A Stringless Kite

 An hour of news! 

Don’t know if I should

Laugh! Cry or be annoyed!

Striking is the vision 

Of a stringless kite in blue sky!

Savita Tyagi

4.21.2026

Was Lord Krishna against Vedic Yagna rituals?

In Bhagavad Geeta chapter II verse 42 and 43 Bhagwan Krishna speaks as if belittling the Vedic rituals associated with Yagna.

Yagna was an important part of Vedic way of life. Why would Krishna speak so harshly against it? I wondered! All of a sudden another question came to mind; did Krishna ever performed a Yagna? 

As I turned to internet for my research I was surprised to find some fact.

Elaborate Yagna were mostly performed by kings. 

Krishna was never a king. He was a king maker!

He killed Kansa and reinstated his Grandfather Ugrasane as king of Mathura, and remained there as a counselor.

Despite being called Dwarkadheesh, he was not king of Dwarka. Dwarka was run by a council, Krishna being the most influential among the many counselors.

He was not against Yagna either. Took part in many Yagna as an influential guest. 

When Yudhister wanted to do the Yagna to relieve himself from his pain and suffering due to Mahabharata war, Krishna helped him organize the Yagna. 

In Bhagvad Geeta chapter 18.3 Krishna say himself- ‘Yagna, Daan and Tapah should never be abandoned.’

Knowing all this I realized his reason of being critical in Ch.II was only to lead Arjuna in understanding the difference between work done with desire and attachment versus doing it without being attached to fruits of work.

Savita Tyagi

3.22.2026

The Punching Bag

 In quiet hours of rest

An image of punching bag flashes through my mind. 

A subtle message it sends! 

We are the punching bag for life!

Specially when we are old,

With worn out bodies and mind,

This wicked man called ‘Bad News’ hits us from all sides!

Sickness, death, injury, 

Pain and suffering! 

He has all these punches in his bag to flung!

Even when one is well and healthy,

Happy and cheerful,

Suffering of friends and family

Brings sadness to heart.

Some universal connection of oneness

Makes their pain our pain.

Deprivation of love and laughter that we enjoyed with our peers

Creates a vacuum. 

However momentary or long lasting the vacuum may be

At that vulnerable moment we are life’s punching bag! 

Old and worn out! 

Still moving! Shaking! Enduring! 

One wonders if the punching bag is made of quiet grace

Or it screams silently!

A miraculous ear or compassionate heart is needed to hear it.

But even in its silence it is enough to tear us apart.

  

Then one day the owner decides to replace it! 

A New bag made of strong, sturdy and shining leather! 

Replacement brings new life to gym

It remains an exciting place for new comers! 

Such is life!

Savita Tyagi

2.26.2026

Happy Maha Shivaratri

 Night of New Moon!

When darkness prevails

Shiva’s Damru

Creates a rhythm for life.

Dance and celebrate 

Pray and contemplate

It is Maha Shivaratri!

2.15. 2026

Random Thought 71

 Infiniteness of darkness is 

So comforting against

The finite vision of light.

Not knowing gives me

The possibility of knowing

And that is exciting!

Savita Tyagi 

2.12.2026