Parvathi Shiva

ANGEL MICHAEL UNCLE

The angle called Michael Uncle entered my life on my first day in Class 11 in Al Ghubra, Sultanate of Oman. I had shifted schools and it was my first day in my new school.  During that first meeting, Michael Uncle appeared to be obese but had a smiling and jovial face. He had a […]

STARE AT IT FOR SOME TIME

I was recently on a cleaning spree and came across one of my textbooks on the subject, ‘Real Analysis’. For those of the readers who are from a non-mathematical background, let me first introduce the subject: Real Analysis is a branch of mathematics that deals with the study of sequences and series, mathematical functions and […]

THANK YOU, TEACHER VINITA!

I was first introduced to Vinita in the year 2012. She entered with her trunk and occupied the room opposite to my room in the Dingy corridor of the residence hall of the Lady Shriram College (LSR), New Delhi. While most of us had arrived with our parents/relatives being the first day in a hostel; […]

HESSE’S SINCLAIR, DEMIAN : a two-way route

During one solitary vacation, I happened to complete Hermann Hesse’s novel Demian. It is a short read of around 150 pages; it is not the words that are difficult to understand but the thoughts. The reason I emphasize on the word solitary is because, the work of Hesse should be read in solitude as this […]

The book of Thought For The Day (TFTD)

“Appreciation is a good thing, it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well” (Voltaire)   These were the words I said when I was given the opportunity to say the morning Thought For The Day in the morning school assembly. I remember memorizing these words the night before to appear confident. […]

WHEN WILL WE MEET JUFFAIR?

The love affair of me and Al Juffair* began when I was in 6th grade. Juffair is a beautiful city in the island Kingdom of Bahrain. The sea surrounds the enchanting country of Bahrain everywhere.As far as your eyes can take you- only the endless blue sea can be admired. I still remember my teacher […]

DRIVING MUDRAS – not taught at school

I attended my first driving class around 7 years ago. It was a theory class where the instructor taught us the various types of hand gestures that drivers used. Example:- extending hand for right turn or moving the hand in a circular motion for a U-turn etc. I call these hand gestures used by drivers […]

A TRULY RICH MAN

  “Again, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God”                                                                                 (MATTHEW 19:24, LUKE 18) This is one of the most popular Biblical quotations that people interpret as those who are rich do not […]

will You wait

will You wait please?

Almost all the major religions of the world have an element of pilgrimage in it. It is usually for the search of the Supreme One and seeking of a divine connection for its followers. Do we really require a ‘search’? Here are two beautiful stories that I wish to present before sharing my thoughts: STORY […]

work is worship???

The term ‘worship’ originates from the old English word ‘woerthship’ meaning ‘giving back the worth’ or ‘reproclaiming the worth. Usually, the term worship is used in the context of religion or God (or by whatever name you address) and using worship in the true sense of the word seems rather pompous. So, perhaps, in the […]