Dvij (द्विज) - Twice Born - Thoughts on The Meaning or Purpose of Life
Dvij (द्विज) – Twice Born – Thoughts on The Meaning or Purpose of Life
Blogging Milestone – 100K Views
I just got an alert that this blog has achieved today 100K views and 70K unique visitors! It's been many years since I started this blog; maybe 8 years or so. I had another blog before this one which I had started in 2006-07. So overall it's been 15 years. 100K views in 8 years... Continue Reading →
Will Gunda Outlive Google?
I wrote a post few days back about my liking for Hindi movies. I forgot to mention that I have watched some extremely terrible movies...many of them at theatre! One of such terrible movies I have watched (though not in theatre) is Mithun Chakraborty's Gunda which released on this day in 1998. https://youtu.be/qRrRhvLxbXw The movie... Continue Reading →
Swami Sarvapriyananda on the topics of AI and Consciousness
#FoodForThought #Vedanta #AI Here are two interesting videos of Swami Sarvapriyananda I came across on the topics of AI and Consciousness from the point of view of Vedanta philosophy. Very interesting perspective if you are interested in this topic. Can AI Ever Be Conscious? https://youtu.be/a9x--on8WVI?si=HDinghaK_jsOrPi7 Vedanta vs Google AI: Can a Machine Have A Soul?... Continue Reading →
Thought of The Day
24th February 2026 “You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”— Cormac McCarthy
Thought of The Day
23rd February 2026 “You have to meet people where they are, and sometimes you have to leave them there.”— Iyanla Vanzant
वाढदिवस आणि संस्कृत
नुकताच मुलीचा वाढदिवस झाला. वाढदिवसाच्या 1 आठवडा आधीपासूनच तिने "आता मला कोणी रागवायचं नाही. फक्त लाड करायचे" असं जाहीर केलं.तेव्हा तिला मी शाळेत शिकलेला एक संस्कृत श्लोक सांगितला.लालयेत् पञ्च वर्षाणि, दश वर्षाणि ताडयेत् ।प्राप्ते तु षोडशे वर्षे, पुत्रं मित्रवदाचरेत् ॥ Translation & Meaning:Lālayet pañca varṣāṇi: Indulge/pamper the child for the first five years.Daśa varṣāṇi tāḍayet:... Continue Reading →
Thought of The Day
22nd February 2026 “Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.”— Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Thought of The Day
21st February 2026 It's easy to lie with statistics. It's hard to tell the truth without statistics. — Andrejs Dunkles
Thought of The Day
20th February 2026 "The ability to intelligently fill your free time is the highest degree of personal culture." — Bertrand Russell
Copied/Inspired Songs of Bollywood
There are many YouTube channels which have cronicled how Bollywood has been copying, taking inspiration from songs across the globe. This one Youtube channe has a few videos which capture that trend very well. You'll be surprised to see that even the songs from 1950's and 60's were inspired or copied... When I shared this... Continue Reading →
Thought of The Day
19th February 2026 "I am no longer the story I was told to believe”
Thought of The Day
18th February 2026 “People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.” — Albert Camus
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