February 2005

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The ant and the grasshopper

This one is excellent.

From a Forum, the ant and the grasshopper story retold.
Classic Version
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks he’s a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well [...]

brahman

thunder was magnificient
we gave birth to indra
fire kept us warm
we called him agni
the breeze was calming
we named him vayu
water gave us food
we called him varuna
death was reality
we invoked yama
sun gave us life
we called him surya
stars gave us the universe
we called out to saptarishis
mystery of universe kept us wondering
we named it brahman

The Indian St.Valentine Day

I never forget my marriage anniversary-date, nor do I forget my wife’s birthday or even valentine’s day. but i forgot it was today…
It has got nothing to do with the dolby-digital-eastman-color-5.2-megapixel memory that I have, which is a topic I will broach some other time. I am just mentioning that I am not [...]