The Great Ganesha

Dow Jones and an India-based company Dharma Investments have created a new financial index that is going to be based on the dharmic principles of Buddhism and Hinduism. No, that does not mean that you can invest in the stock of gods (in which case Ganesha - ahem, ahem! - would certainly be the industry [...]

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Durga Puja in Calcutta is like Ganesh Chaturthi in Bombay. A several-days-long religious festival, filled with increasingly complex and creative idols of Durga (a.k.a. Temple of Doom’s Kali) for the former and, as I had posted earlier, Ganesha for the latter. It’s a huge event for Bengalis, whom urban slang refers to (affectionately, of course) [...]

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Was browsing around YouTube this morning and I came across a bunch of animated Ramayana clips. Here’s one on Hanuman (in Hindi), since I’ve blogged about him before, though in another context.

They’re made to be in the style of Japanese Anime and I was intrigued, so I did a little bit of research (well [...]

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One surefire method of amusing yourself is taking a look at the kinds of searches that lead people to your blog. Amongst others, today I saw one that read “ganesha and madonna.” Curiosity took over, and I googled the phrase, frantically thinking that at some point in my foolish youth, I may have had something [...]

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Here’s to the profound religious experience that comes from doing a job well and being grossly underpaid.
Having successfully survived another meeting with a couple of my committee members, one of whom routinely strips me naked and flogs me, while the other idly stands by and watches with a smile, I decided to finish up [...]

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That’s Steve Pavlina’s blog subtitle. I think that says it all. I’ve been checking out his site for a couple of months now off and on, through other places. He’s got some good advice on a bunch of things including Polyphasic Sleep, How to Win an Argument and How to Become an Early Riser. Basically, [...]

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