19 January 1998, manaskriti.com was born on the internet – the domain name for my firm Manaskriti Software Solutions. I had no desire to run a business, but things just transpired such. So I had to give a name to the business. I went to Mom for help to coin a name…
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The Pleasures of Back-seat Driving A Cab
Me: The Ola GPS is asking you to turn left, but we will go right
Cab driver: Right? How will we reach your destination by going right?
So I gave him the route we will take, explaining that the traffic is more free flowing on that route, and added: You’ll be able to drive in the 5th gear too.
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A Conversation With My Boss
GM.
I’ve been trying to contact you since so long.
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I am with you.
This scattered scared mind that you are experiencing – that is also me. There is literally no difference between me and you.
Do not seek me. Experience your self. That is where I am.
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Gifts 2018 Brought To Me
Relaxed and grateful — that is a good state of mind to be in, at any time and at the end of the year. This year brought in several gifts for me. Gifts in the Kaavyaalaya Package To be more specific, Kaavyaalaya Kutumb. To be even more specific, the Anaamee Utsav at Kaavyaalaya Kutumb in… Continue reading Gifts 2018 Brought To Me
Me and A Cab Driver
I had booked the Ola using Ola Postpaid. So no cash was due. I only had a Rs. 20 note in my purse. I handed it to him…
Fiction: From The Hospital To My Garden
I am sitting on the hospital bed. It is a small room, almost triangular. Clean and in its decor, sterile. It is a boring, functional room but being here has helped me relax…
Let your heart grieve
Let your heart grieve. Your age is the same, my love. Still the same innocent child. You were born, who knows when. You seek what you seek. For that which you will not get — Let your heart grieve. * Then, you shall receive.
A River Within and Without
What I experienced on the river was of course soothing and exhilarating at the same time, but what I experienced on the ride back in the van – that was utterly sublime. That in-the-van experience makes that trip so memorable, so precious.
A Beautiful Mind – Not A Book Review
Last week I finished reading A Beautiful Mind. It is a biography of John Nash written by Sylvia Nasar. John Nash was a mathematician who made fundamental contributions to several fields of mathematics. His work in game theory has had a tremendous impact in economics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994.… Continue reading A Beautiful Mind – Not A Book Review
To The River And The Mountains
We are immersed deep into the quiet now — the quiet of the gurgling river and the humming crickets of the night, the moonlight dancing peacefully as silver varak on the water as it navigates the rocks and pebbles, the mountains rising high in the backdrop, black in the night, but not pitch black.