Sanjaya-uvach is a Sanskrit phrase and translates to Sanjaya said
Sanjaya was a figure from the ancient Hindu epic Mahābhārata. He had the gift of Divya Drishti (divine vision) which enabled him to narrate to Dhritarashtra (the visually-challenged ruler of the Kuru kingdom and the father of the Kauravas) the events of the Kurukshetra war. He saw partisan Kauravas and Pandavas gathered in the battlefield. Felt the vibrations of the fierce battle-cry of Bhishma Pitamah. Heard the mighty sound of Panchajanya proclaiming the destruction of the Kurus. Witnessed the exchanges between Lord Krishna and Arjuna bringing out the import of Bhagavad Gita. All this whilst sitting in distant Hastinapur.
“Sanjaya-uvach” is a Sanskrit phrase and translates to “Sanjaya said”.
What Sanjaya’s repertoire signifies today is the need to understand and interlocute the life situations without always getting involved in the physicality thereof. An ability to scratch the surface and interpret situations for their larger implications. On one hand he was a commentator who narrated, matter-of-factly, the developments in the battlefield without any Raag (attachment) or Dwesh (malice). On the other, he presented, through his explanations, a wider perspective to those who couldn’t see beyond the obvious.
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Sanjay Pande
Notwithstanding the immodesty with which he aligns his reasons for blogging with the title of this platform, he is an ordinary person with an extra-ordinary life. Straightjacketed by the ambitions of an average Indian, he studied Economics and Business Management. Thereafter, he journeyed the corporate world in India and East Africa. Having had enough of the routine, he stepped out of the mainstream to co-found a consulting firm and, later, bootstrap a Finsuretech start-up. He is proud and remorseful, parallelly, about his life which gave him many roller-coaster rides through the work he was associated with, the successes & failures that credentilaized him, the countries he travelled, the people he met, the relationships he entered into and the way he negotiated the real-world dilemmas. Presently, he is making all efforts to complete his biography, titled Eat & Excrete, which pieces together his life experiences that some may unwittingly relate to.
The blogs he writes are not prompted by enlightenment of any kind. These are driven by his fears that the sand of life is gradually slipping through his fingers.
He can be reached at sanjay@sanjay-uvach.com
