GURU WON D ER

Because we seek the meaning of our existence outside of ourselves, we humans have not realised our own potential and our own divinity. Rarely if ever looking within ourselves, wherein our soul is the same as that which encompasses the entire universe. That is why we humans need someone or something to worship. Our arrogance and unlimited desire to dominate, does not allow us to accept that others have essentially the same desire but expressed differently. That is why more blo

Anybody who says or does anything is bound to offend someone or the other. What we usually do is apologise and move on. Even when its accepted, an apology is unsatisfying for the offended person/s. An American friend was taken aback when I asked for forgiveness rather than just say 'I am sorry'. He asked me, Why I was being so so melodramatic?. Why did I ask for forgiveness rather than just say 'sorry'? I explained to him that it was our culture. Where an apology is insuffici

One often wonders, 'Having just emerged victorious and more powerful after World War, why did the British leave, the jewel of the crown of the British Empire, India? Who in their right mind, would willingly give up a constant source of treasures and great wealth? Why did Britain insist on trisecting India into 3 major parts and further dividing rest of India into 623 independent kingdoms with their own rulers, before withdrawing from India in 1947? Why did Mountbatten fail t

Many people ask, 'Why has it been that every society has placed great emphasis on preservation of female virginity until marriage?' Most people believe that its old fashioned nonsense instituted by patriarchal societies. Actually its evolutionary biology at work, where every creature's primary biological responsibility is to successfully pass on its genes to the next generation. Simply put 'survival of the fittest'. Humans are much too complex and hypocritical so scientists o

"A mature person does not fall in love, he rises in love. The word ’fall’ is not right. Only immature people fall; they stumble and fall down in love. Somehow they were managing and standing. They cannot manage and they cannot stand – they find a woman and they are gone, they find a man and they are gone. They were always ready to fall on the ground and to creep. They don’t have the backbone, the spine; they don’t have that integrity to stand alone." "A mature person has the

I have the good fortune of sometimes spending time with my aged friends, Vimla and her very modest husband the 92 year old Ramesh Butani. As our friendship grew so did I discover a great and Unsung Indian Hero. Here are some of his experiences. On 8th Aug 1942, Mahatma Gandhi launched the 'Quit India' movement, to unite all Indians, in all out effort to oppose British rule of India and become independent. At that time, Mr. Ramesh Butani aged 17 and three of his other juvenil

Its election campaigning time again in India. Listening to the politicians and their favoured media partners one is sometimes likely to be frightened, or even terrified. Whatever be the case, one can certainly hope to be entertained. At this time as the nation is gripped by poll fever, the viewer (TRP) ratings of comedy channels goes down while those of news channels rise. It would all have been so funny were it not for the stakes so serious. The show must go on. In the world

Open any of the Indian school books and you will discover, what we teach our children about Indian independence? That non violence got us our freedom. This is untrue. They blatantly disregard the blood, sweat and tears contributed by countless Indians and even many Britishers and Americans. Gandhi ji is revered by many, not only in India but across the world for propounding the philosophy of non violence. That is why he is is popularly known as a Mahatma (great soul). No doub

Expressing pessimism, makes people appear intelligent and concerned. However no complainer ever solved any problem or improved anything. Yet complaining has become a national pastime. People foolishly think, that merely by wringing their hands and clicking on 'likes' on social media their problems will somehow magically get resolved. People who can do anything, usually do something. However those that cannot do anything, only grumble & complain. Actually, most people can do s

Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional. Growing old or ageing is a natural phenomenon. One can age beautifully, gracefully or one can decay into an ugly creature, but ageing is inevitable. Growing up on the other hand is a spiritual phenomenon, its a flowering, an evolution. Growing old happens to all animals but only a Human Being can grow up. One can imagine our lives as being akin to a tree. As the tree grows higher it is essential that the roots grow deep. Just