The Body by Bill Bryson | Book Review
Bill Bryson’s Book ‘ The Body’ – A Fascinating Read… #books #BookReviews Continue reading The Body by Bill Bryson | Book Review
Category: Random Thoughts
What the heck is Club House ?
I received my invite to join Clubhouse on Feb 5th and it has been a little over 15 days since I have been. Thought I will document my experience on a Podcast Episode. You can subscribe to ‘The Penpositive Podcast’ on any podcasting platforms. You can listen it here as well Continue reading What the heck is Club House ?
Nine Lies About Work | Book Podcast
‘Nine Lies About Work’ – A Freethinking Leaders guide to the real world by Marcus Buckingham & Ashley Goodall is a fascinating read. The Authors take us through 9 thoughts about work that many have come to believe to be true. But it might not be so. At least here is a different way to look at them. Potential, weaknesses, ratings, leadership, love of work … Continue reading Nine Lies About Work | Book Podcast
Moronic Feelings drenched in tears
How long does it take to wash the tears from a face..? One could say it will take a long time because all tears don’t find it’s relief out of the eyes.. some well up and then disappear into some corner of the mind like they never existed.. only to appear at times we least expect it to… I knew someone who once cried in … Continue reading Moronic Feelings drenched in tears
It feels like ages since I wrote
Today I felt it has been so long since I wrote anything. There was a time when I would write every day. That was a time before videos. A time when I would wake up and think what should I pen today. Poetry, Prose, Twiction, Flash Fiction, Article, Ramblings… Anything…it did not matter… life was wordy and one could explain it in short and long … Continue reading It feels like ages since I wrote
Are we losing a part of us……
Sushanth’s death is a shock to a lot of people… people who knew him personally and others like us who have enjoyed watching his films and were looking forward to watching so many more amazing work form him… That shock….. that is how people feel when they hear such a news. Whenever we hear that someone we know has ended their life… we are in … Continue reading Are we losing a part of us……
Tolerance above Everything else…
A few weeks back as I was walking across the aisles at Fremont Costco, I hear a soft chanting…. ‘Narayana… Narayana…. Narayana..’ I look around but there was no one around…. After a while it started all over again…. but this time I was able find the source…. Rahi walking next to me has been chanting all the while… I was very amused because one … Continue reading Tolerance above Everything else…
Love at the time of Tolera(nce)
I don’t believe in a God or a supreme power; But I trust (and can fully give) in the love that many people (I know), get from their faith in a God or Supreme Power or spirituality or what ever they have faith in. I am an atheist; but for me ‘Love’ is an emotion for which I don’t really care the source/belief/idea/imagination from which … Continue reading Love at the time of Tolera(nce)
Learning from Philip Levine on – What Work Is
I was watching an interview with Philip Levine as he remembers his life in the Ford’s River Rouge Plant. As he talks about his life there; a time when his young self never knew if he would ever have a way out of there and not even in his wildest dreams did he think it would be poetry. As he says that the interviewer asks … Continue reading Learning from Philip Levine on – What Work Is
On this World Poetry day sharing Welch, Whalen and Snyder
Today Wednesday March 21 is the World Poetry Day. Instead of writing something I want to share with you three poems by three poets, all associated with the Beat movement. First poet is Lew Welch, Beat poet, who published and performed wildly in 1960s ad also taught Poetry Workshops in SF from 1965 to 1970. And the poem of his that I selected is ‘This … Continue reading On this World Poetry day sharing Welch, Whalen and Snyder
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