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Day 4: July 18 2014
I am so mad. I woke up at 3 AM and surfed the Internet for two hours, looking at Hermes and Louis Vuitton bags. Fell asleep at 5 AM and woke up at 630 again. I could've meditated but I [...]
Day 3: July 17 2014
From now on, updates will appear on the meditation page
Day 1: July 15, 2014
Did Brahmari Pranayama 11 times yesterday.
The Meditation Project
My inability to meditate properly is really stressing me out Shoba Narayan July 14, 2014 Updated: July 14, 2014 05:26 PM In his book, Focus: The Hidden Ingredient of Excellence, author Daniel Goleman talks about the different kinds of [...]
Mindfulness
To be obsessed with meditation seems like defeating the purpose. My problem is that I still haven't conquered this. How to sit "simply" and stare into space aka unfocus your eyes? How didn't all those rishis that I read about [...]
Takshashila and Deepak Nayyar
This promises to be a great event. Ummm....my husband is moderating and an organization that I am part of is organizing.
Intuition/Imagination for Mint Lounge
Leap before you think Before he began Apple, Steve Jobs spent seven months in India, something that is described in his biography by Walter Isaacson. In it, Jobs talks poetically about the difference between intellect and intuition. “The people in [...]
Living Wills and how you wish to die. For Quartz
I first read about this in the Deccan Herald newspaper. I saw the name Periyakoil (which is a Tamilian name). That got me intrigued about the lady behind the name and so this article began. For Quartz It is time [...]
Arshia Sattar/Storytelling
What a treat it was to discuss Sanskrit, storytelling, and cultures with Arshia Sattar. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/157268039" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]
Martial Arts
I have been listening to a fascinating podcast called "the military history podcast." I am not a military buff but this one is interesting because it links military things and objects to other aspects of life. When it comes to [...]
Choose pleasure over productivity
Something that I've been debating about with very productive friends
For British Airways magazine on Hyderabad
Andhra Thali, bangles, palaces, shopping. Things to do in this syncretic city.