when I joined the Income-tax Department as Inspector in 1977
when I joined the Income-tax Department as Inspector in 1977, the emergency was just over, and the government was the product of the JP movement..There were strict instructions for us not to be severe...
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One can choose to enjoy the fragrance of a rose and devour to his hearts content the beauty of its colour..He can choose to stare hard, discover all the sharp thorns, rub his fingers on them and suffer...
View ArticleOne need be Roman when he is in Rome.
"One need be Roman when he is in Rome..Manners and etiquette vary from group to group and place to place and perhaps evolve in time too..But such practices are to be treated as appropriate merely on...
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progressively we are giving up our own ways and substituting methods thoroughly not in sync with our traditional practice, in almost all fields of life.. Even in matters like flowers used in pooja, the...
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The pratishta inside the temple have some tantric significance and secrecies attached to it.. and the live presence of the divine being is supposed to be there and no one is supposed to ogle at such...
View ArticleThe fundamental roots of Sanatana Dharma
अद्रोहश्चाप्यलोभश्च दमो भूतदया शमः।ब्रह्मचर्यं तपः शौचमनुक्रोशं क्षमा धृतिः।सनातनस्य धर्मस्य मूलमेव दुरासदम्॥मत्स्यपुराणे १४३-३१-३२adrohaścāpyalobhaśca damo bhūtadayā śamaḥ|brahmacaryaṁ tapaḥ...
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चक्षुर्भ्यो हसते विद्वान्दन्तोद्घाटेन मध्यमाः।अधमाः अट्टहासेन न हसन्ति मुनीश्वराः॥२२२१cakṣurbhyo hasate vidvāndantodghāṭena madhyamāḥ|adhamāḥ aṭṭahāsena na hasanti munīśvarāḥ||2221A mature and very...
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मक्षिका मारुतो वेश्या याचको मूषकस्तथा।ग्रामणीर्गणकश्चैव सप्तैते परबाधकाः॥नीतिशास्त्रे॥makṣikā māruto veśyā yācako mūṣakastathā|grāmaṇīrgaṇakaścaiva saptaite parabādhakāḥ||nītiśāstre||The houseflyThe...
View Articlewindfall is often meant to destroy happiness
सन्तोषक्षतये पुंसामाकस्मिकधनागमः। सरसां सेतुभेदाय वर्षौघः स च न स्थिरः॥santoṣakṣataye puṁsāmākasmikadhanāgamaḥ| sarasāṁ setubhedāya varṣaughaḥ sa ca na sthiraḥ||If someone comes by a huge windfall of...
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Some people go gaga about modern facilities like recording, broadcasting, simulation, virtual recreation of situations etc.. praising in the loudest voices about the success of modern technology and...
View Articleagraharm tradition
Someone was asking whether there is a rule that if a person attends the dwajarohanam( formal hoisting of the divine flag marking the ten day festival or brahmotsavam) in a temple he should remain till...
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There seems to be a delicate balance and a limit in total endowments working in living structures.. where the intelligence, emotions, physical fitness, mental alertness and many such features vary in...
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As a society we have ceased to understand that there are beautiful things like love, respect, commitment etc in life .We tend to flaunt and show off whaterver advantage we gain.The basic rule that...
View ArticleWhen the mind is allowed to delve deep into worldly matters
मन एव मनुष्याणां कारणं बन्धमोक्षयोः।बन्धाय विषयासंगो मुक्त्यै निर्विषयं मनः ॥~ अमृतबिन्दु उपनिषद्Yes, our mind is the author of the script of our life. Not only that it is the producer, director,...
View Articleambition to attain greater positons never cease
चक्रधरोऽपि सुरत्वं सुरभावे सकलसुरपतित्वं च।सुरपतिरपि मोक्षपदं तथापि न निवर्तते तृष्णा॥गरुडपुराणेcakradharo'pi suratvaṁ surabhāve sakalasurapatitvaṁ ca|surapadirapi mokṣapadaṁ tathāpi na nivartate...
View Articletruth takes over sooner than later.
If there is a flower filled with honey, the bees will come to it even if it does not have bright colour or attractive smell..But if there is no honey, the colour and smell will not bring in any...
View Articleverbosity without the brilliant core of great thoughts is of no use
It is not the use of language or style of writing that makes anyone great.. The real source of greatness is the mind where such thoughts and ideas germinate..True, when the thoughts find expression in...
View Articledwani kavyas
All writers on the evolution of Sanskrit and its literature, have invariably set apart some space in their works to discuss about the dwani kavyas, or parts of works dealing with sounds and syllables...
View ArticleModi is an exceptional bright star, a beacon-light and a a rallying point for...
Someone was paying a left handed compliment to our PM Modi stating that he was surviving just by his oratory..I agree he is a great orator.. But we have to consider too that...** whether you agree with...
View Articlethe other side of the fence is greener.
Each life is unique, with ups and downs.. and the quality of life depends on our capacity to live it and our preferences..It is okay to choose any type of life.. but once the decision is made we have...
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