The Limbo Lesson

 Darkness enveloped Rahul as he sat on his hostel bed, the weight of failure crushing his spirit. The report card in his trembling hands bore a single, damning word: "Failed." As if the universe hadn't finished tormenting him, his phone buzzed with a message from his girlfriend. Her words, cold and final, severed their relationship.

Tears blurred his vision as a tidal wave of despair washed over him. With shaking hands, he reached into his bag, retrieving a bottle of sleeping pills and whiskey – harbingers of an escape he desperately craved.

The pills slid down his throat, chased by burning gulps of alcohol. As consciousness began to slip away, a detached part of Rahul's mind registered the foam forming around his mouth. Then, merciful oblivion claimed him.

The Reluctant Engineer

Sunlight streamed through the window of Arjun's hostel room, accompanied by the cheerful chirping of birds outside. But inside, the atmosphere was far from cheerful. Arjun sat hunched over his desk, surrounded by a sea of textbooks and scattered notes. His eyes scanned the pages before him, but his mind refused to absorb the information.

Frustration bubbled up inside him. "This is so weird!" he muttered, throwing his pen down. "Why the hell do I have to study this shit?"

Concepts of the Gita : A Starter Kit for College Students

Bhagavad Gita is a book that has been deeply transformative for hundreds and thousands of people around the world. However, almost all of the amazing commentaries on the Gita are quite cumbersome to read and understand for most students. Even the sheer size of these commentaries can be quite intimidating for most students!

I have always wondered if it’s possible to write a short introduction to the Gita especially for college students that’s intuitively clear and can connect with them at a practical level. This short introduction to the Gita is my attempt in this direction.