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  • moon gardens – experiencing nature by night.

    Ratri Suktam the rigvedic hymn to — Ratri Devi—the divinity of night, is one of my favourite hymn. A whole other world exists in the light of a moon filled night something that we rarely take the trouble of noticing. My older daughter used to call it the “Moon Gardens” I prefer referring ratri in…

  • Public spaces

     A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness, bad manners, and lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, this is more significant than a riot happening. If we were go to by these symptoms we are dying. The way 12+ something’s, call them adolescents…  the language they use…

  • Steps to freedom.

    Changing what is not working. I am sure most of you some point or the other have been where I have been, that realizing something in our life is not working. It starts as a doubt, then nags and eventually we reach a point where we say ,”yes things have to change.”  We go about…

  • Aurangazeb’s City.

    I heard of Aurangabad, in early 90’s until then it was a nebulous town that we read in history. Finally June 30th I did visit the town. Nothing prepared me for this lovely town. Which was energetic without the hustle and bustle , an old world charm that was had interesting contemporary architecture juxtaposition. Right…

  • Morning dew

    Morning dew Udayaachaladalli Ravi baruva chinne Aruna chavi… The Goddess of night slowly recedes, handing us over to the gentle care of Usha, the day break who prepares us for the arrival Aruna, the legless charioteer of Suryanarayana the Sun God. One of my favourite poems, it is also my favourite time of the day,…

  • When God became Goddess

    shakti creates, shati destroys, this is from Devi Bhagwatam.

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