Chanta Laga….

The bad boys of cricket are in news again!! Harbhajan and Sreesanth, god! nothing can keep them quiet-it seems they ever want attention from media albeit for wrong reasons. They sure are an uncultured lot much like the abusing aussies who certainly don’t have any sportsmanship and respect for peers.

Harbhajan allegedly slapped Sreesanth after the [...]

Food for soul-a collection of hymns 3 “Aditya Hridayam stotra “

Aditya Hridayam
Aditya hridayam is another very powerful stotra praising the Sun god and is written by Maharishi Agastya. It is first recited in yuddha Kanda of Ramayana (of Valmiki) where in Maharishi agastya teaches this powerful stotra to Shri Rama before his last battle against Ravana. It is said that Shri Rama is very much [...]

Catching up with IPL…..the new craze

Finally after a long wait IPL matches have begun before this a lot has been said and done, for cricket lovers this is dream come true , I remember the days when our domestic cricket was compared to the English county saying the former lacks luster and is very boring. IPL is just the [...]

Mahabharat as a daily show!

Some time back it was in news that Mahabharat would be shown as a daily soap just as Ramayan is being shown on a new channel; I was instantly reminded of a saying in hindi ‘‘ghar mein Ramayan padhi jati hai, Mahabharat nahi!!” I used to wonder why it was so [...]

Where’s the originality??

Indian TV industry has come a long way, in the days of DD one could have hardly imagined that in years to come there would be hoards of channels showcasing different genre of TV shows. Now-a-days the new craze that has caught the Indian telly is “Reality shows” ofcourse the music reality shows are not [...]

Spring is in the air!

Its spring again! The winter seemed a never ending affair…….u wake up in the morning to see ur car stuck inches below the snow cold winds blowing thankfully the winter clutter is over!
Spring weather brings out the best at Meadows – the upper lifts are open more consistently [...]

Ode to Ganesha (part 2)

The standing image of Ganesha symbolizes quick wit and thus considered auspicious to those who possess it
Sankatnashana stotra:
This hymn is written by Narad invoking 12 auspicious names of Sri Ganesha and the fruits of reciting it thereby.
PraNamamyam shirsadevam gauriputra vinayakam, bhaktavasam smare-nityam sarvakamartha siddhaye
Prathamam VakrtunDancha; Ekadanta dwitiyakam,
Tritiya Krishnapingaksha; Gajavakra chaturthakam,
Lambodara panchamam cha [...]