I read this article on Lifepositive.com about a year ago and could immediately relate to the Author (Arundhati Bhanot) and her experiences. I’m posting it here for this website’s readers. BY Arundhati Bhanot Once in a while, one comes across a soul who has let go of the world. And when such a deep meditative…
This morning I had the urgency to get my discipline back and my meditation and other practices in order, which I have been ignoring for a long time now. These words of wisdom used to hang in my office when I worked at MVU. For everyone’s good, here is the Ultimate Truth as spoken by…
After The Road Not Taken, here is another one of Robert Frost poems presented in his own voice. I had not read this one before. I actually ran into it while I was in India. A great story, a great poem, a dilemma for the bridegroom! If you are having issues with the player, here…
After Le Chale Le Chale, here is another song (finale) performed by MSU’s Indian Graduate Students during SARGAM night last month. The original is by the Indian fusion band, Indian Ocean. It is about terrorism and how we can make earth a better place to live. This one’s another recent favorite of mine to play…
I went to see a cultural function, SARGAM presented by the Indian grad students of Michigan State University on the 18th of Nov. Out of the show, my pick was this song from the Hindi movie, My Brother Nikhil. Suprisingly, I hadn’t heard of either the song or the movie until then. It’s a fabulous…
This last Sunday a group of Monkeys came over to our vicinity and just hung out there, ate Guavas from a tree next to our house, and some just basked in the sun on the chilly morning. I took some videos of them jumping around and added the theme song of Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) in…
A few friends asked me to put up this poem of Robert Frost after I put up his famous work, Stopping by the woods. This one is another great piece of poetry with inspiring words. Enjoy the poem in the Poet’s Own Voice! Here is the MP3 of the poem. [audio:http://gautamrohtak.googlepages.com/RobertFrost-TheRoadLessTraveled.mp3] Words: TWO roads diverged…
I found an old recording that Nikhil and I had done back in January. For some reason, we didn’t like the recording at the time. However, now that I listen to it, I think it turned out alright. My vocals could have been a little better. Nikhil played the Guitar classical style and just like…
Yesterday I found that I have a great collection of Robert Frost poems and some of his videos on a CD. Here’s one of his best known poems of all time, which he recites in his own voice. Indeed…I too have some promises to keep on my own. Enjoy! Here is the MP3 of the…