Srimad Bhagawatham

It was a really hot afternoon, with the sun at its zenith.


They were at the trough of the valley and there was no sign of any habitation for miles around. He looked around, the whole area was deserted. The sweat falling from his brow to the ground went up in a small, simmering steam of air. He spurred his horse on to a trot and rode on with his trusted rajrakshaks, the king’s personal guard.

As they approached the crest he could see a lone figure standing in anticipation of his arrival. It was completely black in color, almost demonlike with a huge mane of hair and an upraised sword. The king recognized this figure as a demon who had visited their kingdom a longtime back.

On seeing this demon the entourage stopped and the demon addressed the king

“Well met, Raja Parikshit”

The King said

“I remember meeting you, but have seem to have forgotten your name” to which the demon replied

“ I am Kali. The Kali of Kaliyug. Well met, Raja Parikshit”

And thus begins the Bhagawatham, the most revered among the Puranic scriptures.


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P.s - and thus begins a very challenging project by me to tell whatever i have learnt about the bhagawatham. I welcome criticism and comments. Anil

The gift called DAD

Sometimes we do wonder, why or rather how can one love another so much....till college i was terrified of DAD...Mom was my confidante , friend and everything but DAD & i would run and hide sumwhere...and so it was till i completed my engineering..... you know, it seems so stupid but we went to a talk show (Will write about that later) on and i told the same thing on television.

I was all wrong, i got my job (the first to be placed in my college) and came to meet dad in his office. He said its good but you study further. at that juncture family finances were on an all time low, my granddad had passed away and me getting a job would have definitely helped stabilise the financial picture of the family. But even then he asked me to study further.


Then it started, throughout my Masters programme, then through these 5 years, i could see what facets of appa i had missed all along ... and then i i reclaimed what i had lost for 21 yrs in a span of 60 months.... but thats part of the blog.

Cya

Anil

Appa in one of his latest pics.

Appa

Appa . . . .
The first influence in a life that was so short.... there are lots of people who say life is short and sweet, so live it to the fullest; as you do not know what will happen in the next second.
This is really true. Sometimes we want our parents to be like this .... like that and WE MISS OUT ON WHAT THEY REALLY ARE. I missed out a bit, regained a lot and at the ripest moment of our relationship, he left us all.
I used to fear nothing in my life.... i realised that this is because of the strength that my father was known for... and as it happened i could see that the entire strength in our lives seeped away.
The only way for me to gain more strength is to continue blogging... and over the next few weeks i am going to write all i can about him, the great gift to this child by God... the great man i call APPA...

Anil

Most Influential Men in my life

Before i would even begin, what is the compelling reason for me to write this... I know who the most influential people in my life are but what is so gr8 that t should tell all of you about them..... As you read this blog you would realise that all the people are connected by a single thread and this is the thread which has inspired me to write about them.
So here goes, in order of introduction into my life
1. D Srinivasan @ kannan
2. R Devanathan
3. Sri Sri Ravishankar (This is the biggest influence)
4. Rajesh krishnamurthy
5. Khurshed Batliwala a k a BAWA
6 Dinesh Godke a k a DINESH DADA
7 Sri U VE Anantha padmanabha chariar
8 Late Shri T S Balakrishna Sastrigal
So more on each one of them in future blogs

I'm back

There. Almost after a hiatus of close to one year, i'm back with a steely resolve to keep writing more frequently in this blog.
So what to write, Let me start like tis
1. Most influential men in my life
2. Most influential women in my life
3. Most influential moments in my life.....
So I 'll start with the most influential men in my life.. see you soon

new look

hi dere
with te fever of new looking blogs catching me in its folds, i have begun designing a template for my blog..... thanks a TON to bawa and to bawandinesh.blogspot.com

see u soon with a new look

anil

Satsang at shreyas place – august 31 2008

The last day of the month ended on a happy, hilarious, sumptuous, and soul-stirring note... here’s how….
Happy – d occasion was shreya’s (my sister who is also a yes+ teacher) birthday Satsang… she has been one new addition to the most influential women in my life… and has been responsible for how responsible I am now….

Hilarious - all the yes+ Satsang are full of hilarity…. And today was no different… (Maybe will write a blog on yes+ hilarious heroes later)

Sumptuous: FOOD WAS SUPERB, A CLASS APART. Thanks to shreya’s mom

Soul stirring: this is something that has never happened to me in satsangs before… for those of you who do not know me; I play the dholak at satsangs…. And of late have started singing… so here was shreya who was pestering me to sing this song (Naiharvaa of kabir… hear it from Vikram Bhaiya / Vivek anna for experiencing an emotional volcano of joy….my version is very infinitesimal b4 them)… so actually thoughts were reeling in… should I sing… I have sung this b4 at satsangs n my home… not outside… there were so many new people… what will they think… then I saw the photo of guruji kept there. The smile said it all….the moment I told shreya that I will sing it for her; I could see the smile on her face grow by leaps and bounds…. And as I started singing and closed my eyes… I felt the same as I have felt b4 wile at satsangs at VM (Visalakshi mantap) with guruji on the dias… I felt HE was there,, smiling and listening and it was just magic afterwards… even one of the best singers here, arun told me that the song was so fresh and raw that it just touched them all …. Well all just happens… this taught me one thing today… if the intention of an activity is to bring happiness then even if the activity itself is a weakness of te person, it will flip over as a strength…

JGD

Anil

a colorful start

Rainbow….
Today morning…. Around 5:45 am dad called me out of d house to watch this beauty and I started my day in a very colorful manner.

Luv
Anil
(PS – today is shreya’s birthday hence two pics of her smeared with smiles ( uh and cake)
We had a blast today at the satsang at her place… a blog on that’s coming soon after)

Beats of joy - part 2

hmmmm
hope you would have gone through the video of the frame-ananza
here enclosed is a video of two all time greats jamal mohammed & frddie jones on the trumpet.

note - jones was termed a very serious mmusician and in the erth fest he did something really crazy that was titally unlike him...... watch and enjoy

luv

anil
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=mWJDBJf41wI&feature=related