“The Law of Attraction” simply says that one naturally attracts into one's life whatever one think about deeply. One's dominant thoughts will always find a way to manifest themselves. And that is how MedhaJournal got introduced to a phenomenal documentary movie “One Man, One Cow, One Planet” made by Cloud South Films Ltd. This movie is an eye opener, not just to the ecological reality of India but also the dawning awareness of just how precarious our existence on this planet is.
Prithivi, our Mother Prithivi, our Mother Partha Desikan From the Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], Book XII , Hymn I, namely Prithvi Sukta, which I have extracted from sacred-texts.com, here is an assortment, some...
Charitable Giving Prepared for: Medha Journal ReadersCharitable giving can play an important role in many estate plans. Philanthropy cannot only give you great personal satisfaction, it can also give you a current income tax...
The peculiar case of the NRI Hindu It was the end of 2003 and I was returning from India after an abruptly interrupted vacation. Flying down from Calcutta to Delhi, to catch the god-awful late night (or early morning, depending on how one chooses to see...
Uighurs Uighurs Partha Desikan Uighurs of Xinchiang in western china were in the news recently. Here is an account of their enviable cultural past from a book published seventeen years ago, as reproduced in apopular website....
The Flow of Life and getting centered Between 2003 and 2006 I practiced a gentle martial art called [[Aikido]], which is also referred to as the "Art of Peace", as described by it's founder, the late [[Morihei Ueshiba]]. Ai-ki-do stands for...
Women and Hindu scriptures Introduction Hindu scriptures have lately in popular press been subject of bashing for their treatment of women. I discuss here some of the arguments used by those who attack Hindu scripture and why those arguments are...
Discussion-Three hundred Ramayans The topic is Three hundred Ramayans, The epic story's spectacular journey through the ages: An extract from The Collected Essays of AK RamanujanThis is an attempt to start a discussion on the above paper. As I...
Importance of Nothing The universe is not so much strange as brimming with lovely paradox. At least, that is what seems like as one strolls through the long and winding road of twentieth century Physics. Twentieth century physics has...
Democracy and Tolerance Every morning when I am driving to work, the news that I hear on NPR, is turbulence in Pakistan and declaration of military emergency in Pakistan by President General Pervez Musharraf. The constitution was...
Nasadiya THEN was not non-existent nor existent: there was no realm of air, no sky beyond it. What covered in, and where? and what gave shelter? Was water there, unfathomed depth of water? Death was not then, nor was...
In the twinkle of an eye! The tram has to slow down, as it makes this turn on to Wellesley Street, on its way to Wellington Square. Two boys with their school bags jumped onto the footboard of the second class compartment. Ramsaran the conductor...
Looking for Alternative treatment to bypass surgery This question is directed to any person who visits medhaJ and knowledgeable about alternative medicines. Recently a friend asked me for alternative treatment to bypass surgery. My friend's relative need to go through...
Alternative medicine- A faith based cure or science? I had been wondering what I can contribute to Medha journal. I had been toying with several topics that were crossing my mind. I took some moment from my schedule to think what has changed my life in a positive way...
Fibonacci's Fountain Fibonacci’s name is known to almost every high-school kid today. However, he was not very well known in his day. In the 15th century A.D., when he lived, he was regarded as a lunatic who found strange relationships...
Drug Industries to cure or treat? I am bitter from past few days!! The company that I worked for almost wrapped up its business. I worked for a biotechnology industry that did research for cancer therapy. The drug was unique and the therapy was...
Anahata -- Part 2 (Pagla Baba Trilogy) NOTE: I had published this on Sulekha.com in 2002 Prelude Anahata -- that soft, melodic, soothing music.I can't hear it play; yet I hear it playing somewhere (perhaps from within?), encompassing my...
The Night I died -- Part-1 (Pagla Baba Trilogy) NOTE: I had published this on Sulekha.com in 2002. The night I died of a heart attack… Well not exactly… I dreamt that I died of a heart attack.Perhaps it'd been sitting in the back of my head...
The following is the series of exchanges that took place with Dr. Karen Carr - whose website was found to have a highly distorted version of The Ramayana - and several eminent personalities and practising Hindus. Some of the emails are related to the exchanges themselves.
For the person who has once had a taste of how it is to lose his freedom, maintaining his integrity of self is not an easy task. The memory of being deprived of freedom is a permanent scar on his psyche, and informs his attitude as he deals with the world.
When the issue is Colonization, this wound stretches to cover a whole people, and in India’s case, a whole civilization. After centuries of subjugation by foreign powers & ideologies, it is a wonder that anything has survived with any semblance of it’s former integrity. How much of the pre 10th century culture can we see in today’s India? Or more to the point, how much of pre 17th century India can we see in today’s India?
The
title of this blog means exactly what I intended it to mean. I do not
propose to go into the ethical questions stirred up by the dawn of this
discipline towards the end of the twentieth century and the beginning
of the twenty-first.
On Aug 9, 2001, barely
a month after US scientists had created human embryos exclusively for
harvesting stem cells (SC), President Bush announced that federal
funding would be available only for such work from the 64 embryonic
cell lines created up to that date.
Sustainable development means different things to different people. It has become the buzz word of our generation without a clear definition for many. The following article is presented from reviews of present literature to understand the relevance of sustainability in our times at the local, regional, national and global levels.
The I of the Storm In course of my attempts at meditation (more or less daily, since the past 5 years and more intermittently for a few years prior to that), I have repeatedly come across the issue of the classical...
Pope and Jehadies Pope Bendict is the head of catholic church. Is he spreading the message of love or is he a politician playing the neocon agenda is the question . His...
