h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I love the way you have intertwined your life with the advice of Arjuna. It's all still relevent, even if it's ages old and couldn't event comprehend a deep fat frier. No matter. It's still worthy advice.

Thanks. I'm of the opinion that good advice is not thick enough on the ground for us to disregard any of it.

And those old tales are beautiful.

As to deep-fat fryers, I'm suspecting their advice would have been, 'Use clarified butter. It never gets that hot.'

Thanks very much for this piece Dmitri! The Gita and relocating after a fire ... interesting 'connections' there! Well done. And the Krishna picture ain't that bad heh heh!

Thanks, Willem. I wanted so badly to get that rich feeling of Hindu art, you know...?

My mother was born in India, and there was always a smattering of Hindustani running through our family vocabulary. I can speak a few words. . I know that's different to the Hindu religion, and Sanskrit, but it connects somehow. I have a response to these matters.

I love Hindu art and writings.

I love the Indian mystical vibe. The what? The mystical vibe. I get the Gita. I'm in love with the Gita. I've never read it - yet - - but this is a good start. I would see it as very meaningful if my copy came through the fire.



Interesting writing style here in this piece - different use of tenses. ? I love it. It has energy and spark. I'm glad there are mystical writings in the world. They give me energy and spark.

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Thanks, CC.

Click on the link in the story. You can read the Gita.

Print out the writing of the original. The symbols will haunt and fascinate, and you may draw on them.

Listen to it...accompany it with synthesised chords...

Did your family drink chota pegs? Isn't there a short story called 'When Pape Swore in Hindustani'?

Seriously, I love Hindu philosophy. It helps me visualise abstract concepts without the maths. Since I'm practically innumerate, this is a useful thing.

I love the way you masterfully combine everything, and even find a positive aspect in your recent disaster.

Like I told Hypatia, I'm not fond of the 'glass half full/empty' analogy. But there's never a situation you can't learn from, I suspect...

That's true - well for most people.