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Indian Knowledge System

 I always have a deep respect and enthusiasm for the works and knowledge we have gotten from the Vedic periods. I usually get a lot of these discussions and knowledge from my grandfather. He always insisted on the fact that Vedas are not something religious , rather , the word itself means ‘Knowledge’ and this knowledge contains everything we need  to know for the survival here , in the material world and in the spiritual world too. Since then, any story , be it from our Puranas, Upanishaths … anything, I used to find a deep value in them. It is a story when you read as a story, but it also has several interpretations and internal aspects that invlove the studies or understanding of science, astronomy, mathematics , finance ,relationships.. what not!  That’s when I started to feel to miss not having an open opportunity to learn and explore these knowledge bases ,as part of our education system.  And so recently, like a 2 days back , I got a magazine called , Yojana, ...

How Responsible are you for someone?

  Often , we find ourselves worried that someone doesn’t help us the way we wanted or expected or listen to us or if they do, they don’t understand us to our needs.Then, we may try to explain them, to help understand or give us a proper suggestion or support. Well, of these, how much do we notice that our so called worry ,as stated above, inclines more towards our self than others? Yes, it does! When you have a problem and you feel like sharing with your friend , in an expectation that he would listen to you attentively and suggest you ways to solve the problem.  While your friend hears you , he might not be able to give you an upright perfect solution. As he is the third person, and he had only heard from you and he could suggest based on his own experiences and perspectives .So, there is always a chance that the suggestion might or might not be helpful. Say, the suggestion was not satisfactory to you, and you try to explain them further and further to help them und...