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The Marathon of publishing my first book – Be One with God
Just as I am getting ready to go for the second print of my first book, “Be One with God: A guiding light to mankind”, a compilation of the timeless wisdom of Swami Vivekananda, I felt it is a good time to write down what it was like to publish a book and also to recall how it felt like. It has also been a long time […]
Rudranath, a journey into the eternal
It will be impossible for me to write what Rudranath journey was like to me. But I will try. I heard of Rudranath last year after our Amarnath Yatra. We visited Tungnath then but didn’t have time and energy for Rudranath. Somewhere inside my mind I felt I may do this some other time. My idea is to visit the Himalayas once in a year. One Swamiji […]
The Amarnath Yatra – 1
The Amarnath jyotirling always appeared too distant for me. On couple of occasions, I told some of the devotees that I don’t have a strong desire to go to Amarnath. But this time, I felt a sudden urge to go. I did some research well before the Yatra began and again forgot all about it till I found a group of devotees going to Amarnath. That rekindled my interest and […]
A Brief Political Journey
Visualizing my political career – Part 1
It was about 2 years back that I joined the Lok Satta Party. The day couldn’t have been more auspicious. It was on the day of 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, someone whose life has inspired me a lot. It is always going to be difficult for me to express my gratitude to him. As someone who admires him so much, joining politics on his 150th […]
My journey with Loksatta
Not even in my weirdest dreams did I imagine that my journey with Loksatta will come to an end so abruptly. I have had problems with the Loksatta’s lacklustre leadership when it came to party building and at times I wrote strong emails to the leaders asking them to be more proactive. The problem was that Loksatta leaders are all busy people and that meant they could […]
The difficulties of a political startup
It has been quite tough for me to get going with the new political party that I thought of launching after I quit Loksatta. Sometimes I feel guilty that I played into the hands of some people who had no serious interest in building a political party. Whatever they may have thought, I had to make my own decision. It is never a nice thing to hide […]
Travelogue
Srisailam Visit
Couple of my friends visited Srisailam about 3-4 years back and when they told me about the place, I felt an urge to go there. Many times we planned but we couldn’t make it. My mother was hospitalized recently for a minor surgery and she told me that she wants to visit Srisailam once she recovers. So as the destiny would have it, the day came […]
The Amarnath Yatra – 1
The Amarnath jyotirling always appeared too distant for me. On couple of occasions, I told some of the devotees that I don’t have a strong desire to go to Amarnath. But this time, I felt a sudden urge to go. I did some research well before the Yatra began and again forgot all about it till I found a group of devotees going to Amarnath. That rekindled my interest and […]
The Amarnath Yatra – 2
Reaching Pissu top gave us great satisfaction. We knew it is the most difficult part of the journey. What makes it difficult is the steepness. In this path you are literally walking uphill. But there is always inspiration when you see old people going up and coming down. There is one inspiring incident that happened while climbing the Pissu top. I suddenly heard loud noises from a […]
A memorable visit to Amritsar
Swarna Mandir or the Golden Temple in Amritsar is a place that I used to see only in Television and Movies but never felt that it is something that I can see in real too. Many a times we forget that this world is open for our exploration and we are happy to stick to a place. Certainly, except for the highly spiritual souls, it is necessary for all others […]
Ellora, an amazing destination
Ellora is located at about 32KMs from Aurangabad. Aurangabad also has an Airport. It is also well connected by road and rail. Ellora has the Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga which attracts lots of devotees. Ellora caves is another important attraction. The Grishneshwar Temple is an ancient structure. Mobiles and Cameras are not allowed inside. This is a comparatively small temple but is more known for its historical importance. Visiting the […]
A memorable visit to Gomukh
Visiting Gomukh was one of my long cherished dreams. The last time that we visited Gangotri in 2011, we couldn’t visit Gomukh. I always wanted to go here. I heard that the place is terrific, dangerous, beautiful, holy and what not!.. So I wanted to visit this place. Primarily, this is the birthplace of mother Ganga. A visit to this place is considered highly meritorious. Gomukh is […]