Upma Jai Jai!

Upma Jai Jai!

Sarina Pudi - Prahasana

One of the advantages of attending the Trayee Veda classes under Vidwan Jayasimha sir (Challakere Vidwan Shri Srinivasan sir) is that I get to meet very interesting people with great accomplishments. One of them is Mrs. Ramya of Chikamagalur, who runs a company producing and supplying excellent condiments under the name of Sri Ram Iyengar Home Products.

In our satsang in Mr. Keshav's house in the month of May 2026, she was kind enough to give me a packet of colourful bead-like items, and two packets of condiments. 

I came back home that night and wanted to taste those gem-like beads, knowing fully well they must be some exotic sweets she had designed and produced to take Cadbury on. After I put them in my mouth, I could not crack those beads with my teeth, and they seemed to have no taste. Immediately I messaged her and asked her, "What were those bead-sweet items?" She told me they were good luck charm beads! I have since then preserved them very nicely after washing them thoroughly!

The two packets of powder she had given were obviously coffee powder and some spicy powder. The coffee powder was a big success at home, as we all enjoyed the aroma. 

When we ran out of our own rasam powder three days ago, my better half said it's a great opportunity to use Ramya-ji's rasam powder. I said, "Go ahead, it must be very good." We made very good rasam with it, and when we both partook of the rasam, we were a bit surprised that it seemed to be excessively tasting of turmeric!

I messaged Ramya-ji and asked her what that exotic powder was, because it seemed to be predominantly tasting of turmeric. She replied that it was indeed the purest form of turmeric, ground from exotic roots and produced by her excellent company! 

Well, have you eaten turmeric rasam, especially with the pristine quality condiment from Chikmagalur? Don't miss the opportunity! 

What AI can do

What AI Can Do:

One thing for you to solve any problem in seconds.

1. Give you infinite alternatives.

2. Flood you with information, entertainment, and ideas.

3.Do ALL your work. 

4. Play games, make music, dance, write books, make AI machines, better than you. 

5. Make you totally obsolete as a human being.

But all is not lost. You can still:

1. Eat food.

2. Defecate.

3. Procreate.

4. Complain. 

5. Gossip 

6. Love.

7. Fall sick.

8. Cry.

9. Sleep.

10 Die. 

In other words, you can do all that all animals and insects can do. AI will not replace it. Be happy. 

Oh, AI! Save mankind, please!

I just read this story on Google News on my phone, which is, as we all know, bolstered by AI.

I have touched AI, and I have been touchd by AI, about 127 times from early morning till now (around noon).

If somebody visualises that the war between robots and humans will take place in the year 3700, definitely he is a time traveller BUT with no sense of time as we know it. 

I think the war will happen much sooner, and the robots will destroy mankind almost immediately after the war starts, because they will be far more powerful and they will know how to use AI better than most humans do.

Therefore, friends, the prognosis is very bleak! 

But then, what will robots do without humans to kill? They'll be bored to death..... 

if there is a possibility of death for robots. 

Humour in Sanskrit

विष्णोरागमनं निशम्य सहसा कृत्वा फणीन्द्रं गुणं

कौपीनं परिधाय चर्म करिणः शंभौ पुरो धावति। 

दृष्ट्वा विष्णुरथं सकम्पहृदयः सर्पोऽपतद्भूतले

कृत्तिर्विस्खलिता ह्रिया नतमुखो नग्नो हरः पातु वः॥

Hearing of the arrival of Vishnu, Shiva woke up from his

Deep meditation, and hastened to receive his dear Lord.

Finding himself naked, Shiva hastily wrapped the elephant skin

Round his waist, and bound it with his snake as the girdle.

Alas, as Vishnu entered, all smiles,

Shiva's snake saw Vishnu's vehicle, i.e. Garuda,

The nemesis of all snakes, freed himself at once, and slunk away in fright.

The elephant skin slipped off, and 

Shiva received Vishnu, stark naked and embarrassed!

May that beloved Lord of the Universe, Shiva, protect us all!!!

