An Artist's Account

Our present world is fraught with a lot of creativity and innovation in all sectors. Creativity gets one closer to success because of its newness and difference, whether it is a product, film, campaign, profession, organization, etc. It is not limited to any specific sector but has an impact on all walks of life. Using creativity doesn’t mean a total reformation of a sector but rather a different approach, with the same foundational principles in action. Though the application of creativity in a product, campaign, film, etc. might easily attract the younger generation, it will not have the same effect on the elders. Its effectiveness along with creativity is necessary for it to attract all the age groups. This is very evident with the social media sites which have attracted all the age groups in the virtual sharing of facts, incidents and much more. Further, creativity implies a renewal of one’s roots and this brings newness in that sector. Therefore creativity is a necessity in this...

The Religious way of life is something different and challenging by its nature. It upholds values and practices focused on service to God and one’s neighbour. The evangelical vows of poverty, obedience and chastity make a religious free and sociable with everybody. This would ultimately profit the religious to accompany their flock to God.  I, as a religious vouch for it.      On the other hand, the Bhagavad-Gita, a sacred text, part of the Great Epic Mahabharata also enshrines values and practices necessary for living a good life in communion with God and one’s neighbour. Though, the purpose of Bhagavad-Gita is to persuade Arjuna to fight, the Gita is not concerned with respective merits of war and peace, but with the deepest things of man and God. The Gita yoga, in specific, proposes ways and means to achieve its ultimate goal i.e. to be in communion with God (Lord Krishna) and to be of service to humanity. The Gita yoga is a blend of Karma yoga, Jnana y...

Why be different? Though all of humanity has a common origin, each human being is unique and different. From birth, we are gifted with the power of thinking and acting differently. As we grow, we depend on and imitate the character of the ones around us (especially parents). It is good at the early stages of life, in order to imbibe the fundamentals of life (with regards to what is right and wrong). Further, as we mature, we need to decide and form our own identity. If we fail to do so, we might find ourselves nowhere. Imitating the others will not help us in the long run. We might only become a clone of the other. Think and act differently and so we need to make our identity wherever we go and wherever we are. Though we are thinking and acting differently our fundamentals of life must always be the same. A clear sign of people thinking differently is the emergence of new gadgets and technology everyday. All the inventors, discoverers and leaders of past, thought differently an...