C K Prahalad 'Best known for his work with Gary Hamel on resource-based strategy, which gave rise to the term core competences, more recently, Prahalad has turned his attention to the plight of the worlds...
Abanibabu’s Unplanned Expenditure Original story in Bengali: By Ronty KarTranslated into English: By Subodh Ranjan DasAbanibabu is about fifty-seven years of age. He has a slim build without excess fat. He is a little more than five...
The Previous Avtar Of Lord Muruga/Kartikeya The Previous Avtar Of Lord Muruga/KartikeyaWho is Lord Muruga? I am translating from memory what I read in the book “Deivathin Kural”[ Voice Of the Divine] a collection of lectures...
Random Thoughts of a Troubled Mind How much of news is too much news? When does reporting become sensationalism? Are we even aware when we exaggerate to create sensations that we have crossed the boundary between realistic reporting...
Thai Ramayana lights up desert sky in Rajasthan Thai Ramayana lights up desert sky in Rajasthan Partha Desikan An article on the above subject was published by the Indo-Asian News Service on Thursday, February 28, 2008 on the above subject. I had...
Desi ingenuity -- A Farmer's Way For those who aren't aware (not that they should be), my other wordly profession is that of a System Engineer with a Communications company and I have the habit of surfing the blogosphere to read...
That night, in Mathura And Joy-filled, Flows the YamunaSlowly, I am flowing, Carrying my fond hopeThat the promise will come true After all these years.Nay, not a century, I have waited for eonsWithout a single glimpse of...
Life versus Jungle I am unable to decipher the map of LifeMy brain can never digest itThe blurry road looks wildWithout any hope of lightFull of danger in every stepIt seems impossible to find the core.The horizon...
Fifteen Minutes Vincent always wished he had more time. He needed more time to finish his homework, he needed more time to sleep and he needed more time to play. Vincent was neither lazy nor stupid. He was a genius,...
Krishnagi Wari Krishnagi Wari (Stories of Krishna) Manipuri dance is one of the many classical dances of the Indian sub-continent. It originates in the northeast-Indian state of Manipur deep in the Himalayas...
Presence of Mind This is a song titled "Presence of Mind", composed during the heydays of my college music scene. Our own tech-guru Vivek S was the tabla player. Here's the break-down of the band (gosh,...
WAR Father passed away Flame of liberty went out. There was blood shed On the icy white sari of mother.
Latin Summer My first re-mix -- I haven't played a single note or beat on this myself -- this was created by remixing loop samples that come with Apple's GarageBand software. Enjoy!
Broken Rules Here's an ode to all Soumi's unsung Sitas!! Enjoy!!! Mita. Broken Rules I write words I barely comprehend, in tenets you do not grasp. Yet I continue to write for you. For one day you might...
Let go - A winter's Tale Stay yet a while’ Begged the tree of the leaf, ‘For this is but, time in transit
The Water Bearer The inspiration to this poem is a discussion we had been having on 'Set Sail', chiefly between me and Partha on Authorship. :)
KITTU'S TREE FRIEND KITTU’S TREE FRIENDKittu kitten wanted to play.It was morning. It was also summer vacation time.“Shivani’s holidays have started!” Kittu happily thought and ran into...
Cow Trouble A child's imagination runs wild, and it is interesting to see your child think. I spend an hour everyday with my son, where we try to learn from each other, and know each other's mind....All...
Kites IntroductionA kite needs no introduction. Many of us have enjoyed flying a kite on a beautiful clear day, seeing the kite gently rise and soar high above us, up in the sky. Building kites and flying...
Funsense in Nonsense Hey diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such fun, And the dish ran away with the spoon. Nonsense verse is a form of poetry...
The End of the White Witch Jessa sighed happily as she stretched out her legs in front of the fire, listening to the rain hitting hard on her roof. She was in a position that she had wished to be in for years. Her land was...
A day out to a farm Ishan drew his day out to a farm in the neighborhood of Sunol hills (near Fremont), California.
Nathan's favorite characters Nathan spends time creating his favorite characters everyday as he loves drawing and painting. He is sharing his favorite pictures with his Medha...
Geometry Here is something I created for my little sister who is fond of geometrical shapes and good music.GeometryEnjoy and let me know what you think of my music. Cal
About Medha Junior After one year working on Medha Journal, TMJ team is proud to launch the Medha Junior section for the younger generation. The TMJ team was inspired to add a junior section to Medha community as we...
Chakrada Danda Parsvakone Chowkas. Listen to the sloka and fill up the squaresPartha Desikan In one of my earlier blogs having to do with knight movements in chess, I had pointed out that the late Krishnaraja Wodeyaru III (the...
One Man, One Cow, One Planet “The Law of Attraction” simply says that one naturally attracts into one's life whatever one think about deeply. One's dominant thoughts will always find a way to manifest themselves. And...
"Ehsaas Hai?" - Do you feel? "Ehsaas Hai?" - Do you feel? - An interview with Rotarian Mahesh Nihalani. That is the name of the concert being hosted by the Rotary Club of Cupertino to support it's Global Polio...
Urmy Palchaudhury of Astha Medha Face of the month features individuals who strive to achieve a balance in their lives while at the same time, making a difference in that of others.... Urmy She always had the spirit to work...
“The Law of Attraction” simply says that one naturally attracts into one's life whatever one think about deeply. One's dominant thoughts will always find a way to manifest themselves. And that is how MedhaJournal got introduced to a phenomenal documentary movie “One Man, One Cow, One Planet” made by Cloud South Films Ltd. This movie is an eye opener, not just to the ecological reality of India but also the dawning awareness of just how precarious our existence on this planet is. 
