An Odyssey

Etymology: Prana + yama/ayama; In other words, the restraint and expansion of Prana If you’re new to Yoga, then the term ‘Prana’ has probably left you a little bewildered, and we understand. Prana is the subtle life energy flowing through all things , and without which the entire cosmos would have remained insentient. As we journey through life and stray from a more natural way of living, we diminish the wellspring of prana we were once endowed with. Consuming Tamasic* and Rajasic* stimuli congests and blocks the Nadis*. If you’ve been feeling emotionally off-kilter, foggy, piling on weight without reason, it’s a sign that something is fundamentally amiss and you may want to incorporate Pranayama into your lifestyle. Swami Sivananda says in his book ‘The Science of Pranayama’, when the Nadis are purified there is a “lightness of the body, brilliancy in complexion, increase of the gastric fire, leanness of the body, and the absence of restlessness”. That was the ‘What’. N...

We are all born connected to the stars. Let me make it clear from the outset, Astrology isn’t an art of soothsaying or in any way tied to fatalism. It’s about energy and vibration and patterns. Astrology can be used as a tool to estimate the general direction of an individual’s life, through an assessment of the interplay of his/her energies. It is also a mechanism for understanding his/her natural impulses and inclinations, and thus assisting in gently coaxing towards greatest potential. Carl Jung, known as the Father of Modern Analytical Psychology would often use Astrology as an aid to his psychotherapy and counseling sessions. Astrology has no means to determine your success, financial or otherwise and any astrologer worth his salt would never promise you such things. Instead, he could talk about your potential, blind spots, challenge areas, etc and how various aspects of your life blend, making it easier or more difficult for you to attain the desired objective...

First, there was the Industrial Revolution, then the creation and evolution of computers, followed by the innovation of the Internet. Mankind has constantly striven towards a grand unification. Perhaps a subconscious endeavor to emulate or replace our maker, Oedipus complex perchance? We want omnipotence. We want the most superfluous of our desires to be fulfilled instantaneously and at the click of a button, and the Internet of Things is a natural progression towards just this. What is the  Internet of Things, you ask? The Internet of Things is a new paradigm hoping to connect every device which runs on electricity to the world wide web Imagine driving home from an arduous day at work, and your car preemptively notifies the air conditioner in your room to switch on. Imagine a faulty streetlight alerting the maintenance department. Imagine your aunt’s pacemaker signaling a central app on her phone that it’s running out of battery. Sounds incredible right? The idea o...

There’s a much known ‘fact’ traveling the internet that the average time a recruiter takes to go through a resume is 6 seconds . What with an ever-rising workforce in an unreliable economy, it does seem like an accurate figure and thus a point of concern. If you intend to impress your prospective employer with your achievements in the form of a lengthy resume, you’re wasting precious paper and running on ill-fated hope. So, what then does a recruiter look for in a resume at first glance? Let’s talk about it. The most important bit is the ‘ Work Experience ’ section. If your experience doesn’t align with what the recruiter is looking for, you’ve saved him some more time. This also includes the Function and Designation you've worked as. But don't you worry. In the longer run, your Aptitude, Passion, and Grit will be more luminous no matter your work history. The ‘ Education ’ section is also a means to segregate employees, take for instance- with Engineering Grad...