October, 2015

• 5 October

  Munching Monk Finals: A Malvani Seafood Fiesta

  

  Food defines us and creates a memory that only our own senses can conceive. Malvani food has always been the shining star amongst various cuisines in Maharashtra and so no wonder ‘Hotel Malvan’ is standing tall since 1923. A very long time indeed for any food outlet to sustain, more …
• 5 October

  Munching Monk Finals: Baptized by Steak

  

    Tucked away in the corner of Strand St. in Colaba, is this simple, unassuming restaurant with its modest look and refreshing charm. Almost untouched by any arrogant display of ‘décor’ and firmly refusing to drown in the cacophony of ‘trendy’ music, New Martin Hotel promises good quality Goan food, …
• 5 October

  Munching Monk Finals: The Goodluck Kheema

  

  I’ll tell you later about the tastiest yet, not quite pretty bowl of Mutton Keema that I had for lunch today at The GoodLuck Cafe, but first let me tell you all about how I got in there and finally secured a table for myself. This Irani Café-Restaurant has been …
• 4 October

  The Observer behind the Veil: Buddhism and the concept of Non-Self

  

  More than often, one stumbles upon a piece of literature which opens up a wide range of concepts in mind; concepts which were hitherto unexplored of and even denied blatantly in the past. These pieces of literature have a huge impact on the way we view the world around us, …
• 3 October

  Monism & Sanskrit: How two become one

  

  This is article #6 – part of deep trip series on Sanskrit. Before you proceed, please read the previous articles in the series. Click here for Article #1… Click here for Article #2… Click here for article #3… Click here for article #4… Click here for article #5… “We are eagles of ‘one’ …
• 2 October

  Sanskrit, why so serious? Mankind’s oldest jokes translated to English

  

  This is article #5 – part of deep trip series on Sanskrit. Before you proceed, please read the previous articles in the series. Click here for Article #1… Click here for Article #2… Click here for article #3… Click here for article #4… After some serious exploration in the last 3 articles, …
• 2 October

  2nd October Special: Experimenting with Truth or Playing with Fire?

  

  ‘At the stroke of the midnight hour when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.’ Words are always chosen carefully when it comes to deliver a message to the masses. They can be used to bring up hate, love, violence, riots, peace and many other social conventions …
• 1 October

  Books VS Movies- It’s a tie!

  

  A number of discussions can be found online on the eternal question of ‘books vs movies-which is better’. The opinion is overwhelmingly in favour of books, but that is a bit unfair. I would like to present the arguments favouring books that seemed to be the most logical ones: 1) …
• 1 October

  11 Sanskrit words that describe consciousness in ways that English can’t

  

  This is article #4 – part of deep trip series on Sanskrit. Before you proceed, please read the previous articles in the series. Click here for Article #1… Click here for Article #2… Click here for article #3… Through this series of articles, I claim of an existence of a psychedelic …