DK Kapila The Oracle

Life - The Lockdown cum Curfew DK Kapila Yesterday we stepped out for a short walk. It was late evening and the breeze was chilly. We also visually confirmed that the presence of fellow humans was limited on the roads of our locality. One needs to be careful but then it also gets into the system. What a day to experience that the presence of fellow human beings brings caution to mind.! On one particular road it was so very silent and quiet that it was unnerving. Rather an uncomfortable feeling rose up from within. Just around 730 pm or so, maybe 8 pm. It was as though nobody was around in the world. Just roads and houses neatly laid out with lights on. The mind then plays tricks and you tend to remember some movies which were centred around such themes. It was creepy to use such a word. In fact the first and foremost thought to be brought up in mind now and most importantly is that we are safe and strong. More important to me is cherishing the thought and retaining it, the thought...

 Short Note on Philosophy and Action By  Dinesh Kumar Kapila We spend a long time on gauging what is the right way, the correct way, the economic way, the logical way, maybe the ethical way to reaching a decision. Manuals and Policy Prescriptions abound across Universities, Colleges of Management, Formal Organisations and the Government. Now we need to searching for what is the essence of the whole process. Maybe a short story would help. There was a Rishi (a holy man, a seer) who, when not meditating and interpreting the scriptures, also oversaw the functioning of his Ashram(young monks etc were taught the fundamentals of education at such Ashrams). Some disciples would tread only the spiritual path and forsake the temporal path and maybe evolve as the Rishis of the future. Anyway, this particular Rishi, an evolved soul, one day had a rather tough bout of self realisation. He felt he had been too proximate to the real world and perhaps now required to retreat to The Hima...

Women’s Day From Last Year. And Added. Dinesh K Kapila I am going absolutely as it comes on this. What do we mean by Women’s Day. That is stated in the end and was so stated last year. I did post that this year too but it left me unsettled. Honestly. Tell me, when we look at women giving interviews to the audio visual media, we are judging their confidence too. That makes us realise their self confidence and assess the faith and passion they have in what they espouse. While I do not seek to uphold all that is sourced from the Western World as correct and worth emulating, after all there is something called cultural heritage too, but I draw the line at personifying confidence. What do you perceive when a woman or lady speaks from the typical western mindset. She stands up straight and looks at the camera directly or at the interviewer. The voice comes clear and so does the eye contact. I have spent time on this over the years requesting and advising women to look at me or t the c...