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I I love visiting hand-crafted websites which feel like home—a personal space—that shall be visited by a few. even if the masses arrive, they seldom feel home. not everyone knows the scent of a homegrown tulsi. ribo.zone in a world of commercially-built apartments, same windows, same corners, with no life of their own. even the errors are replicated like fractals. people living on such social…
I am watching Mahābhārata from the beginning and here are some notes from the episodes. S01E01: Śāntanu accepts Bhīṣma as son Śāntanu is with Satyavati King Śāntanu expresses his feelings to Satyavati that he finds śānti (peace) when he is with her. She tells him that only those with all the sukha (worldly pleasures) value śānti. Others want sukha. The path to sukha is saṅgharṣa (struggle).…
We have an interesting relationship with tools. Humans have been using tools for so long that we named the crucial years of human civilizational developement as the Copper Age , the Bronze Age , and the Iron Age . But we have been using tools even before we discovered metals. From sticks and stones, to metals and machines — tools have come a long way. What is a tool? When I try to define and…
This was originally posted on Vihāna . Dharma teaches us that two things that are different or even opposites can still exist together in harmony. In fact, they can be so essential for one another that one loses meaning if the other ceases to exist. Like, light and darkness. One such paradoxical existence of two opposites is that of control and freedom. Which is better? Complete control by the…
You may know I am obsessed with metaphors and how they help us build better mental models for life. This post is going to deal with one such metaphor — between the needs of an mvp and needs of a human . It will start to make sense. Just bear with me. What is a product? Where there is a problem, there is a product. — Me A product comes into existence when its time arrives. It is essentially created…
T T he simplest thing in Mathematics after counting is addition, followed by subtraction. You may feel both are different, but they are really not, if you know negative numbers . Adding a positive number is same as subtracting negative of the same number. A + B = A − ( − B ) Alternatively, subtracting a positive number is same as adding the negative of same number. A − B = A + ( − B ) This works…
E E verything begins with one person, be it a religion, a belief, a government, a country, or anything else. In the beginning, it’s novel, unique, and real. It may be even termed as “weird”, before it gets accepted by a handful of people. But unlike the word “special”, the word “weird” brings in some negative connotations with it — something that is abnormal, an outlier, perhaps a disease. But…
Why is “articulation” valued in conversations when the stakes are higher? Language is a tool used to share messages and information. It involves encoding and decoding at either ends. Many (seemingly unnecessary) structures arise in languages with time such as capital letters, articles, silent letters, etc. to help with its efficiency. Some make it easy to vocalize while others keep the sanctity of…
This was originally published on Medium . i watched camila mendes’ movie Upgraded . it’s a simple yet beautiful romantic story. it binds moments of serendipity and hardwork into a life where dreams can sprout into existence. Ana, the lead character is living with her elder sister in a one-bedroom apartment and her jija does not really enjoy it. he makes it abundantly clear from the very first…
Sanskrit pronunciation: [nɐmɐste:] , Devanagari: नमस्ते I was thinking what should be my first post about? I chose “Namaste” because that’s how I started with coding as well — hello world! . Greetings to you for visiting my home on the internet. 🔔 --> You may have heard the word “Namaste” before, from your yoga intructor or an Indian friend. In common use, we say “Namaste” to greet someone in…