Author Archives: Arun

Buku (my son) was hitting me yesterday to show the power of his punch. I told him the real power was to control the punch even if he feels like punching someone. He should only show his power when he hits the football. He reiterated, not sure he understood or not.

I am sure as he grows up experience will teach him when to resist and retaliate. But not yet.

I remember infrequently visiting the Golpark Ramakrishna Mission during my engineering days, preferably after the evening prayers. I am an atheist and I didn’t have any question. I preferred to remain unnoticed in a corner and enjoy the tranquillity. I feel the same when I visit the Church during Christmas after the Mass when most visitors had left.

I clearly understand the meaning of that feeling now – it signifies the peace of the void. It takes you beyond nature because your mind is unoccupied, there’s no influence of nature left in it. And that’s the only state of mind where you are more powerful than nature. You aren’t disturbed by life or death or happiness or anger or pride or envy… it’s completeness. The state at the time before nature existed – nothingness.

People surprise most in your moments of weakness.

What’s the best way to engage yourself? Create something new.

It’s not progress if you leave the best of yourself behind.

I miss the sunset at Benaulim and the broken dock by the Mandovi where time stood still.

Amrita (my wife), we must time travel when it’s over.

Be 18 at heart, 13 at mind.
Reject anything that tends to change it.

Buku’s secret password to a Pi 4 with Ubuntu 20.04 written in a very secret place. Guess the username!