2017
Four Golden Rules for a Healthy Lifestyle
During my travel across America, the one thing I consistently found everywhere is the aroma of Starbucks coffee and donuts. Food occupies the mind all day and our discussions revolve around it before and…
Meditation 2.0 - Beyond Mindfulness
When I came to America, little did I know that I would get involved in organizing another event for Gurudev. The year before last, I was involved in getting together Explore Happiness with Gurudev…
2010
Inside the prisons...Opening their hearts.
Prisons are a place where people are punished for the past, markings of permanent guilt drawn on them and are eyed with suspicion and remorse for that act that "just happened". I know there…
Moce Fiji!
I conclude Fiji today and fly back to India tomorrow. It was a overwhelmingly wonderful trip and I soon realized why I had to be here missing the Ashtavakra back Home. With 14 courses…
Cruising through Fiji
As I wind up Fiji, I took a cruise to the Yasawa Islands, breathtakingly beautiful and passionately peaceful. Pristine beaches, corals, snorkeling, kayaking and lots of food made a trip totally unforgettable. It was…
Homemade Production: Movie on Zipping
Guruji has been saying to learn new talents and I thought why not learn how to make movies and I sat down to make this movie. It took me 4 hours to do the…
Zapped by Zipping
The long weekend in Fiji due to Queen Elizabeth's birthday meant that we got into doing what we had been waiting for, adventure. Many connoisseur think-tanks pitched in their views, finally we locked the…
A Sole-full Afternoon
I purposefully took a day off here and travelled with Vinay, the pilot for the local South Pacific Airlines to breathtakingly beautiful Natadola Beach, Fiji's main island on Viti Levu. The picturesque physical landscape…
The Joys of Fiji
The past few days passed away with me eyeing the ocean, soaking my feet into it or sitting on a rock extending into the ocean giving a new meaning to the word alone, yet…
Chinee Come
The halt at Hongkong airport proved refreshing as this simple yet suave airport amidst mountains which gave a new dimension to my idea about designs. What you immediately notice when you land here are…
Traveling, traveling & traveling
Have been incessantly traveling for the past few days covering the length and breadth of UttarPradesh teaching and eating some irresistibly delicious food. With the Sun Lord reining supreme in the early days of…
Dakshineshwar Temple
Never before entering this place had I thought that the kali Maa could be bewitchingly beautiful and would create an instant aura of faith and surrender. After Guruji departed Kolkatta, I wanted to fill…
Drop by Drop...
It was the DSN at Ranchi and the journey was arduously adventurous as nature played spoil sport. First, the train didn't arrive for 28 hours and then we no longer expected it to arrive.…
2009
My first flying experience
One of the very amusing moments that life has offered, has been at the airstrip of IIT-Kanpur. Shubham and I, made our flights of imagination real and stopped by at the flying club. Flying…
Consequential Change in Korea ?
Korea is sprinting to become the quintessential capital in quality and economics, of the world, the destination is unknown, the goal undecided, the vision blurred. A virulent attack of impatience has taken over her…
Guruji & Seoul
Waiting at the Airport Waiting at the Hall :) Guruji with Cecilia & Michael Guruji Speaks I speak :) I Belong to U Yoga with me Turn & transform Take me Higher Guruji Thronged…
Guruji at Seoul - Part 1
The last three days rolled away languidly yet with lightning speed. Yes it is paradoxical. It all started on a somnolent winter day with the wait at the Seoul Airport which is cut away…
AAnyong from Korea
My introduction to Seoul had only been through their Hyundai motorcars and the movie ‘Sassy Girl”. The production house of South Korea has integrated the ancient with the modern. An amalgamation which very few…
Scrumptious Sartoria
The gloriously exhuberant restaurant which means haute couture in Engish is located in Priya Mall is three-storied and has been my long time favorite in Delhi. The floridly charming interiors wear a fine Italian…
Breath-trekking experience
Heavy clouds giving cover to the misty earth from the heat of the sun, land profusely picturesque with paints of green in shades rare to root out, gleaming water crawling through the unfrequented, hidden…
Sea of Gratitude
Indore has kept me indoors :) I love the Top-&-Town brand of ice-creams here and they have an outlet in Palasia where I indulge in. Have not visited them in this visit and am…
Innocence, Love and Pride re-visited
Banares is The land of Shiva. And in this month of shravan with a solar eclipse on its way, you can see shades of saffron everywhere. Like how there are maternity leaves, these bhaktas…
Short Electricity Break :)
There is hardly any electricity here in Banares. Ramya, Divya, Astha, Priya, Sanket and many more have organised a very nice course here. I will get back on the writing spree once I reach…
Going back in time
This is a post which i had emailed way back in March 2006. Milind forwarded it back to me, requesting it to be entered into the blog. I can see the change in the…
The best Chutnee in the world
I think I have stopped communication with my stomach though it sends so many correspondences all the time. The dealing have been direct with my tongue for the past 2 days :) The morning…
A Spa-cial day
When I had booked my tickets from Indore to Pune, I thought a halt at Pune for 6 odd hours would mean staying at the airport and reading a novel cover to cover. But…
It's Gud & it's very Good
The republic day was by far the best one celebrated at Aurwan Tand – the school run by Yes+ and co-ordinated by me. More about that in another post. Varanasi is the place from…
Going back to School
The satsangs with Vikram at Bhopal & Indore were a much-needed break for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed them. The strokes of his guitar makes you swim in the ocean of His presence. I…
Messages of Love
An intriguing moment in a train journey occurs during food time. Most passengers open these small packets of love shipped from home in the most shining wrappers or warm tiffin boxes. It is fascinating…
The Birthplace
We had been dished into paradise with the experience of the temple trip. Swimming in bliss and love we decided to take a forest trip and stop by at someplace serene to do the…
A trip to a land of love, harmony & fearlessness
It all just happened without planning, without extra clothes, without a proper destination in mind only togetherness and solitude to experience. Eight of us filled the sumo and set out to the Shringeri Mutt…
2008
Buckle up to Ujjain.
The abrupt plan for Ujjain sprouted with Swami Anand planting the seeds, and the entire squad of templeers rolled up their socks for the trip to the Mahakaal – one of the Jotir Linga.…
Bhojpur - Raja Bhoj & Kalidasa
Guruji has told me to teach in Madhya Pradesh and MP is very green and ancient, huge with lots to explore. The first exploration was the Bhojpur Shiva temple on a bike. The drive…