Arjun asks something that even I was wondering about. Krishna says renounce activity and also says do your karma, so which is better? Krishna says it’s easier to reach salvation if you are first...
Krishna talks about how some do a ritual yagna to a deity, while others offer to the fire of brahman. What do they offer? The pleasures of the senses, to the fire of discipline....
Arjun wants more explanation about karma, so Krishna elaborates on this topic. Two paths will take us forward- Samkhya or knowledge and Karma Yoga or mindful action. Krishna points out that we need to...
Krishna encourages Arjun to fight, saying that since our bodies are first those of children, then adults and then of old people, he should not feel bad about taking up arms. Our bodies are...
Chapter 1 of the Bhagavad Gita sets the stage for the fight between good and evil, between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. It’s a fight on the battlefield and within the self, as Arjun...
I read Mani Rao’s transcreation in poetry of the Bhagavad Gita. By using contemporary language like Famous Five to talk about the Pandavas, she has made the Gita much more accessible. I’d like to...
I expected more from Ken Follett’s A Column of Fire. Spies in Elizabethan England seemed a deadly combination. Since the sequel to Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, was also powerful, I thought...
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel(TMMM) – the name itself attracted me while I was surfing Amazon Prime. I’m a Mrs. too. And I love alliteration. Seemed like a light hearted, chick soap. And so it...
Things a Little Bird Told Me by Twitter’s co-founder, Biz Stone for the most part reads like a fast paced novel. It reminded me strongly of Silicon Valley. Especially the part where he talks...
I’m short. Sadly, that means I have less place to distribute my body weight. I didn’t have too many sweet things around the house, so I was fit as a kid and in college....