For many years, my tiny curry patta tree grew in a pot, hidden from public view in a lonely corner of my garden in my home in Noida. It was about 3 feet in height and would grow just about...
Lessons From a Curry Patta TreeLessons From a Curry Patta Tree
The Tree of LifeIf trees had souls, perhaps the quality most attributable to them would be gentleness. Gentleness is not a lack of strength, but a quality which doesn’t disturb, doesn’t push, yet knows its power and can provide shelter. Trees. Enormous structures...
Let’s Be Our Real SelvesIt was our ninth grade creative writing teacher, who made us realise that each one of us was unique, with our singular way of looking at life and the world, if only we cared to observe ourselves in a moment...
Relationships are Built on Give and TakeBanish toxic relationships at once, for only love and compassion can bring harmony into our lives Conflicts in life give rise to painful memories. These memories build our perspectives on life that are based on our good or bad experiences....
Positivity is a Many-Splendoured ThingWhat is positivity? It is a state of being happy and tolerant and looking at things in an optimistic way. Positivity is neither inherited nor something you are born with; it is a skill that you learn and practice just...
Rekindle True LoveThe world today manifests violence, hatred, cruelty, greed and hatred, and that is because there is lack of love. Property, land, money, position and power cannot give us peace, and love is the only thing which provides us peace and...
Journaling as a Reflective ProcessDadi Janki’s consistent message to her spiritual friends is to pay attention to the quality of the thoughts in our minds and to create spaces of silence in order to inculcate our most elevated thoughts into our lives. The discipline...
My Diary, My Conscience KeeperThe writer has been keeping a daily record of her days for the past thirty years. It’s a date she never misses….and she tells you why her diaries have been a focal point of her life for so long―her close...
Temporal and Spiritual Solutions For BullyingThere is one desire that is common in all beings, and that is the desire to succeed in all spheres of life, whether it is academics, work, sports or relationships. It is something that is instilled in us from childhood:...