Time and again it seems to be really really difficult to win people. I wonder what how trust incubates. We seem to trust people in about couple of minutes while even after a life-time one fails to trust a sincere person. Is trust a two way handshake? or Is it a culmination of events. Lessons in inter-personal phsychology!! :)

Mark pointed out that inspite of declaring my self as half Catalan i didn't ask forgiveness in the language. So here i go, "Perdoneu-me, si us plau". Its has really been great hearing from friends after a long time. Every once in a while many small glitterring and tittering remenisces of mates makes one feel better :) but keeping in touch strengthens that bond.

On an unrelated point i'm interested in looking at alternative ways of authoring in modern times. The same ol' traditional way of sitting, organizing ones thoughts and then pennning then down can certainly be bettered!! I remeber Jason at UCSC had an interesting idea of having a spider run through some of onces unrelated ideas and make a poem for you. He claimed this to be a good working material to render the poem better, than the traditional mode of the dreamers. Any other relevant efforts?

Shyamapana

Its Shyampana Day - the last day of Parushan. Here is what i would like to say to all my buddies..

Dear Friends:
Liebe Freunde

Of late I've really been guilty of not keeping in touch. So here is the reason - what better, a festival!! Yep it’s the "Shyamapana festival". Shyamapana is a festival of forgiveness; it’s popular in folks of Jain faith. This day culminates a week long fest of repentance called as "Paryushan". To quote an article :

"For 357 days of the year we carry out our responsibilities to our business, our family and our career. We live a very busy, worldly life. In the process, we accumulate a lot of mental and emotional clutter. We gather unnecessary baggage of pride, fear, animosity, greed, ego and delusions in our thoughts and feelings. So Paryushan is the time to clear that clutter and make a bonfire to burn that junk, that rubbish which is corrupting our minds, our lives and our relationships. The Jains have designed the special eight days of Paryushan as a time of reflection, purification and renewal."

So over the last year if I would have hurt your feelings in any way or form, please forgive me – “Michammi Dukdam” (“Verzeihen Sie mir bitte”) and give me mandate to start a new score J!!

Take Care…

Cheers,
Vaibhav
~~My Jain Influences~~

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