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A few days back, Shashwat, my 9 year old son, came to me and said “Mummy I don’t want to be alone in my room, I am scared, please come and sit with me”. I tried to explain him that there was nothing to be scared of and there was no one else around him,Continue reading “The phenomena called “DAR” or “FEAR””

Dearest Papa, I can never fully express my love for you in words,  ever… I still keep making attempts for my own contentment 🙂 Though i have lived away from you after marriage, even for a moment, or for a breath, i have not forgotten to offer my gratitude towards God for having you asContinue reading “A letter from Your Guddia to You Papa- A very Happy Birthday”

“Yatha Pinde, Thatha Brahmande”- What is in one is in the other or as is microcosm, so is macrocosm. Having read the above in the book called creation (written by Dr. D.K Hari and Mrs. Hema Hari) (Page 52) many parallels of the macrocosm and the microcosm came to my mind. It’s obvious that theContinue reading ““Yatha Pinde, Thatha Brahmande””

Without the light of knowledge in one’s life, life remains like a directionless ship in a dark sea, lost in unknown purposelessly. This fact was understood by the people of our land since time immemorial and so they gave the name “Bharatha” to our land. Our country India is one in which knowledge has beenContinue reading “A firm belief.”

With the infinite blessings of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji, we got the honor of receiving the CSO – 2014 awards given by Election Commission of India, on behalf of the entire Volunteer for Better India team. More than ten thousand Volunteers contributed to making the ‘I Vote for Better India’ campaign a hugeContinue reading “CSO – 2014 Awards for VBI.”

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,800 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 47 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see theContinue reading “2014 in review”

After 15 years of my daily spiritual practices, I have finally been initiated to the Gaytri Mantra through the sacred ceremony of Upanayan. They said “Upanayan is like a second birth”. I did not quite comprehend the meaning of this statement, until I experienced the depth of this sacred ceremony. On the first day atContinue reading “Twice born- am I!”

  I have been here too,                                   standing TALL just like you. Winds of change have blown and gone facing them all, this form was born.    No avalanche, no storms could ever touch me freezing cold and burningContinue reading “I have been here too…”