Friday, December 27, 2024

Category: Talking Tree

post-The Sinfully Cheerful AppleThe Sinfully Cheerful Apple

Seema Muniz captures the delights of the ubiquitous apple, since its fall from grace in early Biblical times It is that time of the year again, when I slip into a nostalgic spell as friends from North-Atlantic America begin posting photos...

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post-In Covid Times Loving Kindness For AllIn Covid Times Loving Kindness For All

It’s time to rise from our own ashes to wish Metta or loving-kindness for all, because the Covid-19 pandemic has spared no one, says CHANA MEDDIN By now you’d have to live under a rock in the U.S. not to...

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post-Hope Amidst the Presidential DebateHope Amidst the Presidential Debate

While expressing anguish over the lows of the US Presidential debate, CHANA MEDDIN thanks God for all the contributions India has made to the world and her life and sees hope return with the promise of yet another new day...

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post-The SeashoreThe Seashore

On the shore of the sea I rest,  Drinking the ocean of silence;  And like a drunken man I dance,  Entranced and lost in happiness!  The winds harp a poignant tune,  The waves play a soulful melody;  The seagulls join...

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post-Vitiligo: It Could Happen To Any Of UsVitiligo: It Could Happen To Any Of Us

Vitiligo is just another disease, it is not infectious, nor is it abnormal. What we consider as an “even” skin tone is simply what we are used to, says MOHUA CHINAPPA It started with a small discolouration on the side...

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post-Covid-19 and the Joy of GivingCovid-19 and the Joy of Giving

There is hope for the world of tiding over the Covid-19 crisis. The hope lies in each one of us adopting the Joy of Giving as our philosophy in life, and soon Covid-19 will become an impotent virus, buried in...

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post-SupplicationSupplication

The poet, SANJEEV SETHI draws on God’s Allness to soothe his turbulence In the unruliness of my uppermost part I draw on His omneity to hush the house. He is balm to bedlam tune to soothing motifs amidst turbulence. I...

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post-Let’s Return To Real YogaLet’s Return To Real Yoga

Let’s end non-Indian organisations’ near monopoly of giving accreditation to yoga schools and restore the concept of unity which yoga teaches us, says RENU GULATI Most yoga schools are turning to non-Indian organisations for accreditation. These organisations charge high fees...

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post-Let Us Feel Another’s PainLet Us Feel Another’s Pain

Let us expand our spiritual prisms to include empathy and allow ourselves to feel, care, and be willing to sit with another’s pain, says CHANA MEDDIN Images of San Francisco waking up to unearthly, crimson-red skies this week looked straight...

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