Monthly Archives: May 2009

Recognizing sincerity

Today, one of my teachers from Vivekananda Vidyapith, the Sunday School I used to attend, sent me the following story, told by Swami Vivekananda. It appeared in the publication “The Vedanta Kesari,” in February this year.

Who serves the Lord the Best

A rich man had a garden and two gardners. One of these gardners was very [...]

Learning from Karna

Earlier today, I was just reading through some parts of Kamala Subramaniam’s rendition of the Mahabharata. As I read about Karna’s life and his lifelong struggle to prove himself to everyone, my heart went out to him. Throughout his life, Karna was, at many times, cursed and ill-treated because of Kunti’s decision to give him [...]

Graduating?

I’m home right now for my sister’s college graduation, and we’re all really excited about it. She’s going on to grad school, but a lot of her friends are starting to work and are probably done with school FOREVER, which is very weird for them. I was hanging out with my sister and [...]