Attention! You’re Better than a Goldfish (Busting the Attention Span Myth)
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Attention! You’re Better than a Goldfish (Busting the Attention Span Myth)

ByShruti Bakshi

Newsletter #4. Are our attention spans really deteriorating or is there just too much content on the internet and an incentive for the internet giants to promote marketing activity?

From a spiritual perspective, one might ask, who watches attention? How do we know that our attention is wandering? Obviously because something within us watches/witnesses attention and inattention. What is that? Are we not identifying with the wrong thing when we feel that we’re drifting when really it’s our attention that’s drifting? If we can observe our attention, then we’re not the attention but attention is just a tool we possess – a very intimate and powerful tool.

Social Media in a Spiritual Context
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Social Media in a Spiritual Context

ByShruti Bakshi

‘Spirituality’ and ‘social media’ are two words that don’t naturally sit well together for most people. In fact they would more likely be used in the same sentence only to point out the inverse relationship between the two in terms of popularity. But I’m here to put forth a very different view. I believe that social media, while it has wreaked havoc on human minds in many ways, also holds the potential to facilitate our spiritual evolution. Here’s why.

What India can learn from La France in cultural promotion
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What India can learn from La France in cultural promotion

ByShruti Bakshi

Their ability to convert a tiny unknown village with little more than a church to its name, into a sought after tourist destination by creating leafy café studded promenades, cute (if sometimes gratuitous) museums and by disseminating ample literature on local history and culture as well as neat maps proposing quaint walking trails, reveals incredible…

Recipe: Grilled Indian Cheese & Veggie Platter

Recipe: Grilled Indian Cheese & Veggie Platter

ByShruti Bakshi

For all you veggies looking for a break from the usual fare and the meat-eaters who think veggie food can’t be tasty, here’s a delicious and nutritious, yet incredibly simple recipe to try! It’s perfect for a light Sunday evening dinner with some plain rice and daal (lentil soup) or as a starter when you have guests to impress. Just make sure you have at least an hour of marination time on your hands!