12 February 2025

Vaasa Pooja and Maagha Snaanam

Today marks the end of Maagha Snaanam. Today is also an auspicious day in the Hindu Calender; devotees offer special worship to Shree Vedavyaasa.

Jai Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏.

11 February 2025

India at the AI Summit

Our Prime Minister's presence and his address at the Plenary Session of the AI Summit in Paris is a signifies the digital capability and traditionally driven desire for global welfare.

10 February 2025

Senior citizen and self cooking

As a single senior citizen who likes to self-cook my food instead of ordering it from outside, I derive significant benefit by viewing cooking documentaries in TV Channels. As a vegetarian, I confine to vegetarian dishes. 

The fact remains that I very seldom self-cook my food items. Most often, I order my food via online food delivery options such as Zomato.

This evening, Epic TV Channel telecast a few vegetarian dishes cooked by Ranveer Brar, a well known expert. The episode featured Ms Tsering Dolma, a Tibetan origin expert as well. (I was curious in the episode as from my experience in Bhutan, I have found Tibetan people to be more fond of non-vegetarian than vegetarian dishes). This evening's episode featured dishes such as samoosas. 

When viewing the show, I was reminded of Ramesh, my beloved brother, who used to bring such vegetarian dishes for me. 

I miss him very much and I carry an enormous pain of having lost him.



09 February 2025

Mahaa Kumbh Melaa 2025

Central Government, Uttaraakand Government, NGOs and Social Service Organisations, Hindu Religious Organisations, Corporate Houses etc. deserve our hearty congratulations on how these manage the 6 weeks long Mahaa Kumbh Melaa,   largest religious gathering in the world, at Prayaagraaj, Uttaraakand.

Jai Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏. 

Shree Mahaa Vishnu Fest

Although not widely well known, today is a very auspicious day in the Hindu Calender. This day is celebrated as Simshumaara Jayanthi. This is on this day that Shree Mahaa Vishnu incarnated in his scorpion form.

Jai Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏

06 February 2025

Madhwa Navami

Today is a very auspicious day to Maadhwaa community (to which I belong). This day is celebrated as Madhwa Navami. On this day, Shree Mahaa Vishnu residing in the heart of Shree Madhwaachaarya is worshipped by Shree Hari devotees. 

Jai Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏


05 February 2025

Prime Minister at Prayaagraaj

News that our beloved Prime Minister Shree Narendra Modi took holy dip at Prayaag Raaj is another example of how a leader of a country should be. UP Chief Minister Shree Yogi Adithyanath and Shree Narendra Modi seem to be an exemplary pair.

Jai Shree Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏

04 February 2025

The Beatles

It's good news that The Beatles won this year's Grammy Award for best rock music performance in It's song 'Now And Then'.





Swaami Naaraayan Temple in South Africa

Recently, a large Swamy Naaraayan Temple got opened in Johannesburg, South Africa.
 
In a few previous posts, I have mentioned the spiritual mindset and behaviour of people of Gujarathi origin in South Africa, as seen by me, during my stay in South Africa. 

(I fondly remember my beloved brother who took me to Gowri Shankar Temple in Sharjah when I stayed with him for a few days as I was travelling from home to South Africa after holidays).

Jai Shree  Lakshmi Naaraayanaa🙏.

Divine Discourse

It was  highly spiritually enriching to view Shree Rajendra das ji's divine discourse 'Shree Bhakthamaal Kathaa' on Aashtha TV Channel this morning. He explained 'Aathma Samarpan' (Surrender of one's soul to the Lotus Feet of Lord Shree Krishna).

I fondly remember my beloved brother; he was a Lord Shree Krishna's devotee. 

Jai Shree Krishnaa🙏



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I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.