In America, one of the biggest holidays of the year is Thanksgiving. The feast is in honor of the first good harvest after the pilgrims came to the new land. In theory, this holiday is a beautiful one. The idea of gathering to give thanks,...
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Published in Organiser Magazine, Deepavali Special 30 October, 2011 Click on the images to enlarge, or read the article online here.[gallery link="file" size="medium" ids="21890,21891,21892"] ...
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Green, crisp, tart granny-smith apples smothered in dripping, sticky honey. These are my memories of Rosh Hashanah as a child. I remember the anticipation with which I awaited the round plate that our counselor at the Jewish day-care center would place in front of us,...
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A few years ago I was traveling from Lisbon, Portugal to Tenerife (in the Canary Islands) via Madrid. Tragically on that day a Span Air plane had crashed in the Madrid airport, killing nearly all on board. Approximately 150 people had died and the Madrid...
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This article was also published on Huffington Post as "India: Let It Consume You", here, and in The Pioneer as "An Idea Called India", here. "If one more person pushes and squeezes me in the aarti again I'm going to scream!" The tears in her eyes...
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“So Parmarth seems to be more of a ‘city’ ashram, then, rather than a traditional ‘forest’ ashram, wouldn’t you agree?” the interviewer queries. He is a young man from Bombay doing a story on Rishikesh, gurus and the spiritual path in general. He’s come to...
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The telephone poles, windows of cyber cafes and restaurants, and walls of the ashrams are plastered with signs advertising every form of yoga imaginable -- from the traditional, standardized and internationally renowned Iyengar tradition to obscure, mysterious offerings for "Tantra, Yantra and Mantra." The yoga...
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Facebook -- A useful tool for the present, but not a doorway to the past “Don’t look at the name, look at the face. You won’t recognize the name, but look deeply into the eyes. You will recognize them,” I am about to write to my...
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This article has been published on Huffington Post, here. "Before we leave, can I please have one photo with you?" he asks while taking a camera out of his pocket and handing it to his friend. "Of course," I say and I start to move nearer...
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This article was originally published as "Ganga Beckons" in Tathaastu Magazine, click here to read the article with photos. This article has also appeared on Huffington Post, here. A sadhu[1] sits, his lean body draped in a single, worn scrap of orange-ish brown cloth, swaying every so...
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