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अचाह से बल; अकिंचन से सहजता; अप्रयत्न से प्रेम; मिलता है। – Gurudev Sri sri Ravi Shankar ji A devotee shared that Gurudev shared these pearls of wisdom yesterday. And I sat up to ponder. Here is a reflection of what I understood of this.. “अचाह से बल मिलता है।”- “चाह” का होना इस पलContinue reading “Swa + Bhav”

As we celebrate Uttarayan today let’s pray that our life force also moves upward… My reflection for today –What can be achieved in life is only limited by the boundaries of my small mind. Which the mind creates around the infinite power (that is me) and this small mind restricts my efforts. Defeating the smallContinue reading “Uttarayan”

Defer kindness not,this moment will never come back.. Earn love by an act of love,this moment will never come back… Ashes we will be hate others not, this moment will never come back.. A picture on the wall I will be and with it hopefully a warm memory,this moment will never come back.. Shun theContinue reading “Self Reflection”

Like dust covers objects our past experiences (more traumatic) cover our memory. The light of the self is obscured and the memory identifies with experiences and one may think “ I am a victim”. And then we mirror Victimhood in our life. What a loss.. As if an Elephant thought he is an Ant andContinue reading “Self Reflection”

Every Indian should watch this film to know the unparalleled might of a lost freedom fighter named “Vinayak Damodar Savarkar” .. who was so powerful that he could make an entire British empire tremble with sheer utterance of his name… so much so that the Britishers wrongly sentenced him for Kala Pani (double life imprisonmentContinue reading “India’s lost freedom fighter”

Yes! Peace is possible. Yes! Unity is possible. Yes! We can celebrate different cultures. Yes! We can coexist. Yes! Humaneness first. These are a few statements that form my experience of the World Culture festival 2023 that I attended recently at Washington DC. Which over a million people from 180 countries attended at the NationalContinue reading “Attending the World culture festival 2023”

This project did not mean being in courage zone, it meant being in absolute faith, faith in the higher power which governs this creation. Because that which is beyond the capacity of a human is a miracle of God. Thank you God/Guru for the gift of faith, that you will never let me fall. AverageContinue reading “A Miracle indeed!”

We are happy to share with you the news of our recent supply to Rambagh Palace, Jaipur – recently ranked as World’s Best Hotel . Our previous rug supplied for the same location lived a record life of more than twenty years. A sneak peak for you behind the scenes of what goes into makingContinue reading “A sneak peak..”

I am grateful to Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai team for inviting me to their all India conference of house keepers, as a guest speaker, for giving a talk about Rug manufacturing & maintance. I never knew that something that was a child’s play, once for me, would one day become a driving passion and bringContinue reading “My Session at Taj Mahal Palace”

Atharva College of Engineering invited me to facilitate one of the sessions for Induction of first year Engineering Students. Because of Covid lockdown, it was only after two long years, that I got an opportunity to visit the college campus and interact with youth in person again. All college sessions in the last two yearsContinue reading “Induction session at an Engineering College”