Parwatisingari's Weblog

Category: Arouz

  • connecting with the earth

    The burning of Narakasura is a big event in Goa, the legend has it that the only person who could kill him was his mother Bhumi devi. Goa also has the tradition of worshiping  Satteri,  a kind of anthill which indicates fertile lands, then we the Dolpods of Goa which begin with a dedication of…

  • Echo’s of power, the sacred vows,

    Ecof power, the sacred vows, Tulasi Ramayan has a line about the illustrious Raghuvansha, Pranjaye par vachan nahi. How much of it was honoured by the Raghnuvanshi’s is another conversation. But actually a promise made , a sacred vow,  once spoken becomes part of our existence for ever more. Speech is a vehicle for vows,…

  • Sharing grief, opening to receive comfort

    From childhood, keeping a stiff upperlip, not crying in public was taught to us. so much so we confused empathy with pity. The time I lost my father, the time I was recovering from my burns, these were moments that caused me feel shock and sadness, the first thing I did was to withdraw from…

  • Regret.. the weight of the past.

    Kurt Vonnegut says,”of all the words of mice and men the saddest are,’It might have been.” Every Toastmaster has three speeches, one that we prepared, one that was delivered and finally one that we wish we had delivered. This thing applies to many situation in our lives. We all do things that we desperately wish…

  • Spirituality at workplace.

    There is a story about a great follower of Buddha, who was a prime minister, he wore silks, jewellery and rode on an elephant as befitting a Prime minister and not the humble garb of a spiritual seeker. Yet the Buddha considered him a true Bodha-sadhak. There was a murmur within the others, until someone…

  • Challenge and Anxiety

    The annual Dussehra performance and I was totally aghast when my performers could not perform since the institution where I took the workshop had suspended the students. Handling the crisis I realized my entire visual of disappointing the audience and anxiety took toll before I even looked at a solution. Most of us are stronger…