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
It was a particularly cold day in early February last year. Coronavirus was still just something that happened in China, but I was not in the best of spirits. I had my own gloominess before it got blended with the … Continued
Nature has a fine, meticulous and just right use of every tiny thing that belongs to her. Every stagnant moment of a bleak, chilly day, every tiny snowflake, every gentle ray of the first warm light of the year – … Continued
That these remarkable color-changing flowers exist, is one of the things that makes a visit to this planet worthwhile, just to have felt the touch of that almost perfectly round, delicate ball of quiet sumptuousness made with hundreds of tiny … Continued