Writing this after listening to a video of Dr. Sri. Garikapati Narasimha Rao garu about nature of Swami Vivekananda since his childhood days. Swami Vivekanada has a nature of giving to needy almost from his age of four. If he finds someone without cloths, he used to just give away cloths that he was wearing. One day his mother made him to stay in his father’s room with an intention that he would know limits of giving. Since his father’s room is full of books, she thought he cannot do anything. But he found long coats of his father hanged…
Author: Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Srinivasu is an accessibility evangelist with 16+ years of experience. Currently works as Senior Accessibility Program Manager at Watermark. Previousely held several positions at companies like BarrierBreak, Yahoo, PayPal, Deque, HCL etc., He believes in the teachings of Shri. Adi Sankaracharya, Swami Vivekananda. He is also Founder of ServeOM Inclusion - a platform to pormote accessibility.
For a few weeks now, I regularly listen to Pravachanams (speeches) of Dr. Sri. Garikapati Narasimha Rao garu (in Telugu); I learn something from each speech. I wish I should have started listening to his speeches earlier; better late than never. In one of his recent speeches, something touched me indeed and I thought sharing here may benefit at least someone in this world and I shall feel utmost happy if this happens to someone I know. In his recent speeches, Shri. Guruvu garu (Shri. Garikapati) mentions that he got a call from a couple who live in the United…
After announcing lock down across the country, Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi addressed the nation for the first time today and has an appeal for all of us. Dear Fellow Citizens, thank you for making Janata Curfew a grand success on 22nd March, 2020 and staying at home during lock down period. Yes, there would be some inconveniences but unfortunately we have no option to save our country. Appeal from our beloved Prime Minister is that on Sunday the 5th April, 2020 at 9pm (IST) for 9 minitues, turn off all lights in our house and light a lamp (it…
As we know, we are going through difficult times due to COVID-19 and major hit on global economy. It’s unfortunate that many businesses have come to a halt. Yes, it’s temporary – in fact, everything in this world is temporary! Like everyone, I’m also seeing decline in my portfolio but I’m optimistic that situation has begun to improve. Here is what I did in last few weeks. I have sold short-term mutual funds with a nominal margin. I have decided not to buy new stocks except State Bank of India. I have continued investing on daily basis on the stocks…
Ugadi is one of the popular festival for Telugu Speaking people. There is a 60 year cycle in Telugu calendars and we are now entering into 34th year that is named “Sarwari”. Although right now we are all dealing with COVID 19 also known as Carona Virus, we will get rid of this difficult situation very soon. It’s important to follow directions of the Government and stay safe. Ugadi is a festival that starts with offering prayers to lord and then taste a mix of six tastes – sweet, soar, spicy, salt, bitterness and tang. Each taste describes different things:…
Yesterday, we have made a cab booking for airport transfer using MakeMyTrip app and we have received car details via text message and WhatsApp. A driver has arrived about 30 minutes earlier than scheduled; we felt happy for being punctual. After a few minutes, got a call from different number asking us to WhatsApp the OTP received once the trip get started. I refused to do so and told him, OTP can be only shared with drive. When we went down, we have realised there is no car with the number mentioned on the message sent to us. We have…
Last three weeks have been crazy and a lots of new developments in life. Some are good and some are not so good; but life will have mix of things and we just need to accept whatever comes into our way… Positive things first… During 3rd week of October, I have attended Empower 2019 – Assistive Technology conference hosted by IIT Delhi. This has grown big and improved. Thought it was second time of this conference but learnt that it was actually 4th one in the row and first two were hosted in the IIT Delhi Campus itself. Great products…
For many years, I was under the impression that stock market is a highly risk area to invest money and have chosen to stay away for a long time. Yes, it’s true that investing in stock market is a risky thing if not done in a right way. For a couple of months now, I have been investing in stocks and it’s a great experience. My inspiration Hema’s uncle Shri. Tadimeti Sathya Murthy, a retired bank officer and I get into conversations about how carefully money should be used and how we can save. Quite often, he used to bring…
Yes, India lost in semi finals against New Zealand during Cricket World Cup, 2019; but still I congratulate each and every player of the team. Is 238 for a opening team consider a great score? that too for a semi final? certainly not… so that witnesses our team has done a great job in fielding. Yes, we lost 3 wickets for 5 runs, I blame climate conditions for that and not our team. Very same players including KL Rahul have made century plus in the last game. Even though, we lost 3 wickets for 5 runs, M S Dhoni and…
This is the second time (first was in 2008), I’m following Cricket World Cup. I am thrilled to see that all teams are playing with zeal and doing their best to make their country proud of them. All teams are putting such an effort that even if they loose, no one will blame them. As far as India is concerned, except the match on 22nd June, 2019 against Afganisthan, they have played all the matches very well. Rohit Sharma has made centuries in all of the matches except with Afghanisthan. During match with Afghanisthan, all the players have wasted a…