Reflections

The City of Nine Gates by Pankaj Rajput : by some distance one of the toughest books I have ever reviewed on my blog. No book comes close; it is also a book I do not want to review , a part of my Antahkaran is fiercely against reviewing this, as per my understanding of SBG18/67 , which is precise. {Follow link for my article on it}.   However, I accept that my Aham frequently overpowers this, and I do advocate SBG at least in the odd slip of self-control; secondly, I am committed to reviewing this – ek baar zubaan de di toh de di. Had I not committed to reviewing this, I would not have come across this masterpiece, this wonder of a book . Point is humbly accepted; perhaps I need a deeper understanding of SBG18/67 … and study a little more! THE BOOK To be short & concise – this encapsulates Vedic Knowledge from The Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta , Several Upanishadic Texts , The Bhagvatam and some other lauded texts from our ancient scriptures. I could spot the direct...

The Wonders of Silence… the sheer magic, the simply sublime beauty of total silence is an experience that needs to be felt, so that its compelling hypnotic pull can be understood… a state of mind combined with an external environment that is totally silent, not a sound … fully complemented by an equal silence in your subconscious, and a state when that small voice in your mind says not a single word… oh, the lovely feeling of absolute silence… सगळी कडे फक्त शांतता ... आणि आपणही शांत , आपले मन शांत , ह्यावर अंतःकरण सुद्धा शांत , काही आवाज नाही , ना आपल्या जवळपास आणि ना आपल्या मनात किंहवा अंतर्मनात ... डोक्यात काही विचार सुद्धा नाही ... आपण संपूर्ण शांत , काही विचार नाही - काही इच्छा नाही , फक्त सर्वत्र पसरलेली संपूर्ण शांतता ! ह्या जगात हा एक असा अनुभव आहे   जो कुठेही मिळणार नाही साधारणपणे ! Not a thought in your mind, not an emotion, and certainly no feelings…. A situation when you are situated wholly in yourself, oblivio...

A Flight of Broken Wings {Author Goodreads Link : Nupur Chowdhury }   is a Fantasy based theme, a book on an imaginary land. And, let me state at the outset : this is one of the best I have read in this category. I am simply blown away by the author’s imagination, its vividity, its clarity and its incredible newness. Rare is the book indeed that stands out alone, all by itself, without equal. And this book comes very close to it. It is hard to recall many books in the Indian fantasy fiction world that are in its class. Simply superb : easily a must read, rated 5 stars! THE BOOK The book creates a complete imaginary planet, an imaginery people with imaginary names and cultures, a true potpourri of newness. This is a story of two people – one mortal, the other immortal. This is the story of two planets, with one apparently ruled over by the other until the ruled got their independence. This is a story of how 600 years after independence, the mortal beings are still th...

आज दिवाळी चा पर्व ... अंधःकार   वरती उजेडाचा विजय पर्व , victory ऑफ गुड over evil. प्रश्न माझ्या मनात हा आला कि अपण हा पर्व कसा बरं साजरा करायचा ? नुसतं घरा बाहेर दिवे लावले , गोड   खायचं , लक्ष्मी पूजना नंतर { अर्थातच }; लोकांना भाटायचं - येवडंच ? काय दिवाळी चा अर्थ फक्त हाच ? अपण कां म्हणून हा पर्व - आपला    सर्वात मोठा पर्व - साजरा करतो ? कां म्हणून अपण एवढी वाट बघत बसतो दिवाळी च्या दिवसा ची ?   सुट्टी मिळते , गोङ वस्तू मिळतात ,   बाजार मस्त   नटून थटून सजून धजून बसतो म्हणून ? नातेवाईकांशी भेटीचा दिवस म्हणून ? एवढंच ? अंधःकार   वरती उजेडाच्या बद्दल काय म्हणायचं ? दिवाळी चा खरा अर्थ काय होतो ? या मग नुसतं लक्ष्मी पूजन ? घराची स्वच्छता ? मनाची स्वच्छता कां नको ? जर मनच स्वच्छ नसेल - तर घराची स्वच्छता चा अर्थ असतो का ? अंधःकार   वरती उजेडाचा विजय पर्व , victory ऑफ गुड over evil - ह्याचं अपण कधी विचार सुद्धा करतो का ? आणि  ...