Mandar + Dakshayani

Month: October 2010

  • Naxalism:Is there any solution?

    Even today, the trains leaving from Howrah are prevented from running in nights considering the risk of railways being derailed by the Naxals.Even today, local residents though willing to, are not able to send their children to local schools, thanks to Naxalism. The movement of Naxalism was first started in 1948 but was successfully repressed…

  • Are we really Spiritual?

    First Incidence:- Rohan: This god has set up his mind on testin me on tougher scales!! Jay: What happened?? Rohan: Just lost my pocket in the cab Jay: How? Where? Rohan: I just forgot it on the dashboard while leaving the cab. Second incidence:- Mother: Did you pass in the examination? Son: No mom.Lost by a…

  • My mind, will you please get out??

    Once upon a time during my lecture, on person was very much offended when I said that mind is an curse.Generally,your mind is considered as one of your biggest assets.All the development that a being does is associated with his mind.All the religions are talking about sharpening the mind.We generally hear a big deal of lectures about developing mind.…

  • Famous Musicians of India #1

    I am very pleased to announce that for the first time I am starting a new series here on this blog.The series is named as Famous Musicians of India.India can be considered as birth place of music.Thousands of years ago Vedas were sung in musical notes.From there originated the concept of Sura(note) and Taal(Tempo or…

  • What is needed is De-programming

    A very interesting fact about Nomadic people is that they use hypnoltism very effectively.Nomadic people need to go in forests to meet their needs.At such times it is impossible to look after small babies, they should not run out into the forests.So the tact they implement is that from the very childhood they used to…

  • Mystics…

    Mystics….. the people who are among us yet far ahead……. These people,unlike us,were genuine….same inside and outside…. They had understood,what is needed to be understood…… They were like birds….just flying…..leaving behind no footprints. They had completed  the journey…….but they also liked it….. They had experienced the highest levels of consciousness….. reached the maximum heights……yet were…

  • Rhythm Divine:Myth or Truth

    There are many things which at first sight seem absurd and unbelievable, but at the root lies very simple reason.India is quite famous for producing such personalities whose skills have been underestimated as myths.One of such personality is Taansen, the legendary singer. The fact about Taansen is that when he used to sing, all the…

  • A 'Belief Breaker': The need of time…

    Jail Cell Once upon a time, a very deadly monster came to a sage and asked him,”Please tell me what is an illusion”.The sage told the poor creature to sit inside a near by cave and asked him to continuously think for two days that he had horns.The monster want inside the cave and closing…

  • Give me the Fire…..

    The first time, for asking something… You gave everything; without being asked Just like an egg….sufficient with what it needs… You showered though I had no capacity to contain….. You poured though I had no will to contain….. But I flowered….With what ever percolated…… I have heard…more grass,more water…. more water,more grass……. The grass is…

  • Cannot Things Just Be?

    We have built a great structure of morality a big structure of ethics all around us.The thing which we boast about most often is our morality.Each generation is happy and satisfied that it is handing over a great bunch of moral values to its next generation.But deep down I see a very cunning and non-spiritual…