June 2009
10 posts
Qawwali
Devotional song expressing the love and oneness with God sung by a group of people to the accompaniment of musical instruments. Now-a-days, it has taken popular form covering subjects of romance, liquor, etc.
Event Details
“U.G. Krishnamurti famously described enlightenment as a neurobiological state of being with no religious, psychological or mystical implications. He did not lecture, did not set up organizations, held no gatherings and professed to have no message for mankind. Known as the ‘anti-guru’, the ‘raging sage’ and the ‘thinker who shuns thought’, U.G. spent his life destroying accepted beliefs in...
The thing about traveling with people is that you don’t really know anything about them and they tend to try to define themselves through their thoughts on the country they’re traveling through. This is unfortunate.
“Beat murder like the shit is OK”
June 13th Marked the 1-Year Anniversary of...
And July 4th will mark the 27th Anniversary of Deepal
I learned a new word today. I'll use it in a...
Ehem. Life is one big exigency.
“So I parallel double parked that mother f**er sideways”
On Finding Yourself
A trip to the motherland for me is only about finding myself in so far as it helps me better understand myself in the context of my parents. And also, I’m like, sooo over finding myself.
Honesty
“You can’t be honest and dumb. You have to be honest and clever.”
The problem is that being honest and clever usually involves manipulation, which is dishonest, but being honest and dumb can lead to harm.
I kept alms
38 longs inside my mom’s Buick