Author: Mandar Karanjkar
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Thoughts and Mind- A deeper Look
Many of the readers of my blog were much more confused than before after reading an articles about the functioning of mind. So I am rather writing a new post to describe how mind actually works. The original article is – Thoughts in the mind- Clouds in the Sky The article says that thought are…
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Ghalib- Submerged in the sorrow
The most striking topics which Ghalib handled in his poetry were love and spirituality. In general common reader does not come across a Ghalib completely submerged in his pain. But, if we read more, Ghalib was really submerged in his pain. Though his life was full of sorrow, he never had an attitude of a…
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Ghalib- the master of expression
One of the most famous personalities that the world of poetry has seen, is Mirza Ghalib. Very few poets have got the dignity and respect which Ghalib has got. Ghalib is among the most aprpreciated poets in the whole world. Many people have wasted their lives to study his works and at the end, so…
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Thoughts in the Mind-Clouds in the Sky
Pure space has neither colour nor shape and it cannot be stained either black or white These two lines, told by the great mystic Tilopa to his Disciple Naropa show the subtle working of mind in its reality. Pure space has no shape and also, it doesn’t not have any colour. The pure space can…
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To the night star…
Torn I am with troubles in the life…. Totally lost in this game…… Though I am giving full thrust, Every effort is made lame…… Colours in the life….. Are rather too dark….. To clear the darkness, I, I need the spark…. I am submerged completely…. In the water of my wills…… I enjoyed a lot…..…
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Jingle Bells and Amjad Ali Khan
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan had been invited to USA for delivering a performance. He was requested to perform Jingle Bells. And he performed it nicely. But it attracted a number of critics and Ustadji was blamed a lot. So, I consider it my duty to throw some light on the quality of performance. The first…
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Want some respect?
Is it good to be a respected person? Almost all of us somewhere crave for respect. Respect in society, respect in relatives. Whatever may be the kind of it, everyone is behind it. Today, I face the question- Is it good to be a respected person? For what purpose do we respect? If we go…
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The color is Love….
I am Sitting in this world of colors…. Where, my life is just a painting…. and painters are these colors… I am sitting in a passage… might be made of the glass….. Someone throws the colors… .and paints my painting…. If he throws the red, its all red…if white, it is white….. I kill my…
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Indian Classical music- The alcohol without alcohol
People are behind alcohol because it relieves. It relieves you of all your worries. Though this state is temporary, people starve for it. it is just like running behind the shadow. Alcohol creates the shadow and people run behind it.Duty of any art is to realize the situation; to make people happy without deluding them.Indian…
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Death- the seed of life
Death is one of the most mysterious things in this world.Death along with it brings many questions which can never be answered.Death can be said to be a discontinuity, or a dead stop or even a new start. It is said that each baby taking birth proves that someone has died; each death only implies…