Author Archives: tattwamasiamrutam

“Karmanye vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana,Ma Karma Phala Hetur Bhur Ma Te Sango Stv Akarmani” You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.Continue reading “Vikāraḥ”

I started walking with a wry smile on my face. Sometimes, we all wander off. It was my turn, or so I thought and strayed. On the slopes of Gandhamardhan hills, lies the resting place of the Lord Harishankar, two Hindu lords, Vishnu and Shiva worshipped in one place. My stravaiging took me there alongContinue reading “My wanderings!!”

Let your craft be caught in an eddy,Let it crumble under the weight of waves;When summoned by a gale;undaunted, march into it. Your path resembles this craft;lunge yourself within,kindle the dormant consciousness,long has been it asleep,Let it be alight,the time has come. Oh!! But you may say “what if I wane away”?”Arise again”, I wouldContinue reading “Awakening!!”

Recently concluded cricket world cup suggested an alternative perspective on measuring success in our lives.

The wooden bench still finds itself there.Phew!! I travelled back in time, while sitting by the fountainon a similar wooden structure;only in the present, I am half way across the globe. Looking back through the prism of years,I stumbled upon the old “Me”;A stubborn stupid kid,driven by a sacred fire, lit within.  Waking up with the settingContinue reading “A travel back in time”

This time, I marched within, I was not sure of my seeking; I kept telling “In time, I will know”, And it kept me going. Lost in the mad scrambling, For success, glory and victory, “I will be the greatest” at-least, that is what I thought, Sought to win every battle, Nothing but winning mattered,Continue reading “Unbecome”

Do you remember the last time, you told her, that you miss her? Because, I don’t. She gave us life, and breath, And yet in the daily chorus, in phones and emails, we forget. Before, I spoke, She knew I had something to say, May be a lot to say and yet she didn’t ask.Continue reading “Mother”

I walked, Until I could walk no more, sat down under a tree out of necessity rather. With grace; the giant tree looked upon me, smiled over me with its dry leaves, And gave me cover. Tiny seed it was once, Buried deep it was, into the veins of mother Earth, To find its trueContinue reading “A tree”

“What is patience but an equanimity which enables you to rise superior to the trials of life?”. It has been more than 70 years since Dr. Osler opened his famous address at the University of Pennsylvania with these lines. Every now and then we come across tales of endurance, which glorify and celebrate the humanContinue reading “Exhume the fire”

The open math book faced the sky. The girl sank her face down: now only mother earth could see her tears. For an umpteenth time, she had scored the lowest mark in math. After the ridicule and verbal thrashing of the math teacher, it was the time for her parents and private tutor to joinContinue reading “Voice from inside”