Many of us are striving to minimise our impact on our Earth and live a ‘sustainable’ lifestyle. Getting to know how my grandmother and parents grew up has led me to see how these generations out of both principle and necessity, lived extremely frugal and sustainable lives as a norm. My mother was raised in … More the hidden treasure in my backyard
reflections on the many life lessons my dear grandmother shared with me over the pandemic year when she was “stuck” in New Zealand … More 10 life lessons imbibed from my patti (grandma) during the “pandemic year”
A short poem on our relationship and interbeing with trees, and all life. … More beloved tree, i am you and you are me
There’s a beautiful festival that’s of great significance in our Indian culture – Guru Purnima. It falls on the full moon every June-July (July 5 this year) and marks the day Veda Vyāsa was born, a great sage who compiled and wrote many of the great philosophical and spiritual texts in our culture such as … More nature is the best teacher
Every now and then you have an experience in life that deeply inspires or moves you. Perhaps these moments would happen all the time if we were open to them, but some times they just smack you in the face. Some weeks ago, I was passing through Delhi on a brief layover, and in the … More dedicated yet detached
“The tallest buildings have the deepest foundations” – Baxolise Dlali “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” – Benjamin Franklin “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe” – Abraham Lincolm Across cultures and times we have been exposed to this … More cultivating the soil before growing the plant
I’ve found that it is very difficult to let go of, or change our beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours. Acting out of line can feel inauthentic or unnatural, and it’s scary and difficult to change at this level. Now this would all be fine, if our current beliefs, attitudes and behaviours served us all the time. … More experiments on ourselves
One of my favourite things about nature is that there is no such thing as waste. Everything has a purpose, often multiple purposes. Consider a leaf, at one stage it absorbs light to provide energy to the plant or tree that it is on. At another stage of life it falls, dries and eventually integrates … More what i’m loving about waste
It’s easy to go through life with an expectation that we’ll grow, become more confident, and less insecure. Many of us would probably agree that we’re far more comfortable and confident in our skins now, than we were as teenagers desperately trying figure ourselves out. The very idea of self-doubt is typically conceived of as … More befriending self-doubt
Many of us experience transition points where we simply do not know what to do. Perhaps we are in a job we do not like and hoping to change, in between things or simply soul searching. As unsettling as the uncertainty may be, I commend you (yes, commend) if you are experiencing this right now. … More you must drop the rocks to receive the diamonds
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