The Rhythm of Life and Death

Contents Preface 1 High culture radiant moon and the tale of a taxi driver in the metropolis 2 Petals of the same flower 3 The mystery of fog and my engagement with Laxmi 4 The moment of meditation 5 As Music unfolds itself 6 Gift 7 Reading as enchantment 8 My philosophers at Khirsu 9 God or no God 10 Evaporation of identities 11 On football octopus Paul and my enchantment 12 Some rare moments 13 My Kurukshetra 14 Even domestic work is an act of prayer 15 For my own quest 16 Horizons beyond the research Committee 17 On bio data and final laughter 18 From revolution rhythm of living 19 Silence is purifying 20 On pain and compassion Reality is not just what is explicitly visible what statisticians measure tabulate and quantify That is merely surface reality Beneath it lies the deeper reality which reveals itself when the mind is without any armour when the heart opens up and when reason becomes free from all sorts of cunningness and instrumentality Only then does music touch us and take us to the depths of our existenceThe book is full of revelations an intimate engagement with the freshness of the morning and the depth of the dark silent night jacket 179 pp.…