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Dating Apps vs Meeting in Person

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 At the age of 63 this as a topic of a blog perhaps should hardly concern me. However, as a matter of reflection I understand that the times are a changing and on line transactional approach is becoming a norm rather than an exception and many of us are either adopting to it out of compulsion, convenience or the fear of missing out. Some of us are just merely wanting to experience the novelty of doing things differently. Before getting into the meat of this subject I think that I will try to touch upon the context of Indian society and India as a country. The urban rural divide, and even among cities the inter city differences will be considered. The problem of Patriarchy affecting women in general and the male societal expectations which are universal and not India specific will be analyzed. Then the institution of marriage vs short term or medium term unconditional relationships will be touched upon. Finally, the expectations of a relationship and how the inability to change leading
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Fearful Fragmentation to Fearless Fullness in the Changeless Whole

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 Passage meditation and Upanishads open up a whole vista of knowledge and words of wisdom and while I have picked up these words from a passage called Razor's Edge from the Katha Upanishad. It is indeed a very loaded sentence depicting the burning of the ego which is the cause of all the misery we face as the ignorant limited humans existing.The Upanishads have been a repository of wisdom and this verse is beautiful and worth sharing. The verse is quoted below for us to fathom its true meaning and import.   In the secret cave of the heart, two are Seated by life’s fountain. The separate ego Drinks of the sweet and bitter stuff, Liking the sweet, disliking the bitter, While the supreme Self drinks sweet and bitter Neither liking this nor disliking that. The ego gropes in darkness, while the Self Lives in light. So declare the illumined sages, And the householders who worship The sacred fire in the name of the Lord. May we light the fire of Nachiketa That burns out the ego, and enabl
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Tissue Banking: Can we do better?

  One of the important things I have realised in the last few years is the concept of Tissue banking. The very concept of using tissues and banking them comes from the assumption that after we die the body is simply an inanimate mass of flesh and we need not have any relation or attachment to it. However over the years the attachment to the body has been a part of the culture of different generations. The mummification of bodies in the Egyptian tradition is one extreme from which different religions and traditions have made their customs and rituals accordingly. While we can go on and on about the reasons and evolution of the methods of disposal of dead bodies, one thing is clear that all of us living in this world cling to dear life and are mostly attached to our physical bodies. So as in life when death occurs we tend to not want to let go of the physical presence of our loved ones and miss them enormously. Most of us want to see the body and pay our respects to the body of our loved
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