There is nothing quite like death to shake a worldview. There is a reset that happens in one’s head, and the relationship or even lack of it, changes this only in degree, not kind. There is no immunity either, by now, I’d know. This one took me out of my comfort zone, in terms of […]
The translation of Ahaṁ Brahmāsmi. Don’t worry, it isn’t my ego talking. I was reminded of this thanks to this fantastic episode on Lex Fridman’s podcast – with Joscha Bach. I remember it was a while back when I first heard the postulation that Adam & Eve hurriedly covering themselves after eating the apple was […]
Once upon a time, the only kind of death that would have been written about here would be Death by Chocolate from Corner House. But middle age brings its own set of journeys. I don’t remember being afraid of death. I think it was only reinforced after my heart attacked me in 2021! Even during […]
Something in Mishi Saran’s ‘The Other Side of Light’ made me think of a visual that would accompany me on the final journey. I’m not really a painting kind of person, so it’d probably be a photograph. A photograph that captured my life in one still moment, or my soul itself. Something that was much […]
Quite a while back, I remember writing about people who, despite their circumstances, continue to plod on through life, not giving up on it. I ended it with a quote from ‘The Hurt Locker’ by James ‘Everyone’s a coward about something.‘ I added that sometimes it’s life, and sometimes it’s death. I was reminded of this […]