Warrier's Collage 20102020 : Excerpts

Welcome to Warrier's Daily COLLAGE October 20, 2020 Tuesday Your daily dose of inspiration, writings - by you, for you : Curated by MG Warrier 1 Prayer (Day 4 of Navratri) https://youtu.be/aV3CZ5xbMaY (Kushmanda Matha) 2 Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STsCWx_DbOo (1972 : Link provided by Ramesh Warrier) Quote for the Day* : "If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door." Milton Berle *Contributed by S R Badrinarayanan Yesterday there was no "Quote for the day" in Collage. Inadvertently some letters under the caption remained in email edition. In this Issue : A Interaction Swati Thiagarajan B Navratri C. Book Preview : Arun Shourie M G Warrier A Interaction 1) More about Swati Thiagarajan Nhttps://www.ndtv.com/blog/gandhijis-request-to-my-grandmother-ms-subbulakshmi-1261287 Swati talks about her grandmother MS Subbalakshmi (Some readers asked Collage to confirm authenticity of the forwards quoting Swati included yesterday 2) Janardhana Warrier Thalassery "🙏🏽 Excellent summarization of Nav Rathri days. Selection of Sri Shyamala Dandakam on this third day of Navrathri is very important. 👍🌹" B Navratri* During 'navratri' festival, the people of India are in a devotional mode. Namaskar to Devi Mata. Let's see different facets of Bhakti. Bhakti that is devotion is defined as : ' Bhakti is constant flow of intense love for God that is based on knowledge of attributes of God who is limitless, infinite, auspicious and devoid of any fault.' Bhagwat Purana lists nine forms of 'bhakti' as follows. i) shravana - listening to the glorious deeds of God from scriptures and holy men, ii) kirtana - reciting God's glorious names or praises, iii) smarana - remembering God's glorious deeds that is lila, iv) vandana - offering salutation to God's image, v) archana -worshipping God vi) padasevan - falling prostrate at the feet of God's image, vii) dasya - the state of servant through humility and service to God, viii) sakhya - friendly relation with God, ix) atmanivedana - self dedication to God. Best wishes to all on the eve of 'navratri' festival. *Contributed by V N Kelkar C Book Preview : Arun Shourie https://openthemagazine.com/essay/the-sense-of-an-ending/ About Arun Shourie's book "Preparing for Death" being released on October 26, 2020. Please open the link later in the day... Also read : https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/preparing-for-death-arun-shouries-latest-is-guide-to-dying-peacefully-6721115/

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