We All Play Mario.


Super Mario is the best game I have ever played. Or probably, it reminds me so much of the zeitgeist of my childhood – the innumerable bouts of amusement my brother and I had together (Mario’s younger brother Luigi thus gets an honorary mention) – that my judgement fails to be impartial. Or wait! It could… Continue reading We All Play Mario.

Digestion


A poster at my home says, “Read, Write, Learn and Inwardly Digest.” I remember placing that poster up there 14 years ago with my brother, and it gets only occasional bits of admiration for the painting that encompasses most part of it. What is written there at the bottom is gracefully ignored, as it generally seems banal when you… Continue reading Digestion

“Prajnanam Brahma”


Knowledge is divine is what everybody infers from the above line from the Rig Veda. As Sanskrit is hardly studied in depth in the current timeline, inner meanings of several verses of wisdom are often lost. Likewise is the case with Prajnanam Brahma. I studied in one of the Navodaya Vidyalayas, where this line happens to be… Continue reading “Prajnanam Brahma”

Working in Empty Spaces


Because it’s almost a month now that I wrote something, I took some time to sit back and think. I remember reading Umberto Eco‘s interview to The Hindu (link here) in our textbooks back in my 11th standard. It was one of my favorite chapters, primarily because I myself was tremendously passionate of being an… Continue reading Working in Empty Spaces