‘Father’ is the noblest title a man can be given. It is more than a biological role. It signifies a patriarch, a leader, an exemplar, a confidant, a teacher, a hero & friend.”

Some #books that I simply adore due to the way they express the bond of a father & child
#FathersDay Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- one of the best books written in the last century, it tells us endearing story of a father son bond while they undertake a Bike journey across America.

Fav Quote - Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
- Winston Churchill
And there are a few books which give us an opportunity to peep into Russia’s Beauty & Brutality.

A few books which I liked about #Russia in no specific order. War & Peace-
There are books, there are thick books and there is “War & Peace”. I have for a long time been remained intimidated of this book’s size.

What I liked about the book was it attacked conventional, established ideas with a new approach.

Patience, grasshopper," said Maia. "Good things come to those who wait."
"I always thought that was 'Good things come to those who do the wave,'" said Simon. "No wonder I've been so confused all my life.
Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

A short thread on my thoughts on Patience. Wildlife photography is all all about being incredibly skilled and amazingly lucky,
But you need extreme patience also. Sergei Gorshkov’s shot called “Embrace” won him Wildlife Photographer of year

And while it was shot on a hidden camera, he had to wait for 11 Months for it.

Oscar Wilde had famously said and I believed & still believe that “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars” that’s something called Optimism.

And all of us have heard some version on “A pessimist has no engine & An Optimist has no brakes” However the biggest tyranny of being an eternal optimist is that at times it makes us reluctant to explore potential failures.

The other extreme is Being Paranoid, where you try to see everything in fine details, and all the absurdities of life which May or May not come true.

“Comfort zone is a very nice place but nothing grows there”

Have personally experienced it over last 3 years. Was very happy in a great job, excelling professionally & happy in personal life. I was in what we called “Comfort Zone” Then out of compulsion, started at my own with great optimism. But nothing went as planned. Clients backed out, partners withdrew support, Friends doubted whether I was good enough. All my fears & self doubt started to creep in. Frustrating & self loathing.
I was in “Fear Zone”

On the day of “Buddha Poornima”, the day when Buddha attained enlightenment, a brief tale of enlightenment which just occurred.

This story is about Abhi Shah, who was a “millionaire for a night”

A short thread 🧵 “If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.”
- Gordon A. Eadie

What would most of us do, if we found a bag filled with 1million dollars on a deserted road? Many of us would take it.
But not Abhi Shah, because he stood tall for his virtues.

The only thing which works is Capitalism & Economic Growth.

In practice, socialism didn’t work. But socialism could never have worked because it is based on false premises about human psychology and society, and gross ignorance of human economy.

https://twitter.com/saket71/status/1396666344339251202

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries

And that is bound to happen coz, in Capitalism, the risk is disproportionately born by one who is bringing the capital, and we should celebrate

#RJAstute
“Music is one of the longest standing self prescribed therapy in history.”
Let’s have a strong dose this evening.
@CobblePriya
Starting with This super song

Check out "Sultans Of Swing" by Dire Straits on Amazon Music. music.amazon.in/albums/B073JSQ… #RJAstute
Now Dylan, a song which he has performed 460 times 🤩

@CobblePriya

Check out "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan on Amazon Music. music.amazon.in/albums/B00138F…

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that prisoner was you.
Often we think that by forgiving we are setting someone else free from their regrets or guilt, but no we are freeing ourselves of that burden.

A wonderful point from @warikoo’s newsletter today. There is a beautiful story about Nelson Mandela.
He was imprisoned for 27 years, often tortured and humiliated by the jailers at the prison.
He was released and eventually went on to become the President of South Africa.

So I received some feedback in DM that Kites or “Patang” पतंग find no mention in Indian texts and while “Patang” पतंग is probably a word introduced by Mughals, kites were invented by Chinese.

@Shrimaan

https://twitter.com/TheAstuteReader/status/1349583605664649217

Here I am trying to give some references to a few of our texts which talk about its prevalence in our culture.

Scientific relevance of Makar Sankranti and Kite Flying.

@Shrimaan According to our texts, Sun stands for “Pratyaksha-Braham”, “a manifestation of the Absolute”, bestowing knowledge, spiritual light.

आदित्यं च शिवं 
विन्द्याच्छिवमादित्य-रुपिणम्।
उभ्योरन्तरं नास्ति, 
आदित्यस्य शिवस्य च।।

‘Everyman is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man', and 'Resistance to aggression is not simply justifiable but imperative’ -
Spencer के लिखे ये दो वाक्यों ने उस व्यक्तित्व को उत्प्रेरित किया जिसे आज हम वीर सावरकर कहते हैं

https://twitter.com/TheAstuteReader/status/1265876744445124608

वैसे तो वीर सावरकर पर इतना कुछ लिखा गया है और लिखा जा रहा है, कि यदि मैं कुछ लिखने का भी सोचूँ तो ये सूरज को दिया दिखाने जैसा होगा, किंतु मैं फिर भी एक प्रयत्न अवश्य करूँगा।

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते ।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥
If we remove infinity from infinity, what is still prevailing is infinity.

