In cities there are hundred-story buildings being built. But one thing that small and tall buildings have in common are foundations. In other words, before going up, you have to go down. It may appear contradictory, but that’s construction. And the further up you want to go — the taller the building you want to build, the deeper has…
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Let me tell a story from the ancient India Mahabharata. India’s princes were being tested in archery by their martial arts teacher Drona. He had put a wooden owl in the top of a high tree. And then he called the princes to attention. Their target was the eye of the owl. First he called…
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In 1914 at the outbreak of World War I, H.G. Wells wrote a series of articles that appeared as a book called ‘The War to end War’. Meanwhile the retort of Prime Minister David Lloyd George was: “This war, like the next war, is a war to end war.” And so it was: World War…
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The average person spends 5 years of their life looking at their phone. That’s frightening! We are too busy taking ‘selfies’ instead of finding out what makes the ‘self’ truly happy. We’ve revolutionised connecting to people all over the world, but we’ve forgotten how to connect to a person in the same room as us.…
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There is a saying “as sure as death”. It’s one thing that no one can avoid—we will all die at sometime or another. But is death something to fear? Depends how you look at it and what you think is going to die. If you identify with this temporary body then you will live in…
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What is the duty of a parent? A long time ago the great saint Rsabha said: pitā na sa syāj jananī na sā syāt daivaṁ na tat syān na patiś ca sa syān na mocayed yaḥ samupeta-mṛtyum In English it means: A Parent’s duty to their children is to open the door of liberation, to…
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