This blog is an amendment to another that I wrote and published on 13 February 2026. One of my readers complained that he had found the article incoherent. Since the gentleman concerned is cultured and because his good opinion is worth having I am doing what he suggested; i.e rewriting the concerned blog. I’ll start […]
Author Archives: nikhilmg
In Favour of the Caste System
Actually this blog – not me necessarily – is in favour of Manu Smriti. And that includes caste. Basically I am saying that the system we inherited for the British – with a westernised Constitution and equality for all – is not in tune with Indian culture. Actually what I am saying should be obvious […]
Am I Dangerous
I will start this article with an unrelated and provocative couple of statements. The British – the Victorian British that is – kept their women in their place, stayed off sex for most part and conquered half the world. Then they gave their women the vote and promptly lost all their colonial possessions after that. […]
I Salute my Family – With Reservations
Being an unconventional person in a traditional society like India causes inconvenience to his or her community and family as well. In this blog I will be discussing the financial risk that comes along with having a maladjusted person in your family. This is just anecdotal evidence. But it explains why people did not want […]
On Empathy – Some Comments
I have been lacking in empathy pretty much all my life. It is only in the last 5 or 6 years that I have become somewhat empathetic. I am 61 years old now and that means that for about 55 years I was severely handicapped by not having empathy. I used to be very critical […]
Criticizing my Elders
I am, in this blog, going to criticize my elders. Since I am publishing it for the whole world to read I am doing so in public. I need to do so without causing offence. So I thought I would just give some quotes from books I have read that I thought my elders can […]
Still More On Not Judging
I have written about this topic before but I keep returning to it as this teaching is yielding me benefits daily. Even hour after hour and moment after moment. I will talk about the theoretical justification of this teaching later. First let me describe the benefits that I have spoken of. Leaving questions of good […]
A Breakthrough in my Meditation Practice
I have been doing Buddhist meditation for more than 20 years now with some degree of persistence and sincerity at least. So it has taken a very long time to turn the corner and master what is really important. To analyze why it has taken me so long: I was just slow on the uptake. […]
The Importance of Humility
Google gave me the following meaning of the word Humility: the quality of not thinking that you are better than other people But I think humility in the Indian context has another meaning. It means (I think): the denial or abasement of oneself. The above is the meaning of self abnegation. Forget the abasement bit. […]
Why I am happy to be a Recluse
The meaning of the word recluse is: a person who lives alone and who maintains very little contact with other people or society OR a religious person who lives a life away from other people and society Both meanings apply to me to some extent. I have little contact with people and I take spirituality […]