TO START FROM WHERE IT ALL STARTED
Listen to the narration or Read the story below There is something about the quality of certain encounters we have in the natural world – it can be with non-human beings or human beings, as both are very much a part of it. These encounters penetrate our soul so deeply, that words, images, expressions […]
HOUSE, OR AT HOME?
‘ You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.’– Rumi Illustration by my beloved friend and artist – Zainab Tambawalla In the last couple of months, I encountered the words home and house several times, due to a personal project that my husband and I have been […]
Dawn Chorus – Is there a place of expression for all?
Oh yes, Oh yes, there is. Here on this earth, no expression is too big or too small. This is what I hear, each time I am immersed in the dawn chorus. Let me first walk you through what this means. Come dawn, and the silence is broken by songs of different birds. While in […]
What is possible in a month or two?
Dragonflies. That’s what’s possible. Look out of the window, and if we are in Mumbai or in any monsoon/rainy areas of the country, we will spot plenty of dragonflies now, this very season. Over the last few weeks, watching large swarms from my window – hover, fly, change directions rapidly, mate in air, prey as […]
Language And Voice
“The words we use shape how we understand ourselves, how we interpret the world, how we treat others. Words make worlds.” Krista Tippett, Founder – On Being After the initial `How are you doing?’, the next question we are often asked during this phase has been, `Are things going back to normal…(in your building/at your […]
Date Nights
Nights. Have you ever spent time with nights? For the longest time, my relationship had largely been two fold – one that indicates to my body, ‘hey its night, wrap up and go to sleep’. The other, on those emotionally unrestful days when I tossed around in bed, and wondered, ‘why am I not able […]
She stacks sea shells on the sea shore
Dawn is a beautiful part of the day. It brings with it a certain crispness, freshness, and an invitation to a new beginning. So this dawn, I went home-gathering in the rain, two things I so love (dawn and rain). Home gathering? In this monsoon, the tides have brought with them the thousands of homes, […]