A recent white paper on the Apple iPhone that I wrote for TechDirt’s Insight Community has been featured on the TechDirt website: TIC’s Picks: How Can Others Respond To The iPhone? Vinaya HS explains why it’s a mistake for other device makers to simply copy the iPhone, rather than leapfrogging it with new innovations (even […]
Highlights: No credit card expenses for the second month running. There’s no outstanding balance on the credit card too. Thanks to PayPal, I could do a direct $15 transfer to my web host and avoid picking up a credit card tab. Overall expenses down 18.92% over May, 2007. Although I am not budgeting at the […]
Namaskara, You would all know that one of the names given to Arjuna was “Savyasachi.” He got this name because he was able to use his weapons with equal ease with both of his hands. In English, we call this as being ambidextrous. Feel free to offer your suggestion or correct any mistake in the […]
It’s been a long hiatus. One fine morning, I woke up to discover that I was no longer passionate about blogging! I don’t fully understand why that happened, but it did. As G’s latest comment on the latest Adhyatma Chintane says: This blog needs some Red Bull. Any donors? Shortly we will see this on […]
Namaskara, Today we will learn the meaning of the word Ghatothkacha. “Ghato ayam Uthkachoyam.” When he was born there was not a single hair on his head. He was as bald as a pot (ghata). In the next second, there was a lot of hair (Uthkachoyam). So initially it was as bald as a pot […]
Namaskara, Today, we will learn the meaning of the term “Mahabharata.” “Mahatvat bharavatvat cha MahaBharatham uchyate.” Meaning of the shloka: Since the epic is of great significance and it is very heavy it was called “Mahabharatha.” The Mahabharatha contains one lac (100,000) shlokas and is most likely the largest epic ever written. All of us […]
Namaskara. Today we will learn the significance of the term “Phalguna.” One of the names for the great warrior Arjuna was “Phalguna.” Let us understand why he is called by this name. Arjuna was born in the Phalguna masa. As a result he acquired that name. You can argue that many people are born in […]