life in general: universe, sun, divinity & worli sea face!

At times, I feel like connecting to my spiritual self from one of my most favorite places in Bombay -- the Worli Sea Face! Today was one such day. I went there at about 5.30 pm and stayed there till about 6.15 pm. I needed this connection badly today and I did get some wonderful peace in the time I was there. I consider Sun to be a living being and I thanked it for being there in our solar system providing us with the main source of life. At Worli sea face, I am also able to connect to the universal energy universe much more easily as the sea and the skies are clear, vast and beautiful! Today, the sea breeze was strong and felt very nice.

Below is a pic I took of the one-of-the-two divine periods of the day, Sunset (the other is Sunrise), at about 6.10 pm:

life in general: bombay citizens' apathy towards trees

I really enjoy commuting on Bombay's roads and suburban railways during national holidays. The sea of humanity is not there and its just a stream of humanity. Today is one such day, the 26th of January, a national holiday in India on account of it being the Republic Day (when the Constitution of India was formally adopted on this day in 1950).

Anyway, thats not the main thrust of this post. After having lip-smacking sambar with authentic dosas and idlis at Mani's Udipi hotel in Matunga Central (where I specially went today for a different but delicious breakfast), I decided to walk for a km before catching a taxi to go to my office that is 4-5 kms away from Matunga.

As I was walking in the inside lanes of Matunga-Dadar, I came across a small garden (see the image to the right). As I passed by it I was shocked (yes, such things still shock me because I do not care about those who say we should not be sensitive towards these things) to see trees fallen inside the garden. See the image below.

My heart goes to the trees of Bombay and all those other places in India and elsewhere where insenstive citizenry, bureacracy, politicos and corporates are mercilessly and cruelly hacking trees way in excess than required and all in the name of the much-abused word 'development'. This is not development. It is plain and simple murder.

life in general: music from the depths of our universe?

My office colleague, Venky, who is a nice soul when it comes to helping out with my requests for good english mp3 songs (he is a nice soul even otherwise!), recently copied on my portable hard disk an album of a guy who calls himself 'Kitaro'.

The album titled 'Asia' has one number, 'Theme of Silk Road' that I have been listening to with great pleasure since the last few days. I would say this song (only instrumental, on lyrics, no singer) stirs the deep corners of my soul. I wonder whether Masanori Takahashi (real name of Kitaro) was able to tap the depths of our universe's hidden musical magic to compose this particular song. Its that moving!

You can read more about Kitaro and his compositions here.

life in financial markets: the great indian accounting scam

Accounting manipulation by companies is not a new phenomenon. But due to the ongoing Satyam Computer Services accounting fraud reportage in India there is a temporary awareness of the dangers of accounting manipulation.

There are two recent excellent research reports of a global equity research firm that are worth reading. Download them here and here.

life in general: in gratitude

This is a personal post.

Till yesterday I was in a flutter mode for about 15 days. Then, yesterday, something magical has manifested in my life!

I am in extreme gratitude of our universal energy for making something happen that till about 6 months back I thought was a difficult proposition. It also behoves on me a greater responsibility to live upto a standard that would befit the blessings showered on me.

I can and I will. Thank you, universal energy!

life in general: aphrodite wounded

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