Category Archives: Faith
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Ashtavakra Gita
Leave a commentFebruary 19, 2017 by styagi68
Ashtavakra Gita is one of the most influential texts of Advait Philosophy. It is variously dated to 700 BCE, 400-500 …
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When Breath Becomes Air
Leave a commentSeptember 11, 2016 by styagi68
Book review of When Breath becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi contemplated on the question …
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The Monk Who did not sell his Ferrari
4February 2, 2016 by styagi68
See the youtube video Let us collect our thoughts for a second and come together through an invocation. AUM saha …
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1776 by David McCullough
Leave a commentSeptember 14, 2014 by styagi68
1776 is a book by the Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough about the American Revoltuion. It chronicles Washington’s military campaigns …
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Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
2January 31, 2011 by styagi68
Over the weekend, a dear friend gifted me a book, Siddhartha, by author Hermann Hesse. The book is set around …
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Smith and Nash–better model for human behaviour?
Leave a commentJanuary 26, 2011 by styagi68
Adam Smith famously stated that the best collective outcome is achieved when every individual is striving for their own best …
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Portable Atheist
3January 10, 2011 by styagi68
I recently read a book titled Portable Atheist by Christopher Hitchens. The mainstay of the argument seems to be that …
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Shradha and Saburi
3August 29, 2010 by styagi68
I have recently become more acquainted with the teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba. Sai Baba lived from about 1830s to …
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IPO and Religion–Common value proposition is hope
Leave a commentJuly 25, 2010 by styagi68
Human beings live on hope and are willing to pay tremendously for hope. Two cases in point, IPO (or investments …
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Suarez and Godse–good or evil
6July 20, 2010 by styagi68
On January 30, 1948, Nathuram Godse pulled out a gun and shot Mahatama Gandhi several times from a short distance, …
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