tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61853462024-03-17T20:00:46.257-07:00My ExpeditionImpressions of an eternal journeymandhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-17736892123022463912024-01-13T21:47:00.000-08:002024-01-13T21:47:21.209-08:00Our Differences are mere PreferencesIf we view our differences (in various aspects, the things that seem to separate us from others) as our preferences (or our tastes, rather than our identities), I think there would be a lot of harmony between us. In general we entertain and accept our different preferences and tastes more readily and don't feel threatened by those differences.dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-91327232928159601652023-12-31T12:07:00.000-08:002023-12-31T12:07:47.084-08:00On Aging : By Arthur C BrooksOne of my favorite columnist is Arthur C Brooks. Publishes articles mostly related to human psychology. A few lines from his recent article : https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/happiness-time-aging-mood/676964/I
have seen this phenomenon in people close to me who, in late middle
age, made a choice to practice character virtues that enhanced life for
others. Sure enoughdhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-6695218802865521152023-12-28T12:30:00.000-08:002023-12-28T12:30:39.358-08:00Excerpts from Anne from Green GablesSanthosh recommend this book (Anne from Green Gables) to me and I borrowed it from the library and started reading it. The book is based on the character of a 11 year-old (?) Orphan girl living near Nova Scotia in Canada during the 1900s. I found the book really interesting, many a times I would smile wholeheartedly reading through what Anne has to say in the book.. about her various dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-66966699345859274582023-12-28T11:59:00.000-08:002023-12-28T11:59:21.103-08:00Chasing the DerivativeFrom a recent Wired Magazine this was what a 19 year old founder of ChatGPTZero said when asked about what he thinks about doing in life.Chasing the Derivateis what he said. It's an interesting idea and seems a good philosophy to follow in life. As per Khanacademy, this is the meaning of the mathematical term *Derivative*The derivative of a function describes the
function's dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-58596528390623207372023-12-28T11:48:00.000-08:002024-01-13T21:49:30.629-08:00Reviews by Eric GraffI have been on goodreads for over a decade and over this period have found one particular user called Eric Graff quite interesting by reading his reviews. Makes me think that he is a learned person. He sprinkle's his personal experience in his reviews and that makes it interesting. Check this out to read the reviews:https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/974210-erik-graff?order=d&dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-76631323190159918142023-12-09T22:45:00.000-08:002023-12-10T12:35:09.529-08:00The Third Wave by Alvin TofflerSome notes from the book by Alvin TofflerFirst Wave (pre-Industrialization) : Two sectors of people. Sector A : produced for their own consumption. Sector B : Produced for trade or exchange. Sector A was huge and Sector B was tinySecond Wave (Industrialization) : Most people were engaged in producing goods for others consumption and this gave the market the prominence. No longer people were dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-63759845819914565592023-12-03T08:37:00.000-08:002023-12-03T08:37:07.023-08:00Relationshipsఅవసరాలు కొద్దీ సంబంధాలు dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-82611049245867402352023-11-05T11:10:00.003-08:002023-11-05T11:10:54.921-08:00Stories vs NumbersBoth Stories and Numbers have their importance. Can't recall where I heard about this, but the essence is that if you want to convey a long-lasting message, then it has to be crafted as a story that will appeal to the audience and hence will be with them for a longer time. The story touches to the right/emotional side of the brain. But stories are anecdotes and very personal and don't apply dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-29975741241477671012023-09-03T14:56:00.003-07:002023-09-03T14:58:13.818-07:00Quantity and QualityFrom an online newsletter : (The source newsletter : https://edmondlau.substack.com/p/safe-to-fail)dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-79899514045510697612023-08-13T15:21:00.004-07:002023-11-05T11:05:03.243-08:00Books that have affected meHere's the list of books that have affected me:One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukouka on the subject of primitive ways of farming and simple livingTrain to Pakistan by Kushwant Singh, a novel on the partition of India in 1947Small is Beautiful by E F Schumacher on moving towards small , appropriate technologies in our society for a better and sustainable worldHow to Talk So Kids will Listen &dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-47644995388186520852023-08-13T15:04:00.003-07:002023-11-05T11:11:28.396-08:00On ReadingOver the past 3 years, I have been spending significant time Reading books on various topics. Although I was always interested in reading : newspapers, magazines, online articles, blog posts, books, but the time I usually spent was quite less. But this has changed in the last 3 years. Since the pandemic started there's more time at my disposal to do some reading and to fill that time, I started dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-79159786585990571482023-08-13T14:56:00.004-07:002023-08-13T14:56:18.900-07:00On understanding our world : From the book The Third Wave by Alvin TofflerQuote from the book "The Third Wave" by Alvin Toffler. The book was published in 1980.No single world view can ever capture the whole truth. Only by applying multiple and temporary metaphors can we gain a rounded (if still incomplete) picture of the world. But to acknowledge this axiom is no the same as saying life is meaningless. Indeed, even if life is meaningless in some cosmic sense, we can dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-28462022204852926842023-08-13T14:48:00.002-07:002023-08-13T14:50:17.834-07:00Akshara's