I have not given this year credit enough for being an important year of my life. In so many ways I am still stuck to the memories of my year in Boston and how wonderful it was. How it expanded my horizons, how it gave me friends who have become an important part of myContinueContinue reading “Walking ahead”
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Conversations with God
An excerpt from a conversation with my 2yr 8 month old :- Me: You keep asking me why for every little thing Pranav. I don’t know everything! Pranav: Why don’t you know everything? Me: Because only God knows everything and I am not God. Pranav: I know everything. I am God. Me: Fine. You areContinueContinue reading “Conversations with God”
Being a woman
is learning to be ok with what you dislike to be happy, sad or neutral, learning to live your emotions making an uninfluenced choice is finding freedom in little things – a meal, book or dance, to float even when you think life is tied down, to sink so you rise above is knowing toContinueContinue reading “Being a woman”
Discovering Humility in myself
Today a random book I was reading taught me a valuable lesson on humility. The book had nothing to do with writing, ego or humility, but as I was reading it I realized that in the past two years I had let my ego, rise, soar and float high above. Why? I don’t know. IContinueContinue reading “Discovering Humility in myself”
Describe your family, the american way
It is only in the US that you will be forced to think about what kind of family you are and define it. While filling a form, the options included adoptive parents, single parent, interracial, LBGT, Grandparent caretaker, Parents with custody of children, Allergies, Have special needs child(ren), Have twins/multiples, Vegetarian/vegan Halal and Kosher. WithContinueContinue reading “Describe your family, the american way”
The mind is a monkey
I have heard people refer to the mind as a monkey in many a spiritual discourse. And there is no disputing that! I have a monkey for a head most of the times. But while watching the cartoon ‘The new adventures of Hanuman’ with Pranav with the other day, I had yet another epiphany. (SeemContinueContinue reading “The mind is a monkey”
Burning our batteries
Two months ago my 8-month-old laptop battery decided it didn’t want to work as hard anymore. 10 minutes after it has been charged fully, it began to warn me that the battery was empty. S quickly blamed me for it, saying I probably left it plugged in on charge for too long. Instead of havingContinueContinue reading “Burning our batteries”
Oblique rants 1
From where you look, you see a world which seems daunting, imposing, bewildering and you wonder how can you, so tiny an object in the microcosm of existence, be an object of wonder. Insignificance overwhelms you with its voice and the pounding you feel inside, as you wonder about your role in the greater schemeContinueContinue reading “Oblique rants 1”
A typical conversation
Morning as soon as Pranav wakes up, S measures his face with his palm and pretends to be surprised by how he has grown up. Then he proceeds to measure my face with his palm and tells Pranav that Mama’s face has grown taller. Face grown taller! I ran to the mirror to ensure thatContinueContinue reading “A typical conversation”
A thought
In newness, you will find your old self again. Because when faced with the unfamiliar, the known surfaces.
Atha : Returning to the Now 