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Me and Number 27 Here are some stanzas @27 conveying similar meanings : Soundarya Lahari - Verse 27 https://share.google/6rsZVnTeghHtKs0qK Bhagavad Gita As It Is, 9.27: The Most Confidential Knowledge, Text 27. https://share.google/gniUs4oK05xeh96IA Stanza 27 of Shivanandalahari By Shankaracharya : Karasthe hemadrou Gireesha nikatasthe dhana pathou, Gruhasthe sarvabujamara surabhi chinthamanir gane, Shirasthe sheetamsau charana yugalsthe akhila shubha, Kamartha dasyoham bhavathu bhavadarthe mama mana. 27 In your hands is the Golden mountain, Near you is the Lord of Riches, In your house is the wish giving tree, The Cow which grants everything, The precious stone fulfilling , Any wish that enters your mind, And such many others, On your head is the moon with cool rays, And all the good in the world is always on your feet, And so what can slave offer you my Lord, Except my mind which can be given as the offering.

Speaking Tree (Economic Times, July 17, 2025) Solitude & Loneliness One need not agree with all the views aired in pieces like this. But, many of us skip such articles assuming that "this is not my cup of tea". Writers like Narayani Ganesh read and remember a lot, before putting together pieces like this. It's for us to take advantage of the balanced dish served on our table. In this column today (Speaking Tree, ET, July 17, 2025), the writer observes loneliness from different angles and digs out different perspectives of different people across time zones. When we read, what gets our attention will depend on our mood while reading and our journey so far. In my case, my thoughts wandered around my personal experience as a loner and spells of absolute loneliness I've experienced in crowds (to borrow the theme of the title of MT Vasudevan Nair's book "Aalkkoottathil Thaniye"(Alone in The Crowd). During my childhood, due to circumstances beyond our...

A piece of history* Rattanbai Petit, the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah Rattanbai Petit, the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the leader behind the Pakistan Movement, was a Parsi from an aristocratic family in Bombay, with there being a 24-year age gap between the couple. She is buried in Mumbai and her descendants, the Wadias (through their daughter Dina) live in India. Rattanbai Petit (often informally called "Ruttie") was born on 20 February 1900 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India, into the extremely affluent and well-connected Petit family that belonged to the Parsi community. She was the only daughter of the businessman Sir Dinshaw Petit, the second baronet Petit, and his wife Lady Dinabai Petit. Her paternal grandfather, Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, the first baronet, had built some of the earliest cotton mills in India. He was also a philanthropist who aided the Zoroastrians of Iran who were persecuted by the Qajars. Her brother, Fali, who later became Sir Dinshaw...

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday July 6, 2025 Friends Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday during this week. Nice Day M G Warrier A The XIV Dalai Lama The XIV Dalai Lama can be a case study in facing life's challenges. His is perhaps a miraculous survival story. Don't know what divine powers or spiritual ancestral background or his own will power helped him in travelling through the paths he created for himself bypassing several dead ends. He keeps smiling. He's able to tease bearded celebrities by pulling their beard in public and get away unhurt! Narayani Ganesh tells us* that Shanti Deva's "A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life" is his favourite book. I have today ordered a copy of the book which has just 100 plus pages. I loved Lama's assertion that "If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there's no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there's no help...