July 2011 Edition
Editorial
Welcome to the July 2011 issue of Vaastuyogam.
This month, the Vedic India series carries an article on a topic very dear to my heart – the homage and respect we need to have for our elders and teachers. On the 16th of this month, Hindus all across India and world will celebrate Guru Purnima. Hinduism considers the guru the most respected person. He/she is the one who enlightens the mind of his or her disciple, and offers instruction in rituals and...
International Footprint -...
The cost of Vaastu implementation is a non-issue. You cannot put a price to ensuring your happiness, prosperity and well being.
Born and brought up in Nairobi Mr Ravi Patel did his primary schooling in Nairobi and subsequently his Masters in Banking and Finance. His father Ramesh Patel came to Kenya from Gujarat, India and is into plastics molding manufactures of household goods.
Excerpts from the intrview:-
About Subati
After returning from United Kingdom, I started Subati, my business of growing and exporting cut flowers in 2007 with...
Vaastu and Homes...
Mrs Shilpa Jhaveri
This is the story of the Jhaveris as told to us by Shilpa Jhaveri and their near disastrous tryst with an anti-Vaastu bungalow. It also speaks of the extraordinary bonding and love the family shares. Last of all, it is an assertion of the power of Vaastu to bring happiness to its followers.
We met the Jhaveris at their temporary rented premises.
Excerpts from the interview:-
After doing his studies in pharmacy, Apurva Jhaveri – my husband – worked with Cadila Laboratories for three years and...
Architect's Voice ...
Vaastu is definitely a science
ignored for reasons I do not understand.
Born and brought up in Ahmedabad, Mr. Ujjval Fadia joined CEPT in 1994 after completing his secondary education from Gujarat Law Society (GLS). His father,
Mr Tushar Fadia, was in the business of interiors which made him take up Architecture which was “one step ahead”
Mr Ujjval Fadia’s firm has a balanced mix of architecture and interiors with clients from Kathmandu, Bengaluru and of course Gujarat.We met Architect Ujjval Fadia at his...
Corporate Logos - IBM
IBM is 100 years old
By a celebratory coincidence, IBM turned 100 years old on June 16 2011, the same year that it passed $100 billion in sales. Unlike HP and many other Silicon Valley start-ups, IBM start in 1911 was not in a garage but with the merger of four companies that became the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. In 1924, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company adopted the name International Business Machines Corporation. In 100 years, the company has gone from selling cheese cutters and punch-clocks to laptops and supercomputers.
It has been...
Vedic India –...
This article is a researched article and borrows heavily from printed and electronic encyclopedias as well as material provided by our panel of research scholars, astrologers, academics and pundits.
Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheshwara,.
Guru SakshathParambrahma, TasmaiShriGuraveNamaha.
(Guru is the creator Brahma, Guru is the preserver Vishnu, Guru is the destroyer Shiva. Guru is directly the supreme spirit – I offer my salutations to this Guru.)
- Adi Shankara at the beginning of his Gurustotram or Verses to the Guru
Guru Purnima festival will be...
