To Live is to Serve
Venkataraman Seshadri My first memory of Swami was the black and white picture of Swami in my maternal grandparents’ house. It was a picture of Him standing on the beach in Dwaraka. All I heard from my grandmother is that…
From a Student of the Institute to a Sai Student
Venkatesh Iyer It has been over 3 decades since I left the portals of our beloved alma mater as a student of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. What a wonderful life-changing period it was! I am blessed…
Tradition in a pencil box
Deepak Venkateshvaran It was the early nineties. The month was May, and the annual summer holidays for the students were coming to a quiet end. This period brought me the same emotions, year upon year. Perhaps a testimony to time…
Interview and Inner view
Phaneendra Kumar Joining SSSIHL as an MBA Student was for me a life fulfilling opportunity to receive Bhagawan’s grace in myriad forms. Being born in a family of five elder sisters and with loving parents, I never thought I would…
Life with my Divine Mother
Prasad Katta It was Swami’s grace that I got a seat in the MBA program. Our first year was very memorable. Half of the 28 members of our batch were from Brindavan and Prasanthi Nilayam campuses and the rest were…
Brindavan – An Incredible Turning Point in my life
Ram Ramdas Brindavan. 1980. This was and continues to be the biggest turning point in my life… I did the final years of high school in Mumbai. What was behind my urge to choose Brindavan over any other college or…
My life time birthday gift
Srinivasan Venugopal When the lord descends on earth for the sake of humanity, whatever the single word He utters has significance and profound effect. It was the 15th of June, 1994. I was celebrating my first birthday in the physical…
Follow The Master
L.V. Subramaniyam I am so happy that writing for this special volume has given me an opportunity to peep into the past. In 1976, my father expressed his desire for seeking admission for me in Bhagawan’s Whitefield college. I did…
B.Com? Be Calm!
N. Sudhindran “Ihamanu Sukhyimpa Hemataraka Vidya, Paramanu Sukhyimpa Brahma Vidya”: One needs to acquire the secular knowledge to earn one’s livelihood, and one needs to imbibe the spiritual knowledge to earn divine bliss hereafter. Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is…
“Surrendering to the charioteer”
Vijay Sai Pratap It was in the first year of my MBA in Parthi, and we were enjoying a beautiful period when students from the new batch would get an opportunity every week to speak at the Institute foyer and…