Neha Sharma

IKS Division, Ministry of Education

Interests - Indian Philosophy, Mythology, Eco-philosophy, Eco-Spirituality and Ecology.

[Neha Sharma @SaneEuphemistic]

Sharing a Facebook post from someone wise I know.

~ Professor Prakash Joshi

[Saiswaroopa Iyer @Sai_swaroopa]

Sharing this with some hesitation because there is a bit of personal pain behind this.

When my mother gave birth to me, it was an assisted delivery with a forceps involved. Gods know what went wrong but I ended up with a deformed right shoulder. My right hand was limp and awkwardly twisted over.

Over the first two years with human efforts (medical) and prayers as well as Divine intervention, the deformity reduced but functionality was limited. It is still limited. A good doctor advised my mother to train me as a left hander and she did. Always thankful to him for that intervention because training my left hand for critical fine motor skill activities helped me not lag behind academically.

Yes there are times though very rare where I do feel the fatigue of making do with 1.5 hands than two. There were times when my family got extremely worried whether I can "manage life ahead". And there were times when husband and in laws didnt let me cut veggies because they feared the awkward angle I hold the knife when wielding with left hand.

But brighter side remains that I never knew what it is to have a fully functional right hand so I dont exactly know what I am missing. So I am managing more than find I guess. Small blessings!

And there was a time when I was still a child and asked my mother about C Section vs normal birth. There was real pain in her face and voice when she said had they gone for C section during my birth, I would not have been mishandled and I would not have had this disability.

I know there is a section of medical fraternity that may be pushing C Sections for commercial purposes. But let that not guide the whole judgment on the medical process. Child birth is a huge milestone in life. So listen to the Doctors for once!

[Neha Sharma @SaneEuphemistic]

Namastey, I and my husband is blessed with a daughter. Her naamkaran is on 24th of this month. We have to keep her name starting with L;ल. I watched a lot of your videos but couldn’t find any Vedic or Sanskrit name starting with same. Kindly help!

@MisraNityanand

[Palki Sharma @palkisu]

Easily among the best books I’ve read this year — From Dynasties to Democracy: Politics, Caste and Power Struggles in Rajasthan.
Deeply researched, sharply observed and yet remarkably accessible. It flows effortlessly while unpacking the complex intersections of politics, caste and power in Rajasthan. A reminder that nothing beats rigorous, on-ground journalism.
Kudos to @tabeenahanjum and @manwithaquill for a remarkable piece of work!

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

The 2-4 hours you spend scrolling each day (or 730-1460 hours each year) is more than enough time to write a book, build a business, or get in shape. In the moment, it seems like nothing. That's why it's so dangerous. Your time disappears without you being conscious of it.

[Kalinga Arya @KalingaArya]

I always felt Hindus are bad at history writing. They have not written down the way Muslims and Christians have done about political happenings during the same period.

However, Hindu Metaphysics is in another level. Anything that Islam and Christianity offer feels like a kid arguing about a subject with the professor of that subject.

It looks like Hindus literally invested all their energy in exploring that side of Human wisdom more than most other comparative religions and certainly far more than Islam and Christianity.

[Tej Adarkar @TejAdarkar]

@KalingaArya Something you may find relevant. Hinduism being a collection of Sampradayas with it's sects, schools & philosophies summarized: https://t.co/q0RaazLrOW

[Sadhavi Khosla @sadhavi]

The Taittiriya Upanishad contains a graduation address (convocation) given by a teacher to his students that is so far beyond anything being said at any university commencement ceremony today. It goes like this- “Speak truth, practice virtue, do not neglect your own self knowledge”. Then, the teacher told the students about the four Living Gods: “Treat your mother as God (Matru Devo Bhava), father as God (Pitru Devo Bhava), teacher as God (Acharya Devo Bhava), and guest as God (Atithi Devo Bhava). Only share what you have genuinely understood. Not what you have merely memorized.” That address was given thousands of years ago, and it addresses every single failure of modern education in eight lines. We built the most elaborate educational infrastructure in human history, but forgot to include the one subject that makes every other subject meaningful. “The knowledge of the self”.

[InspiroQuest @InspiroQuest]

Black Coffee Theory

Why you keep getting What you don't want

[Book Therapy @Book_therapy223]

The right people don’t arrive with urgency or pressure. Their presence is gentle, like a quiet room after a long day, where your body finally remembers it is safe to rest.

[liminal @Liminal1988]

Appreciate it.

[liminal @Liminal1988]

The most important conversation you'll ever have is,...

[Nithya Shri @Nithya_Shrii]

The universe has an odd habit of making the strongest souls wait the longest for the things meant for them.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

— Rumi

[Sadhavi Khosla @sadhavi]

The Shiva Sutras say something that no productivity guru, no motivational speaker, no life coach has ever said and meant. Silence is not the absence of something. It is the presence of everything. In the Shaiva tradition, the deepest state of consciousness is called Shanta. Not peace as the world understands peace, the temporary absence of conflict. But the silence that exists underneath every sound, every thought, every experience. The silence that was there before your first breath and will be there after your last. Every human being has touched this silence at least once, in the moment before sleep, in the space between two thoughts. And the entire interior journey is simply the journey back to what you never actually left.

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

“Indian civilisation created the idea of the code which runs our modern tech age. The digital era runs on the binary system. Its roots can be actually traced to Pingala’s Chandra Sutra. The rhythm of our ancient verses was algorithmic,” says S Jaishankar at the UN