Karina Pandya

“The root cause of suffering is attachment. Nothing is forever except change. Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except yourself. If you have no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone.”     Buddhist monks make use of mandalas made of sand to symbolise impermanence.  Buddhists believe that death is not the end and each colour on the mandala has a special meaning. Buddhists view impermanence (Anicca or Anitya) as one of the essential doctrines that posits “Everything changes and nothing lasts forever.’ This doctrine affirms that all of the ‘conditioned existence’ is nothing other than transient, inconstant and evanescent.    This really means that all our feelings, moods, desires and wants are constantly shifting and therefore so do our relationships with people. Nothing can remain the same forever. Life is a river of change, loss and rebirth.    It is also known as the first dharma seal (i.e., primary characteristic/principle) in Buddhi...

   “ Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance. Vipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-moment experience cleanses the mental layers, one after another. ” It is a Pali word that means to see    Imagine all you do is observe the rhythm of your breath. Having the enormous capacity to rewire your brain, you are a mute observer of your breath’s rhythmic dance. More than this, there is an extraordinary force which takes root in this simple yet profound act of mindful witnessing.    There is a gentle rise and fall of your breath which has an extraordinary ability to rewire the neural pathways in your brain, which results in a profound inner transformation.    It is in this dance of kindness that you can heal wounds and the dance of wounds weaves the fabric of understanding. One of the most ancient meditation techniques, this technique was revived by Satya Narayan Goenka who is known as t...

  If you are an aspiring filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter or actor; the OUTSIDERS FILM festival is where you should have been this Wednesday – the 22 nd  of November, 2023.  With an ensemble of 8 short- films; writer- Tarun Agarwal, under his prolific start-up company Icon Business Forum, organised this initiative along with director- Param Kalra at The Veda Factory, Andheri. The event was anchored by a content creator and influencer, Chandni Somaya.  With Tarun Agarwal’s short film 'Honesty Weds Dishonesty' starting off the event, the event soon became a crowd-puller as many notable film-makers such as Sangeeta Babani, Vinita Nanda, Amit Be Nandita Puri, National Award-winning director -Iqbal Niyazi, Param Kalra and Tarun Agarwal screened their films.  The short films included Honesty Weds Dishonesty, Dhuaan, Khidkiyaan, Happy Got Lucky, Favourite Chai, Mulaqat, CH20 and Alfaaz.  L     List of films Screened 1.     ...

  Unravelling the esoteric wisdom of spirituality of lord Hanuman (a Hindu deity known for love, compassion, devotion, strength and intelligence) to a group of tribals, Immortal Talks is a summary of the teachings of Lord Hanuman to his ardent disciples.     These immortal talks reveal various mysteries of life and secrets of spiritual powers, brushing across topics such as reality, karma, desire, soul, destiny, time and space. These teachings are not at all ordinary as they have been collected over an entire lifetime of being on a path towards immorality and the evolution of consciousness beyond one single lifetime.   The book begins with two monks (Swamiji and Hanudas) secretly observing a group of tribal people (Mahtangs) in a forested mountain, in a long quest to know Lord Hanuman. These tribal people were known to have observed particular behaviour characteristics where it felt as if they were talking to somebody who was invisible. However, what was unknown to a...

  Author of the #1 international bestselling book, ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Thing’, Joseph Nguyen has written several other books such as ‘Healing Anxiety & Overthinking Journal & Workbook: Let Go of Anxiety, Overcome Fear and End Suffering’ and Beyond Suffering. His international best-seller has even been translated into over 31 languages!      He has dedicated his life to helping people see things beyond what they can currently see and live a limitless life full of inspiration and passion. Nguyen is also a spiritual leader who helps other people realise their divine purpose and live a life free from psychological suffering. He spends most of his time coaching, writing, speaking and teaching he is well-known for sharing his wisdom with people.      A book which is meant to help any person deal with psychological and emotional sufferings such as anxiety, depression, negative thoughts and feelings; this book is an empowering book which...

A prolific Indian screenplay writer and author, Gajra Kotthary, is also the recipient of multiple awards for television including the Indian Television Academy Award, RAPA Award, Indian Telly Award, Apsara Award and the Global Indian Television’s Best Writer Award.    Having debuted as an author in 1996 with her first collection of women-centric short stories titled Fragile Victories, it was soon followed by another compendium entitled The Last Laugh. Her debut novel – Broken Melodies was published by HarperCollins India in 2011, simultaneously with its Hindi translation Bikhre Sur.    She also co-authored her first original Hindi novel – Kora Kaagaz. Her subsequent novels followed with Once Upon A Star in 2014 and Girls Don’t Cry in 2017 (by HarperCollins India). She has also written two audiobooks for Storytel – The Perfect Switch in 2019 and Couple Goals in 2020 (voiced by Soha Ali Khan).    In 2021, Gajra published a non-fiction novel ‘Healing At The Mo...

    Since its inception, Artificial Intelligence has been a simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. It is the art of making machines think. behave and act like humans.  In turn AI, i.e., the intelligence of machines as opposed to the intelligence of human beings is capable of processing large amounts of data. It can adjust to new inputs and perform human-like tasks, using a family of technologies.   As competition is growing in every field, artificial intelligence writing tools make content based on user input. These tools can be used to create product descriptions, articles, blog posts, landing pages and much more.  AI can help speed up your content creation and even give you ideas for writing your book (if you are an author). There are many different AI writing tools that are available in today’s time and age      Some of the best AI writing tools which can be found in the market includ...