Happy Shivaratri to all!

सुवर्णमधुपर्पटिका - Soan Papdi

Ever since I discovered Soan Papdi in Indra Cafe, Mysore, as a teenager, I am simply fascinated by this multilayered sweet that melts in your mouth. It is indeed a paradigm for all creation - a multilayered multiverse in which Bhagavan lives and breathes in His eternal Leela or sport! 

This is what Perplexity.AI says:

Soan Papdi is a delicate, flaky Indian sweet made from besan (gram flour), maida (plain flour), ghee, and sugar syrup, flavored with cardamom and garnished with nuts. It is best enjoyed fresh during festivals like Diwali.

I have just christened this heavenly delicacy in Sanskrit:

सुवर्णमधुपर्पटिका

Don't forget to eat Soan Papdi during this Deepaavali! 

🙏🙏🙏

#CarnaticJihadi

#CarnaticJihadi

Early this morning, a wise angel came and told me to write this. 

Do you know who is a #CarnaticJihadi!? 

First of all, Carnatic music is a global phenomenon, like ChatGPT, Insta, rocket science, GM food, rock music and cricket. It is not immune to terrorism either. So the time has come to define the #CarnaticJihadi. 

1. The #CarnaticJihadi comes from a well-to-do background, and has learnt music from the masters.
2. The #CarnaticJihadi is an accomplished performer and builds a good fan following.
3. The #CarnaticJihadi gladly accepts all medals, honours, titles, speaking opportunities and invitations to write books, as this gives a ready platform to do his work.
4. The #CarnaticJihadi is an iconoclast, badmouthing the tradition and the masters from whom he has benefited greatly. He does not hesitate to hit dead people below the belt.
5. The catch words are 'Tradition", "Orthodoxy", "Parochialism", "This corruption called Bhakti" and such. They pepper all his communications that ask the people to rise in arms.
6. The #CarnaticJihadi is singing the same old songs of the masters, delivering the same tradition, even though he prefaces every song and performance with the preaching he is well known for. 
7. The key leverage for the #CarnaticJihadi is A. Tradition B. The audience that loves this tradition. It is the height of hypocrisy that he is trying to subvert the same two things as a #CarnaticJihadi!
8. If we take away the tradition and the traditional audience that the #CarnaticJihadi is leveraging, he will be nothing. Those wokeist audiences who relish badmouthing tradition have many other avenues for entertainment and would consider the #CarnaticJihadi without his music as worth nothing.

Note: I have used "he" for the #CarnaticJihadi. However, this would apply equally to any "she" who also fits these criteria.

Really works for me!

Learning Life's Values from a Rupee Note

Just think. Every noble value to guide us in life is enshrined in a Rupee Note! No wonder, we call a note valuable 😊. 

1. The currency note is so-called because it works now. It is in the present and represents real value. 
2. There are many languages used to call the same note's value. But the value remains the same, so the value is more important whichever language you speak. 
3. There is an image to remind us of the sacrifices and contributions made by great people. That should inspire us to sacrifice and contribute to society. 
4. There is a white portion in every note. That shows we should maintain purity in dealings. 
5. Hold up the note and see the white portion. Our nation's emblem depicting Dharma and Satya stands out! We should look up to our nation's great values. 
6. When I give this note to anyone, unless I show reverence to the person who receives it and respect its own intrinsic value, no one will take it from me! Respect earns respect. 
7. Nobody flaunts notes. It is unseemly and ugly. Our values speak for themselves, we don't need to advertise. 
8. There is a thin silver thread in the note. It shows the eternal principle that holds all life together. 
9. When a note is defaced with my own scrawls, nobody will accept it. So we should know the note is with me only in trust and is bigger than my own little personal issues. 
10. However worn-out or torn a note is, you can exchange it in the bank when it is genuine. Truth is valuable always. 
11. Fakery is despicable, never smart, like a fake note. It will always be found out. 
12. A note unites society. It shows we all believe in the same higher values.