As we were driving down from Panaji, to Margao I saw this banner that said, 37% Goan have votes AAP, 27%BJP, and some X% congress, the conclusion was AAP leads, what occurred to me, is it could also be interpreted as 63% Goans are clear that they do not want AAP. Ultimately every story is …
The Jhulelal Temple
Lal meri, pat rakhiyo bhana jhulelaalan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPLHEkHXRwg Is one of my favourite songs, and when I did ask someone they told me it was a Sufi song. Religious scholars always said Jhulelal was Krishna; their justification was Jhulelal was the son of MataDevki. My own learning from the various articles published by the Sindhology study …
On Sparrows and Crows
A cluttered balcony, I am rushing through to dry the laundry and fix breakfast I feel the quiet presence of the crow, it perches on the ledge until I have dried the clothes and then caws, then there is the other one, which perches on the tree across and caws as if to make conversation …
Earth Overshoot Day
Every body talks about development, connectivity, which somewhere translates to just construction work, this is taking a toll on our ecology, the list that is damaged is so long that I am using a cheat sheet. We have out shot the planets capacity to support the need and the greed of the global population. To …
Seasoning life with seasons.
Rtu samhara, the cycles of season, or rtushringara the romance of season. That is what it all about cycles, decay and rebirth. In Sanskrit poetry seasons are entwined with love, both erotic and divine. They are parallel and interwoven. Vasanta spring, the eternal companion of the Kamadev, the lord of love, adorned with flowers and …
Did I celebrate earth day?
There would be very little point in my exhausting myself and other conservationist themselves in trying to protect animals and habitats if we weren't at the same time raising young people to be better stewards. - Dr. Jane Goodall Primatologist, ethologists and anthropologist April 22nd is the earth day.The day observes the need to protect the environment... …
