Mahim and back
Thinking about the human conditions in slums is stressful. Most of humanity is poor but they do not live in slums. The basic fabric of...
Chennai
I am on my way to Chennai, the southern city in Tamil Nadu, "the Land of the Tamils". Tamil is an old community in India having a...
Road to Puducherry
Resurgence of India to her place in the world has not been easy and is stil in the making. According to the compiled statistics India...
Sri Aurobindo Ashrama
One needs a detailed background check before settling in to a hotel in South Asia. India was going through various foreign incursions...
Sri Aurobindo Society
There is a common kitchen and dining hall for people who live in the Ashram. While people can have their own meal arrangements, the...
Seminar at Sri Aurobindo Society
The lunch fare was as democratic as earthy. There were wheat chapatis, rice, thick dal, a vegetable stew. There were boiled eggs in a...
Evening, trip to a movie
Bhuabaneswar has been the center of Orissa administration and culture for several thousand years. King Ashoka from the north invaded...
Meeting College friends and Professor at Bhubaneswar
We are back on the road. The remarkable machine called the auto-rickshaw is an ideal tool for transport in India. It is very efficient...
On road to Puri
Among the massive architectural extravaganza in Orissa, there is the majestic temple of Sri Jagannatha at Puri built about a thousand...
Sri Jagannatha Conference, meeting an old friend
Independent of the Sri Jagannatha culture, Puri has been a center of creative arts and music for a long time. Oriya as a spoken language...
