Prabhakar reflections

***********************************************                      Life for most of us is a mixture of opposites. One day it is full of hope, hype and hubris and the very next day it turns out to be a matter of deprivation, despair and disappointment. Nobody can escape vicissitudes of providence. I feel in this world of uncertainty it is quite necessary to brave the situation by our wit and perseverance.  For this we need to be motivated so long we live. I have drawn from different sources the following points that could be of use towards keeping ourselves motivated to our purpose; general or particular. *********************************************** Have a look at these- *1* Stay in your lane,keep your eyes and faith in yourself. *2*It doesn't matter how many resources you have if you don't know how to use them,it will never be enough. *3*Being late doesn't mean failure.May be it means getting ready for a great launch. *4*(...

******************************************** Let us begin with what the Dalai Lama has said-         The purpose of life is to be happy. Everyone wants to live a long and happy life. But not everyone does the needful to that end.  The reason for that lies in the fact that it requires a conscious effort to be healthy and happy.  Also we, either out of ignorance or lack of aptitude to reflect upon, fail to explore ourselves that may provide us clue to be healthy and happy. ******************************************** Recently I happened to read a book titled "Ikigai" by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles. The book is said to be an international bestseller and it deals with Japanese secret to a long and happy life.           The authors,without defining the term  Ikigai say that everyone has an Ikigai- a reason to jump out of bed each morning. What prompted the duo to come out with this book was their findings based on  exte...

विवादे विषादे प्रमादे प्रवासे जले चानले पर्वते  शत्रुमध्ये अरण्ये शरण्ये सदा मां प्रपाहि             गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानी ***********************************************                     सदैव-             (चाहे उस समय भी जब तुम मेरे स्मरण में न भी रहो और मेरा किसी से विवाद (शास्त्रार्थ) हो रहा हो या फिर मैं अपने अज्ञानांधकार-अहंकार के प्रमाद से पीड़ित रहूं या प्रवास(घर से बाहर) में रहूं अथवा शत्रुओं के बीच घिरा रहूं या मैं प्रारब्ध/परिस्थितिवश उस असाध्य स्थल के अधीन हो जाऊं जहां जल, जंगल,पर्वत और अग्नि का हीं डेरा क्यों न हो;         हे मां ! मैं तुम्हारी हीं शरण में हूं और इसलिए बस समझ लो कि मेरी रक्षा की जिम्मेदारी भी तुम्हीं पर है;क्योंकि)               मां! मेरी एकमात्र गति तुम्हीं हो,मेरी एकमात्र गति तुम्हीं हो.  ***********************************************         ...

Development-What is it and what constitutes it?                Everyone wants to develop economically & socially if not spiritually to say the least. Individuals, countries, governments, instrumentalities, political parties-all are mad after it. Elections are fought making development as a central issue. In fact Development happens to be the key-concern of the post colonial world.           Even if we leave spiritual aspect of development from our domain of discussion defining even material development is not easy. It means differently to different people.  For some it is all about doing such things as help increasing growth rate.  Economists and governments around the world, generally speaking, are busy giving shape to development by expanding their economic capacity through working upon growth rate. They believe that high growth rate is nothing short of a panacea which can cure all ailments in the society. ...

For quite some time I have found my daughter pursuing her graduation preparing,on a part time basis,for competitive examinations of different levels.                 One day she, perhaps out of curiosity or some need of revisions,happened to ask me a number of Special Days which form part of general knowledge & general awareness if not general studies.                      Upon having found myself deficient,I decided to collect these Special Days and present the same for her in a classified way.                         In fact, classifying things based on certain properties,attributes or events of same/similar nature has always been my favourite pastime in varying degrees in varying times.  Here is a modest endeavour to that end- A. States' Foundation Days.      1.Bihar Diwas- 22 March.      2.Gu...