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The Humble Bairas

 Right now, somewhere in the world- 200 trees are cut every second. By the time, you finish reading this post, several thousand trees have already been cut. In a Year- 800 crores trees are cut.  Cut for what?  To make paper. The paper we use in a house- from kitchen Napkins to Tissues to Toilet Roll ( To wipe our Bum). This year we (the people of Planet Earth) consumed 400 million tons of paper for household use.   Just 30 years back- world was using half of this. We are cutting trees, like there is no tomorrow, because our usage of paper has grown exponentially. Maybe the richer you get- the less conscious you become about the environment or maybe just bad habits?  As expected the west consumes a lot of paper. In USA, per person average Paper consumption is 200 Kg’s per year. India's  is  just 15 Kg’s. That's a huge Difference.   One of the major reasons could be the Bairas or the hand towel- each Indian house has, at every corner. It’s...

Middle life Crisis

                                                                                                                                           Heard of the word “Middle lIfe crisis”?...does it indicate a “crisis”?...does it mean- it happens only in your ‘Middle Age”?.... The Below is entirely my Point of View....I...

why shouldn't I be a political analyst too?

 Why shouldn’t I be an Analyst too? Since everyone is a political analyst, let me also dip my feet in it. Anyways, majority of the pollsters got it horribly wrong. Shows the extent of accuracy of their methodology. The pollsters getting it wrong by such a margin should be a humbling lesson to them. But if you notice-they act as if nothing happened and instead come up with new theories for the LS result. Telling the reasons after the results is not a difficult task. Hindsight is 20/20 So, let me give my analysis. Of course there would be many errors in my analysis too. 1.Stepping back a little, look around the world. Post Covid-Checkout the results of the Election of major democracies. From US to New Zealand. Covid stuck a nasty blow at the economy of the world. Poor suffered more than the rich, simply because they had less savings. In such a scenario- massive incumbency was generated against the current premier of their nation. Majority of them lost in the election after that. Covi...

Ashwamedha Yajna ended with the Horse put in the Yajna kunda in the End?

 Samskrit has to be understood always in the context . You do direct word to word translation- it gets mistranslated. 1. In every Havan- this mantra is told "Shraddham *Medham* Yashah pragnyam vidhyam buddhim shriyam balam Ayushyam teja arogyam dehi me havyavahana " Is one praying for death to havyavahana (Agni) in this mantra?. Obviously not 2. Even today- a highly intellectual person is referred to as " Medhavi" 3. So many children are named Medha.( example; Medha Patkar, don't think her parents meant death or sacrifice to yajna) 4. Medha simply meant intelligent or Sharp. 5. "Shwa" meant yesterday or tomorrow,   "Ashwa" meant today or now . Ashwa was also referred to a horse. 6. When  your intellect ( Medha) is in the present moment ( Ashwa)-  nothing can shake it.  This is the essence of that Yajna which was called Ashwamedha yajna.   7. Only in some Ashwamedha yajna , horse was sent to other kingdoms as a symbol of the kings dominance. M...