SANJAY GORA

blogs from Kaushambi Ghaziabad

Death and rituals
I got a call from my cousin at 5.30 am on 17th Feb that his father (my uncle/tauji) is no more.As per tradition, we bathed Tauji's body and poured Ganga-jal in his mouth. The Pandit advised to put some gold in his mouth as it is believed to help salvation/mukti. Cousin was confused, then another cou...
Posted on 21 February 2023 | 2:28 pm
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Story of a Bull
It was mid-1960s. We lived in a small village in Uttarakhand. One of our bulls had become old and was not being used by us. An ironsmith in our village asked my father if he could take the bull for using in his small farm. My father readily agreed and gave it to him without asking for anything in re...
Posted on 22 July 2022 | 5:23 pm
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Notes on Polyvagal Theory
While doing a course on Linkedin, I learnt about this theory. Taking notes from Wikipedia, as it has the simplest explanation when I googled.Polyvagal theory takes its name from the vagus, a cranial nerve that forms the primary component of the parasympathetic nervous system.[8][9][10] The tradition...
Posted on 21 July 2022 | 11:39 am
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