Category: The Great Connect
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A Sacred Grove –Nagvemcha Raya
Growing up in western coastal towns, Nagabana, the placement of Garadi all made me realize that the ethnic religious cult was very close to nature and revered nature. Unfortunately it is being devoured by the more powerful brahmanical cult. Interestingly Kalidasa’s Vikramuurvashiiya talks of Nakshatravana or the green patch. The legend of Urvashi also has…
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Soul Symphony
Music to my ears would mean I am hearing exactly what I want to hear. But the art of conversation is the art of hearing as well being heard. As of now what would be music to my ears….something that addresses something that I really wish for in the deep unacknowledged crevices of my mind.…
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city lights
Our stories dictate the city that we like the most. I met a bureaucrat last month and she has lived in Delhi for approximately 45yrs of her 60yrs of life and somewhere is so comfortable with city that she is looking at continuing to live in Delhi even after her retirement. Actually I am trying…
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creating a serene home to invite comfort.
I am listening to my friend’s to client she is detailing her plans for carpets, curtains, she had images of bedspread material she had hung over a chair to see if she could live with it. i wondered about her partner, and if she had done the same with him/her, drape the person over a…
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Getting my Hands dirty
Here I am working my morning pages. Strangely the things that come in space are gardening, trekking and swimming in the river and not what I thought were my standard hobbies that are theatre and dancing. Strange isn’t it. Even as a child when I was very upset a walk in the garden or sitting…
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The Reaction reason.
Anvi was part of the forum, as she was dealing with tobacco issues. As the conversations and counselling went out, what appeared in her space was as child she and two of her male cousins had played havoc in a room, they had actually ripped a pillow open. Her grandfather entered the room, saw the…