Asmani Jamdar Surve

We as humans have evolved from orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. What these species have shared is their ancestors, who were same seven million years before. When we have not evolved from the same species, how can we expect people to behave or think in the same way? Yet we often wish that other people should behave the way we want to or understand us without being expressive or reasonable. When you expect anything from the person, you are willing to conduct what you like, irrespective of whether the other likes it. Which means you want them to live those moments as per you and not as per them. This is the most significant disconnect we have in relationships.  The disconnect of expectations vs deliverables is not something that has come in existence in recent past. This connect was existing from the beginning, but it has started to be seen on the surface in recent times. The reason is non-acceptance and lack of patience. This era of fast food has made us expect everyth...

Quite often, spirituality term is aligned to be a synonym of religion or ritual. It is a need today that we understand spirituality is for our soul and not for any societal belief. Religion and tradition are the drawn rules & systems by the society or community to practice spirituality. Our ancestors knew well that metaphors work better than preachings. Hence, the following specific patterns became the way to embark on the journey of spirituality. Aspects like meditation, pranayama, yoga & sadhana are methods of attaining spirituality. Purpose of making these aspects as part of religion and rituals was to make sure these were conducted time and often.  Today, the adoption of the concept of intermittent fasting is common in even younger generations. Our ancestors followed the system of intermittent fasting at the time of conducting any religious rituals. Today we are very well aware that fasting or intermittent fasting helps us detox our bodies and eat up the cells that are ...

Sarees are one of the most talked types of costume from years. People adorn the drape, yet they feel jittery when it comes to draping it. The reason for nervousness is apparent, and that is draping a 5-yard cloth. The length and breadth of the fabric gives a feeling of tension; what if it opens up in the running around? Oh, it is too much to carry around; the pleats, the pallu and limitations one feels while walking due to the little flare. Yet when you wear it, nothing beats the elegance, class, grace and beauty it enhances. India has a long-standing tradition and a tradition every Indian takes pride. The pride reflects primarily in people who have given their lives to keep this tradition alive. One of them is the loom owners and the artists who work on the intricate weaving and making the threads into a 5-yard saree. Some families are into handlooms making sarees from multiple generations, and they with each next generation are enhancing the product. Today wearing a saree is ...

We all are undergoing a dilemma of uncertainty. The cloud of questions keeps hovering over your thoughts. Be it of on-going scenario or future. Things are surely going to change, and things are not going to be in the same pattern as they have been for the last few decades. We have evolved, developed and become more sophisticated with time and education. But we are humans at heart and mind. We still can imagine which is not available with any other living species on earth. Do you have these questions; - How will be that day when the lockdown opens, and we will get back to the physical world again? - Will it be a day just like it was on 20 March 2020 or it will be different and if different, how different? - How am I going to live that day, and how will I be reacting and acting that day? - Will I have public transport services and if I will then will I be able to accommodate which we were doing all these years comfortably? - Will, I still offer a helping hand to a stranger by the road...

In the last few months, I have seen many phases in a short while. People whom I thought I could not imagine my life without being complete, are out of the picture and people whom I have not met are all around. Our mind is a powerful tool, and we have the power within us, which can help us climb mountains if we determine. There will always be negativity and demotivators around. You have to make that conscious effort in through your subconscious mind to trade through all the blockers. We own one of the most sophisticated machines, and we underestimate and take it for granted every moment of our life.  We have made life as a race, and we want to win the race. Although in the process of winning or losing, we forget, that in this race the end is death. And after death, you cannot enjoy or regret the result. So one vital lesson I learnt is living is a powerful practice, and the power to live it right is within me. My life is my responsibility and to live it right is my mission. I am...

It is a great matter of deal lately on time spent on social media. People are busy judging others based on their social media posts as well as their frequency of updates. It is also linked to the ineffective physical, social life and regarded as a lack of friends in reality and more in the virtual world. I came across this story of a dying man in hospital with only family members outside the ICU and no virtual friends present to extend their empathy. I have also known people who prefer to stay out of this virtual social life, claiming they feel it kills their productivity or sabotage their privacy. While few others are on sting operations, they keep observing others social life and pretending to be absent. Every individual is different, and so is their behaviour, it will not be righteous to judge anyone based on your opinions. You can have your way of handling and living your life, but it is none of others business of how one should deal with their life. You can offer your word of a...

It is such an interesting fact that today we are finding the need to educate people with few basic lifestyle patterns. Trainers are getting needs to explain to people why eating & eating right is a necessity—teaching people the right way to sleep and why sleeping is a human biological need. The significance of body fitness is more than financial fitness. Family life balance is a bigger priority than your bank balance. During primitive age, people assets were their families, and then survival was of the fittest. Humans, then despite no education and ignorance towards advanced ways of life, knew the basics of human biology. They knew how to preserve the environment & surroundings to maintain the habitat. Today humans have grown in multi-fold to understand the science behind the living, yet they are becoming more and more ignorant of the right lifestyle. How practical & useful is the theoretical knowledge for the greater good of human species? Has this more information hel...