The Man who knew Infinity - Remembering Ramanujan on his 100th Death Anniversary today. Though Ramanujan lived only for 32 short years, but he made such an impact on Mathematics that he still continues to be an inspiration for mathematicians across the world.

”भक्ति और भक्त”
आज रामायण में एक संवाद सुना
“ज्ञान पुरुष स्वरूप है, भक्ति और माया स्त्री स्वरूप हैं। इसी कारण ज्ञान पर माया का प्रभाव हो सकता है किंतु भक्ति पर नहीं!” सो मन में एक कौतूहल हुआ कि क्यों भक्ति को ज्ञान पर प्रधानता मिलती है और वास्तव में भक्ति क्या है? और “भक्त” शब्द तो वैसे भी आजकल बहुत प्रचलन में है।

महाभारत के कम ज्ञात रहस्य- @Shrimaan भैया की टाइमलाइन से अनुवादित

https://twitter.com/shrimaan/status/953632066276491265

सनातन धर्म के सबसे विशाल महाकाव्य महाभारत में ऐसी और इतनी कहानियाँ भरीं हुईं हैं जो प्रत्येक व्यक्ति के विचारों को आलोकित करने की क्षमता रखती है। अपने आंतरिक अर्थ से हिंदू दर्शन और प्रथाओं में इसके महत्व तक, महाभारत ने हिंदुओं के बीच अपनी खुद की एक संस्कृति विकसित की है।

@Shrimaan भारत के कुछ रहस्यमयी किंतु विलक्षण मंदिर - by @Shrimaan - १९/१/२०१८

भारत में एक कितने ही ऐसे मंदिर हैं जिनसे आश्चर्यजनक रहस्य जुड़े हुए हैं। प्रत्येक के, अपने स्वयं के अद्भुत किस्से हैं, उनमें से कुछ हिंदू मंदिरों के अद्भुत किस्से नीचे वर्णित हैं -
thread 👇 @Shrimaan (१) ऐरावतेश्वर मंदिर, धरासुरम में संगीतमय सीढ़ियाँ सभी समय के महान रहस्यों में से एक है। यह कहा जाता है कि भगवान शिव मंदिर 12 वीं शताब्दी में राजराजा चोल द्वितीय द्वारा बनवाया गया था।

मागी नाव न केवटु आना। कहइ तुम्हार मरमु मैं जाना॥
चरन कमल रज कहुं सबु कहई। मानुष करनि मूरि कछु अहई॥ केवट चाहता है कि वह अयोध्या के राजकुमार को छुए। उनका सान्निध्य प्राप्त करें। उनके साथ नाव में बैठकर अपना खोया हुआ सामाजिक अधिकार प्राप्त करें। अपने संपूर्ण जीवन की मजूरी का फल पा जाए। राम वह सब करते हैं, जैसा केवट चाहता है। उसके श्रम को पूरा मान-सम्मान दिया

राम नाम का अर्थ - रघुकुल गुरु वशिष्ठ महर्षि ने बताया कि 'राम' नाम दो बीज अक्षरों से बना है: अग्नि बीज (रा) और अमृता बीज (मा)। अग्नि बीज आत्मा, मन और शरीर को स्फूर्ति देता है और अमृता बीज समस्त शरीर में प्राणशक्ति को पुष्ट करता है @Shrimaan 1/n एक दूसरी विवेचना के अनुसार राम का अर्थ है ‘प्रकाश’। किरण एवं आभा (कांति) जैसे शब्दों के मूल में राम है। ‘रा’ का अर्थ है आभा (कांति) और ‘म’ का अर्थ है मैं, मेरा और मैं स्वयं। राम का अर्थ है मेरे भीतर प्रकाश, मेरे ह्रदय में प्रकाश। (2/n)

@Shrimaan रामायण से जुड़ी कुछ अज्ञात कथाएँ - @Shrimaan भैया की पोस्ट से साभार अनुवादित।
Thread👇 @Shrimaan (१) रामायण एक ऐसा महाकाव्य है ज्यादातर लोग दिल से जानते हैं। प्रकाशित पुस्तकों से लेकर टीवी श्रृंखला तक, हमने कहानी को बहुत अच्छे से देखा, पढ़ा या सुना है। इसे प्रासंगिक ज्ञान के स्रोत के रूप में भी जाना जाता है।