Gokarna is almost a unknown twin of Goa. It’s a small religious town in Karnataka, located right on the beach and just below the state of Goa. My trip started off from Bangalore. There are quite a few different types of buses to go from Bangalore to Gokarna. I think there are trains from Bangalore…
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Leaving Amazon (kind of), Embracing Change
At first I felt this title might be catchy like a clickbait. But then on pondering about it for a few minutes I realized that it is more truthful than catchy. The idea of leaving amazon is almost like the idea of embracing change. It makes me think about the transitions we make which are…
Continue ReadingThe Need for compassion
We live in troubled times. Maybe not all of us but most of us can sense the growing distrust among people. It may be Europe which has been devastated by multiple attacks recently or the war ravaged middle east. And more recently the feeling of distrust has been growing here at home in USA. I…
Continue ReadingAn Amateur Guide to meditation: The Still Mind
There are two things that I have become enchanted with over the last year or so: Meditation and Mindfulness. Both relate to your mind, one aims to train your mind while the other allows you to focus on now. In fact it is common to hear the term Mindfulness Meditation. As I wrote in my…
Continue ReadingSelfishness and Compassion
According to Oxford Dictionary, Selfishness is the quality of being Selfish. As per the same dictionary, a selfish person is concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure. Searching the same for Compassion shows is explained as sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. These do seem to be exact…
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I wrote this about a year back and found it recently under some old uncatalogued text files. I still wonder why I never came to put it up. Its night, a decent one at that And i am sitting by the water There’s a shadow under my feet And its shining bright tonight There’s a…
Continue ReadingIs Marriage the end of the world?
I feel like telling a story. A story that raises questions on our society. Once upon a time in a long far away there lived a boy. Not much is known about his past except that he was raised a rich kids with his own luxuries, his unwillingness to work and wanting much. As he…
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