first 10 KAkshara completed here first 10KM run as part of the San Francisco Marathon on Jul 23, 2023 . I am happy and proud of her achievement. She did this as part of BARFI program and raised 2696 USD to support farmers in India. Since farmers (in India) are impacted directly because of severe weather events, the funds will help organizations working for farmers to raise the awareness dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-60640187503388528322023-07-09T22:28:00.003-07:002023-07-09T22:31:30.256-07:00Book Summary : The Power of NowAn excellent summary of the book : The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle by Andy is here:https://www.clues.life/book-reviews/the-power-of-nowAndy's site https://clues.life/ is a great resource as welldhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-42205954140819219822023-07-09T18:29:00.003-07:002023-07-09T22:28:23.112-07:00On Cherishing Life Entrepreneur and creative director Andrew Anabi on how to cherish life:"When life changes, you will probably miss the way it was. You may miss those long morning drives or walks to the office, or those hectic family gatherings. You may miss them because those moments are finite — you will only travel those streets and see those people a certain amount of times.Every time you do dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-79748910941307451132023-06-16T05:53:00.006-07:002023-07-09T22:28:34.499-07:00I am a mere Instrument I am just an Instrument...An Instrument of my conditioning...An Instrument of the times...An Instrument of my surroundings...An Instrument of my thoughts...And yet...I have some VolitionAnd yet...I am Responsibledhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-17202220998689846322023-02-07T18:39:00.004-08:002023-07-09T22:31:04.726-07:00A poem by AksharaShe wrote this last week (inspired by other poems/songs)Insects, birds and even us tooWe can all fly if we just try to Fly with our family, our moms and dadsOur brothers and sisters and maybe even auntsGrandparents too and maybe even youSo just try to fly like a little bird who flewOver the mountains and oceans tooOver the deserts and rain forests that grewThis is all true but there is one dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-61771657715780556082022-12-24T11:58:00.001-08:002022-12-24T11:58:05.571-08:00So much NoiseThere's so much noise around us that we cant listen to the music.If we can shut down our reception to all the noise around us we can receive the music. There's so much clutter in our lives as we don't know what we seek and in that confusion we add some more clutter to it. Remove all things that are not necessary and you will be left with what is essential. But what is noise and what is dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-68395555911342600312022-12-24T11:36:00.001-08:002024-01-13T21:48:19.642-08:00The pomegranate treeOn my run today, I noticed that the three pomegranate trees (can we call them trees?) have shed all their leaves. I wasn't aware that the pomegranate tree is a deciduous tree. Back in India, I had seen so many pomegranate trees and I think they were green always i.e in all seasons... but I am talking about Southern India where it hardly gets cold. So is this a case of adaptation?dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-71930305746508629752022-12-12T22:12:00.002-08:002022-12-12T22:12:33.108-08:00Role of an Artist : Philip Roth “As
an artist the nuance is your task. Your task is not to simplify. Even
should you choose to write in the simplest way, a la Hemingway, the task
remains to impart the nuance, to elucidate the complication, to imply
the contradiction. Not to erase the contradiction, not to deny the
contradiction, but to see where, within the contradiction, lies the
tormented human being. To allow fordhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-36207122861936774612022-12-11T09:36:00.003-08:002022-12-11T09:36:40.728-08:00When to QuitRead it somewhere and is something that I want to rememberImagine your child comes back from a practice and says: 'I hate karate! It's too hard. I don't want to do this anymore!'. Just tell them this: 'Okay, you can quit. But not today.' Then explain: 'We all have bad days when we want to quit. When something feels hard, our brain and body resist because they want us to be comfortable. But if we dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-2011133505362387662022-12-10T12:21:00.002-08:002022-12-10T12:21:42.948-08:00Dichotomies of Life Of late I am realizing that life has so many dichotomies. Listing them here:Individuality and CommunityOne needs to exert their ego/individuality but one needs others Purpose and NihilismThere seems to be purpose to life but at the same time life doesn't seem to have any meaningSelfishness and AltruismOn occasions people act selfishly but they also display Altruistic behaviors on otherdhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-43824451472059288302022-12-10T12:12:00.001-08:002022-12-10T12:12:11.408-08:00Your own way of livingBe courageous to chart your own way of living, however different it may be, but at the same time do not let that way of life, become an impediment in connecting with others who have a different way of living.dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-29677799460909081772022-12-10T12:09:00.007-08:002022-12-10T12:09:48.650-08:00On Education : Maria MontessoriA few lines from the book "From Childhood to Adolescence" by Maria MontessoriTo teach details is to bring confusion, to establish the relationship between things is to bring knowledge.Since the human mind is mathematical and philosophic, we try, in reasonable proportions, to turn it towards mathematics and philosophy. During the course of our experiments with the dhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185346.post-13209610789697091442022-12-04T15:54:00.001-08:002022-12-04T15:54:09.499-08:00ZealLife needs a Zeal ... but don't become a Zealotdhiruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05402215676617252296noreply@blogger.com0