Learning to Sit with Yourself Not long ago, I was invited to speak at a gathering. People were waiting to hear about balance, growth, and success. But as I looked around the room, I realized something. Most of us are so used to living in noise that silence feels like an intruder. When the session […]
Editor’s Note (June 2026): The article below was originally written in Marathi on 9th April 2015. While the world has changed dramatically since then, the central question remains as relevant as ever: Are we so busy building a life that we forget to live it? In today’s fast-paced world, finding free time has become increasingly […]
(The following article was originally written in Marathi on 28 July 2015, the day after Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam passed away. While translating it into English years later, I have retained the emotions and context of that moment.) Sometime around 2009 or 2010, I met a cheerful gentleman who possessed a truly extraordinary experience. Listening […]
औदार्याला मर्यादा असणे आवश्यक आहे… जर तुमच्या औदार्याला सीमा नसेल तर लोकांना त्याचे मोल कळत नाही, किंबहुना ते औदार्य दिसतही नाही. जेव्हा पहिल्यांदा माझ्या मनात हा विचार आला, तेव्हा तो तात्विक वाटला नाही; तो वैयक्तिक वाटला. कारण मला त्यात स्वतःचेच प्रतिबिंब दिसले होते. अनेकदा लोकांना काहीना काहीतरी मुक्तहस्ते देत असताना, मदत करत असताना, त्यांच्याशी जुळवून […]
Generosity must be paired with boundaries. Otherwise, it becomes invisible to the person receiving it. The first time when I had this thought, it didn’t feel philosophical; it felt personal. Because I could see myself in it. I’ve often caught myself mid-giving, mid-helping, mid-accommodating & wondering quietly, “Am I crossing my own limits here?” Not […]
वॉकर शिवाय ज्यांना एक पाऊल देखील पुढे टाकता येत नाही अशा दोन वयस्कर स्त्रिया काल संध्याकाळच्या ‘दशावतार’ या मराठी चित्रपटाच्या शोला मी पाहिल्या आणि जाणवले की, खरेतर हेच या चित्रपटाचे यश आहे की लोकं अशा अवस्थेतही चित्रपटगृहात येत आहेत. आणि हो ओटीटी मोबाईल किंवा इतर मनोरंजन हे पर्याय असतानाही. एकंदरीत लोकांना आयुष्यात काहीतरी करण्यासाठी एखादे […]
Like Saraswati, who carries knowledge from one generation to the next. Like Lakshmi, often fickle but always attentive to the family’s needs and skilled in money management. Like Durga, who fights many different battles successfully in completely different situations at the same time. This divine warrior energy is what we call woman. For me, Saraswati […]
It is not every day that we get to witness the grand design of the cosmos with our naked eyes. On a special night in 2020, while celebrating Kojagiri Purnima, I had the rare opportunity to spot five planets along with the Moon, without any telescope or binoculars. And if we count Sun who rises […]
आजकाल गर्दीने भरलेले थिएटर आणि चित्रपट सुरू होण्यापूर्वी थिएटरच्या सर्वात पुढच्या रांगेत देखील लोक उत्सुकतेने गर्दी करत असल्याचे पाहणे दुर्मिळ आहे. पण महावतार नरसिंहाच्या बाबतीत नेमके हेच घडले. अशी उत्सुकता निर्माण करणारा अॅनिमेटेड चित्रपट, स्वतःबद्दल बरेच काही सांगून जातो. भक्त प्रल्हाद आणि नरसिंह अवताराची कथा तर लहानपणापासून ऐकत आलोय; मनावर कोरली गेली आहे त्यामुळे अगदी […]
It’s rare these days to see a jam-packed theatre & people eagerly filling the front rows of a theatre before a movie begins. But that’s exactly what happened with Mahavatar Narasimha. An animated film pulling such anticipation? That in itself says a lot. Since childhood, I’ve known the story of Bhakt Prahalad and Narasimha Avatar. […]