Vamana’s foot stepping from heaven to earth break the clouds? Pray to the young Boy to bring back peace to his own country.
Do the little playful drops of water know the havoc they are causing? They seem to be “Blissfully unaware”. What do you think? — Oh, with this I reach my two century mark of amateur poems (yes, 200 poems). A labour of love that I have cherished very much commencing Dec 20, 2016.
We consume a lot and discard a lot more, a relentless cycle that feeds on nature in myriad ways, to satisfy our greed and grow the economy, only to empty its body and soul, that it has nothing more to offer. A creative take on the phrase “Hurt? Oh, So, why crib” as a poem titled “Greed”.
During the stadium run, when I was walking with Rocky Vikram, he said this has been a bad experience for him, as he was suffering from injury that was making it very hard to walk let alone run. That is when I said “there is no bad or good, it is how you choose to make it, after all no one asked us to run like a zombie in the stadium”. Here it is expressed creatively…
Could not resist picking on fellow citizens who make the amazing India. Unity, Diversity and Perversity! Jai Hind. (Perversity = Deliberate unruliness)
The weekend before last I did my first 36 hour stadium run. Turned out to be my second 100 miler run (161.5km), the distance curtailed by tendinitis on right knee (it is ok now!). Stadium runs are special, for they seem to get me to a state of zen many times doing the run. Here is my experience expressed creatively as a poem titled “stadium run”.
Osho says being ordinary or average is the most difficult. It happens only when you are mindful, when you in the ‘now’. When you see the simple ordinary things for what it is, it is indeed extraordinary. I guess Sai Nellore triggered this with his posting of a Osho video today on this. I recollected one of Osho’s lectures that I had listened many many years ago on the same. When I went on my…
A zillion sounds barrage us everyday. Does it upset you or connect you to the centre? Here is a creative take on this as I connected to my centre in my today’s morning dog walk as “Everyday morning sounds”.