A Letter from a Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Worshipper
I expressed the idea that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is not a supreme being endowed with the power of the Almighty God in my article titled “Is Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a Con Man?” I concluded that he is doing...
View ArticleSSRS, AOL, and Devotees
AOL refers not to “America On Line” but rather to “The Art of Living” as taught by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (SSRS, in short). A simple straight forward piece I wrote some years ago (Is Sri Sri Ravi Shankar...
View ArticleThe Final Word on SSRS and AOL
The time has come for me to bring to a close the matter of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and his Art of Living as discussed on this blog. It began with a simple enough request some years ago from my brother who...
View ArticleR U MAD ??????
HELLO, PLEASE STOP WRITING NONSENSE ABOUT OUR GURUJI SRI SRI RAVISHANKAR JI. HE WILL NOT EVEN GET A SINGLE PENNY OUT OF ART OF LIVING ORGANISATION. HE IS STRUGGLING SO HARD DAY & NIGHT TRAVELLING...
View ArticleArt of Living: Another Letter
Not having the gift of foresight, one rarely knows how far one will stray having embarked on an ill-advised direction. So it is with me and my simple assessment of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar many years ago....
View ArticleSri Sri the SCotU
One of the rewards of writing a blog is the occasional email expressing gratitude for something which resonated with the reader. I get those emails fairly regularly on a variety of topics. The flip...
View ArticleAnother SSRS Letter
Since the last few days, I notice that this blog is getting a lot of visitors from esatsang.net, a site devoted to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. I am not sure why but my blog does get a lot of attention from...
View ArticleYet Another SSRS Letter
In a few days, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living will be right outside my door for an entire week. The AoL is having a huge gathering not just within Magarpatta City but in the common area in front...
View ArticleSSRS Asks
“Does the breath have any religion,” asks His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. “Is the air we breathe around us Muslim, Christian, or Hindu?” No, I did not make it up. That is what is reported in a...
View ArticleThe 2008 Post on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Some readers have been asking, “Atanu, when will you write more about SSRS?” As luck would have it, I got an email from someone who has actually met the man. He wrote me a very nice email saying that...
View ArticleHis Most Exalted Holiness Sri Maha Param Pujaniya Gurudevji Bhagwanji Sriman...
Time for a little diversion, don’t you think? Of late this blog has been too involved with serious matters and I think it is time for something entirely different. Many of you regulars know that SSRS —...
View ArticleTwo letters related to Sri^2 Ravi Shankar
Did you know that this blog features prominently in search results on Sri (repeat n time) Ravi Shankar? Without intending to, I have stumbled upon a subject that simultaneously delights and enlightens....
View ArticleRamachandra Guha on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Longings for a Nobel Prize
It’s been a while since I wrote a post on SSRS. To remedy that neglect, here’s something about the man. Ram Guha wrote a funny entry in his Oslo diary with the title “Nobel Longings.” (Thanks to...
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In Love, Losing is Winning.
On my way to Ahmedabad last week on Saturday, at Mumbai airport, I saw a poster which had increased the number of sri’s in Sri Sri Ravishankar. It proclaimed Sri Sri Sri Ravishankar. But I think I will...
View ArticleFast Food Enlightenment
Markets work. That’s the “First Law” of the Extended Order of Social Interactions. I just made up that EOoSI bit but the ‘markets work’ bit is a genuine law in the sense that it expresses an observed...
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Of Prizes and People
First Prize We humans instinctively categorize, especially people. We are amateur primitive set-theoreticians. There are infinite ways to categorize people since humans have a humongous number of...
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