Pathik Bhatt

Category: Creativity & Design

  • Introduction to Spirit Science and Consciousness

    I stumbled onto the Spirit Science video series while browsing Facebook yesterday, and I couldn’t stop watching until I finished all 16 videos! They’re thoughtful, creative, and perfect for someone even slightly interested in “spirituality & consciousness.” Jordan Duchnycz, the creative mind behind these videos, has taken what can be dry, difficult to grasp concepts and turned them into 10 minute “lessons” with lots of references for those interested in diving deeper. He repeatedly mentions (more…)

  • Sexy Sax Man in Chicago on Halloween Playing Sax

    Did you see the Infamous Sexy Sax Man with his Sax at the Rock & Roll McDonald’s in Chicago?

    This made my day!!

    (NOTE: this epic performance was performed by Ankur Raniwala)

    Here’s his inspiration:

  • India Diwali Satellite Image Real or Fake

    First of all, HAPPY DIWALI to all who visit this page!

    Now to answer your question. Is this beautiful image below really depicting India’s billion+ divos / deevos (oil lamps) lit during the Diwali festival?

    india satellite image diwali fake

    I’m afraid not. It is depicting the progressive growth from 1992 to 2003. The Science Photo Gallery site explains it it more detail.

    Asato ma sat gamaya 😉 – after all, that’s what this festival is all about right? Continue reading to learn about the significance of all 5 days in this Hindu celebration: (more…)

  • 3 Reasons Why You Should Support Chai-Town A Capella

    The title of this post was designed to get you to this very page that you are currently reading (and I guess it worked). Now that you’re here, my next call to action will be to get you to help fund the next album from this wonderful South Asian A Capella group from the University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign. If you don’t want to hear any additional persuasive commentary from me, simply proceed to their recording project page where you can donate. For your support, you will get their album at a discount (and many other perks depending on how generous you are feeling at the moment).

    For those of you unfamiliar with Chai-Town (and their utter awesomeness) please continue to the list below… (more…)

  • How Social Media Saved My Wedding

    I know that sounds like a ridiculous statement (b/c it partially is), but my reception may not have been the same without it. We had decided that our theme was going to be “Chicago” early this year, and started thinking of ways to make that come alive in the banquet hall. I kept saying I wanted to make models of the buildings, but didn’t know how that was going to happen. After many Google searches I found my solution: postcards with models of Chicago buildings. It was some local printing press that had no contact form on the site, no phone number, no shopping cart, just a form to print out and mail to them. I don’t think I have ever placed an order this way, at least not in the past 10 years. It’s 2011!   (more…)