There is no shade of grey anywhere in any of these so called righteous characters. It was always imprinted on us that our traditions are of utmost value and that you can either be Tulsi (drama queen of one of the soaps) or can be Komolika (part of the wicked brigade in this soap). These silly billies abuse religion as marijuana. Of course it is a propaganda by the moral police/TRP-greedy-color-blind soap producers.

Oh come on, do you really have to ask this? a secret, these soap producers are color-blind!) To add injury to the insult, these daily hindi soaps glorify all the outdated traditions and show everything in the shades of only white and black. This whole package is called 'Bharatiya Sanskruti' by these silly billies. Indians think they are better off than the westerners solely because of the spiritual power - the power that is passed on just because they have the Indian heritage and follow its cultures and mores. The prime disadvantage is the constant heavy-duty shower of the so-called 'bharatiya sanskruti' lectures. Growing up in countryside in India comes with lots of perks and disadvantages. It is extremely difficult to practice being in equilibrium and not giving into either too much happiness or feel too much sadness. Stithpragya is a state of mind that does not get impacted by either profit or loss. What we need is to reach a state of being 'Stithpragya'. I remember one very vivid memory of my dad telling me to live a balanced life. Krishna mentions, excess of anything is also a sin. Everyone comes empty-handed and leaves empty-handed.Why have we all become so objective and materialistic? we did not produce anything that could be destroyed, so nothing should worry us.Ignoring the religious aspect of the above lines, philosophically it touched me on so many levels: Everyone came in this world empty handed and shall go the same way. Whatever you will give, you will give it to the God. Whatever you have, you have received it from the God only while on this earth. 'What did you bring at the time of birth, that you have lost? What did you produce, which is destroyed? You didn't bring anything when you were born. What stuck out to me was the following lines: Well, coming back to the original topic of Geeta Saar, I felt a powerful connection today to myself after reading the entire Geeta Saar. Do not weep for the past, do not worry for the future, concentrate on your present life.) अतीत के लिए मत रोओ, अपने वर्तमान जीवन पर ध्यान केंद्रित करो , भविष्य के लिए चिंता मत करो (Whatever happened in the past, it happened for the good Whatever is happening, is happening for the good Whatever shall happen in the future, shall happen for the good only. So, after reading this Geeta saar today again, I felt so overwhelmed, so connected with my roots.įor those who don't remember it, here's the hindi and english version: Those were fun times, and as a kid, you don't really give any thought to the bigger meaning of life especially when you are chanting philosophically deep book like Geeta. Growing up, my grandma used to enforce daily chanting of Geeta Saar in the evenings with all kids together (I used to live in a joint family of 10-12 people, with an incoming, unannounced, no-appointment oriented load of guests, friends, coming over to stay, visit, etc.) The one sentence that caught my attention was 'Change is the law of this universe!' As I was sitting in the mandir, listening to the chants, observing people, I saw Geeta Saar (summary of the holy book - Geeta) posted on the wall. Today I went to Hindu temple Sunnyvale with some of my friends after my dance practice. Krishna: Change is the law of this universe!

Mahabharat geeta saar in hindi