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Desh Kapoor

Desh Kapoor

Seeker. Searching. Exploring. Indiscriminately chronicling his times.

Shiva, the dark One leading to eternal light

When the night rages through the soul of the UniverseForms bristles up in the play of here now gone nowShiva is awakeLinking the wave of that wayward cometwith the movements of my unsettled mindThe King of darkness is there, yet notOne who cradles the darknesswhile leading all to eternal lightOh

Mahashivaratri: The Night when Yoga happened to the First Yogi

Mahashivaratri: The Night when Yoga happened to the First Yogi

8.7% of US adults – or 20.4 million – practice yoga. Another 44.4% of the US adults are “Aspirational Yogis” – those interested in trying yoga. Unfortunately, Yoga for almost all has remained an exercise, when it could have been a tool for complete transformation of a being. Today, Americans

The Sixth National Shame: Pakistan and its loss to India in 2015 World Cup

Never has the fate of an inconsequential sports game so remarkably captivated the hearts and minds of close to 1.5 billion people ever before! India and Pakistan met in their first group match of the 2015 One Day Cricket World Cup. The match was billed as the “Mother of

6 Powerful Life Lessons from Near Death Experiences

6 Powerful Life Lessons from Near Death Experiences

It would be great to know if there is life beyond the end of the physical life. In most cases, it is a “one way ticket”, so there is no real way to find out. Some however have been lucky to be “sent back” to physicality after they experienced the

Is Self Righteous Anti-Hindu Bigotry the new normal for Indian Secularism?

Is Self Righteous Anti-Hindu Bigotry the new normal for Indian Secularism?

On December 6, 2010, a book titled “26/11 : RSS ki Sazish” (26/11: Conspiracy by RSS) written by Aziz Burney, who is the Editor-in-Chief of Urdu Sahara newspaper was released by Congress General Secreatary Digvijay Singh on in Delhi. The book is about the attack by Pakistani terrorists on

How sometimes books and their writers consume our soul and conscience!

How sometimes books and their writers consume our soul and conscience!

Asrar ul Haq Majaz – or Majaz Lucknowi was an Urdu poet in 1930s and 40s. He was from Aligarh Muslim University. His poetry, especially one of his books had become so popular that girls in AMU would line up to read it. It is said that there was only one

Karma, the Stimulus-Reaction Memory structures and Nirvana from this bondage

Karma, the Stimulus-Reaction Memory structures and Nirvana from this bondage

Karma and its impact have been thoroughly misunderstood in the world generally and by Hindus themselves specifically. It has been reduced to a buzzword today. And equated with “What you sow, so shall you reap”. Karma is not the same as the Sow-and-Reap business. It is quite something else. At