Sep 3Mind”fully” Blown !This blog is about my recent experience with Vipassana. If you want to skip the context and directly jump to what Vipassana is just scroll down to the Vipassana Section below). Growing up in a remote village, I never realised Buddha/Buddhism was considered by many as a separate religion as…7 min read7 min read
May 22, 2021I planted an Indian forest of six hundred trees !I have always been in love with trees as long as I remember. My favourite childhood memory is this small Gulmohar tree in our backyard. I used to sit on a branch while my mother made dose. My father acted as the server and supplied them to the branch. The…5 min read5 min read
Jan 4, 2021Tenets of AstrologyTenets of Astrology One of my friends had commented that I am like this busy, uber curious kid who keeps on lifting bricks of a structure to see what is underneath it. That is an accurate description and I revel in understanding the macro/meta systems that are around us. …2 min read2 min read
Sep 10, 2020Adding ten years to one's parent's life!I decided to come back to India a while ago so I can be with my parents as they age. I happily came back without any pressure and was looking forward to starting new adventures in India. …Success3 min readSuccess3 min read
Aug 16, 2020Cycling, Benjamin Franklin, Hallucination, and Lucidity!Long-distance cycling(brevet, randonneuring, and other tours) has given me bucket loads of unique memories that not many can boast of. Its a Morpher and brings out hidden humanity that one not often encounters. I have had long chats with men and women from various backgrounds (a fruit merchant, a gardener…3 min read3 min read
Apr 2, 2019When I met an Aghori.When I met an Aghori ! I have always had a fascination for mysticism, in spite or maybe because of my keen interest in science. Aghori is a sect in the left path (Tantra) of Hinduism. From wiki “The Aghori are a small group of ascetic Shaiva sadhus. They engage…Travel4 min readTravel4 min read
Oct 16, 2018Umunhum, Mountain Lions and the Art of Fighting Fit !“Umunhum” the word at the first glance looks like the gibberish as a result of a kid playing with the keyboard. But it is a “Native American” word and has a very evocative meaning. It means a “place hummingbirds rest”. …Adrenal Fatigue4 min readAdrenal Fatigue4 min read
Mar 8, 2018CoinIncidences and Application of Artificial IntelligenceSo this really happened (ing). Last year(2017), I started finding coins on my cycle rides very frequently; almost every ride on an average. It became quite amusing and perplexing. Treasure hunt romantic that I am, I started tracking them like this. As the number of coins grew it became tedious…Machine Learning5 min readMachine Learning5 min read
Oct 15, 2015Durgayana — A Cycling Tribute to Durga Pooja !!It was few years ago on a random leisure ride, Pramod Bharadwaj told me about the existence of Nine Durgas around Bangalore. We instantly hatched a plan to do rides to all of them and Yogesh Rao too eagerly chipped in. We rode to three of them, but gods of…Durga Puja5 min readDurga Puja5 min read
Sep 7, 2015Cycling, Vedanta and Chance Meetings !!Woke up little late (around 7) this Sunday and remembered the vague plan we had about cycling to “Dodda Alada Mara”(big banyan tree). It was already feeling hot and humid, but wanting not to waste a Sunday called my usual co-conspirators and fortunately, two of them (N and K) had…Travel4 min readTravel4 min read
