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Our inner landscape is clogged with words and images we constantly feed our consciousness with, more often than not, on these flashing screens – sadly the only things that have our continuous and undivided attention today. Our own version of … Continued

The front yard of my childhood home had plants of marigolds, periwinkles and jasmines among many other. Sometimes my grandmother would ask me to bring fresh flowers from the yard for her daily worship rituals. “Pick only the live ones, … Continued

If you live in a city, then you might, but If you live in countryside, then you will surely hear these knocking/pecking/drumming sounds coming from woods not too far away from the homes. Suddenly, the nights have become cooler, the … Continued

At the peaks of hurricane seasons, on dark and stormy nights, I kept looking at its staggering silhouette, lying in bed. What I used to see through that window made me nervous. The Birch swayed so vehemently, it felt like … Continued

If only we didn’t have our very important petty tasks that we prefer to attend to, over this grand but brief phenomenon called life. And in that brief life, if only we didn’t have these very important tiny boundaries, that … Continued

Because of a miraculous ability of the Lotus flower, Buddha had likened a fully bloomed Lotus with an awakened being, according to Tripitaka – the earliest Buddhist scripture written in the ancient Pali language…Read the story behind the art. Check … Continued

Almost half a century after nine times Grammy award winner singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell released her beautiful song “Big Yellow Taxi” in late sixties, the song that went on to become an environmental anthem in the pop culture then, unfortunately, the … Continued

Probably it was a one-liner joke, meant to be just laughed at. When I read it though, laughter was not my first reaction. What he said is witty and amusing of course, but I think it comes from a philosophical … Continued