Ruminations 3: Let our minds be mirrors so we can see within… How aptly did Sant Kabir Das say: “I looked for evil all around, I could not find evil; But when I searched my heart, I found none more evil than myself.” I remember learning the many beautiful Sant Kabir Das’ sayings in my childhood, but its realisation came to me…

The Kirtis of this world is what we need… — “Would you like to eat Kathal curry (raw jackfruit) tomorrow?” Kirti asked me. Everyday she would come up with a different vegetable to cook and asked if I liked it. She would then say, “I have left the Kathal curry in choti bhabhi’s (younger daughter in law’s) fridge upstairs. Don’t…

My Sri Lankan ordeal had a purpose… — Walking amidst the duty free shops at Colombo’s Bandaranaike Airport, I spotted the peppered roasted cashews in a duty-free shop. Hubby had given me three Sri Lankan currency notes of 2000 Sri Lankan Rupees each. “You might want to spend it on food/coffee at the airport,” he said. The cashews…

Jose Mujica: The former President of Uruguay — “A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness,” wrote Albert Einstein. Can the choices we make in life in pursuit of wealth or success give us true happiness? Few happily give away the little that they have and they find pleasure…

Some first-hand information to share — A good friend who had just returned back home to Australia after an overseas holiday called to announce her return. As would be expected I asked her if she enjoyed her holiday, but her response resonates with every Australian. She responded, “The moment you touch down on this soil, you…

Our silence makes us complicit in all the atrocities that have happened and those to come… — The killing of six million Jews during World War 2 was the most gruesome act that should never be forgotten, yet many more genocides take place before our very eyes. …

Drink This Every Morning and see the results — These days with the slightest cough, tiredness etc our thoughts run to Covid. Could it be Delta or may be it is Omicron…! And these suspicions multiply and that irritation in the throat lingers longer and scares us into isolation and action. I recently had a cough — no, it…

My Best & Most Welcoming Publication Tag Goes to Illumination — Thankyou Medium — You Have Made Me Richer In The Real Sense Is Medium social media? If the answer to this question is a “yes” then those of us who use this media earn far more than the dollar value one can put on it. Medium is like no other social media platform. On every other social media platform be it Facebook…

Pandemic calling aloud to the world…do you hear? Your Might I can crush, invisible my foot You reach for the stars, but I shake you to the roots. Your greed and hoarding will leave you in the lurch, Your indifference to the poor will hunt down you love. It's over…