Writing again

I long to write again. Here are some excellent websites I stumbled upon over the last couple of days:

1. Zen Habits: Leo Babauta experiments with minimalist living are inspiring: www.zenhabits.net

2. The Divine Within: http://thedivinewithin.blogspot.com/

A contemporary spiritual legend once said, "Expansion is love, contraction is death." I hope we all continue to expand, and lead a life of wisdom, enlightenment, simplicity and beauty.

Universal field of consciousness

This talk of Deepak Chopra reverberates with age old wisdom of oneness of creation and is a must listen. Best of all, Deepak Chopra tells the secret to prosperity.

Click here to see the video

Steve Job's Stanford Address

This is the commencement address given by Steve Jobs at Stanford University in 2005. The undercurrent is love whatever you do and follow your heart.

Click here to listen to the talk

Why India lags behind China?

Arvind Panagariya, a Professor at Coumbia University, explains in this Voxeu article, based on his forthcoming book "India: The Emerging Giant" (OUP, USA).

Love thine enemy!

The world is yet to come across a message more powerful than these these words put together 'Love thine enemy'. At the outset, the message appears as though it is directed to naive weaklings who cannot address injustice. But humanity is yet to find a remedy as powerful, as effective and as peaceful.

In this world torn by strife, pain and distress, our only hope is love. When saints proclaim love as the basis of human existence, we choose not to comprehend the depth of their message. 'Love' sounds like a word, that should at best be left to rhetoric and not to reality. We choose to blend love and hatred into a single tune and let it play through our lives. We are glad with our ability to give back love and, with greater force, hatred.

Can more darkness ever remove darkness? Wont an eye for an eye make the whole world blind? We are wise people with a lone weakness: we can very successfully choose to ignore age old wisdom. In our quest for justice, we reciprocate hatred with more hatred, pain with more pain. Where does this ever enduring process culminate? Our ability to grow and celebrate the life we spend on this earth will very much depend our our ability to adhere to time tested ideals of non-violence, love and peace.

War and peace are rooted in fear and courage. Fear fosters hatred and hatred leads to violence and enmity. Courage fosters love and love, non-violence and peace. We do not and cannot choose war or peace, we only choose to be struck by fear or courage, we only choose to hate or love our enemies.

Corsica

I went to this little explored place in France for attending a Summer School. My room was in the guest house of the Institute and the Institute was on the sea-shore. This was one of the most beautiful places I ever visited. The sound of the waves in the night and small ships with night lights made this visit all the more memorable.

Lindau Nobel Prize Meeting

It has been long since I posted; but the last few months had been pretty engaging. I had been one of the 300 young economists selected from across the world for participating at the 2nd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Economics. The meeting was set on the beautiful little island of Lindau in the southern part of Germany. As many as ten nobels participated at the four day event that was inaugurated by the German President. John Nash Jr., Sir Douglas North, Sir James Mirlees, Clive Granger, Robert Mundell, Reinhard Selten, Robert Engel, Finn Kydland were the nobels who lectured over those wonderful four days. I really commend the Lindau Council for organising such a grand event. On the final day we were taken to University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) for the final panel session. We then visited the Island of Mainau. The Countess of Mainau is the President of the Lindau Council. She bade us a great grand farewell there and a tour guide guided us through the picturesque island.


With Dr. John Nash, Jr. at the 2nd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Economics