Update: Photo gallery of Ashrita and Sanjaya's trip

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I have a few heros I look up to. Ashrita Furman and Sanjaya Spettigue are two of them. Ashrita with his videographer companion are coming to Italy and Germany for a few days, to attempt to transcend three world records, two in Rome and one in Munich.

In US, Father's day is celebrated in June, in Europe it falls on the 19 of March; Europeans are lucky to be able to celebrate it twice.

My dear friend Bishwas taught me once a very good locution: The whole kit and kaboodle.

I wanted to use it today, but forgot how to spell it. So here is a short page with its etymology, just in case you need to use it as well. It is a very nice idiom!

Today, 23 February, is John Keats' passing anniversary. He was snatched away at the young age of 26 (he would have been 27 on 31 October 1821).

I have to thank Sri Chinmoy for knowing Keats. Because of Guru's work Philosopher-Thinkers: The Power-Towers Of The Mind And Poet-Seers: The Fragrance-Hours Of The Heart In The West I became quite sensitive to Keats poetry.

One day I will write about how that book touched and changed my life. For now, here is a section from the volume related to Keats:

The following excerpts by Sri Chinmoy have been selected by Jogyata and Sahayak from Sri Chinmoy's book Death and Reincarnation, the Sri Chinmoy's Inspiration Group and the Sri Chinmoy Library.

Europe’s six top rugby playing nations will be aiming for glory in another hotly contested championship.

[See latest scores below]

Defending champions France and their new coach, Marc Lièvremont, go in search of their first hat-trick with three back-to-back victories, but England will hope to be strong contenders after their exploits at the World Cup.

Ireland, last year’s Triple Crown winners, will want to forget their World Cup form and prove to their fans that they can perform under pressure.

This poem is one of the most beautiful I read. It's dolefulness and yearning sparkle with Guru's light all over. This is what it means, to me at least, to be a hero on the battlefield that is our life.

Thank-you, Michael.

Sri Chinmoy on Guru Purnima, 2007

Guru Purnima (Guru Pūrṇimā, sanskrit: गुरु पूर्णिमा) is a special day in the year when every sincere devotee offers puja (worship) to his Gurudeva.

See a story about Vyasa for Guru Purnima