A beleaguered grandmother's search for peace of mind and the deep self in the ancient land of the Vedas.
About this blog
Hello Everyone,
After years of being far too busy & neglecting my inner life, I am off to India for 5 months to find some enduring calm & peace of mind, & learn how to live in the creative flow of my own being. Here's hoping! Kolkata, West Bengal will be my home base, where I am staying with a devotee of my teacher, Baba Shuddhaanandaa. I will visit his landmark sustainable development projects and charities, tape conversations with him, and venture out from there to some of India's holy sites. High on my agenda is putting my feet in the Ganges every day for a while, since on an earlier trip, only 3-5 minutes standing in the Ganges turned my mood from completely toxic to uncontainable joy in body, mind and soul.
Trip Start
Oct 09, 2007
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Trip End
Mar 10, 2008
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There are 45 entries in this blog
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Kolkata Missive 1 -
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Kolkata - Missive 2 -
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Trumping the Gray of Kolkata -
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How Can I Call Them Poor? -
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How Can I Call Them Poor? Photo Essay -
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Kolkata Street Riots -Trouble in Nandrigam -
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Let Us Pray: Local & Geopolitical Reflections -
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The Brightest Lights of Kolkata's Streets -
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An Extra 100 for Lunch -
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Fresh from the Well -
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On the Road to and from the Sundarbans -
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A Privileged Guest at an LDLM Sundarbans Staff Mtg -
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Puri, Light and Dark -
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New Year's Prayer -
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Deep, Deep Peace + Request for Your Questions -
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Monkey Adventure at Kannapaman Temple -
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Of Scorpions, Tigers & Snakes -- and Trust in God -
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Coming Home Again -
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An Eerie Silence in the Eye of Bird Flu's Storm -
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Further Bird Flu Perspectives, News -
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Who Is This White Robed Monk? -
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Recovering Balance in the Eye of Bird Flu's Storm -
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Quintessential India, Scenes & Faces-a Photologue -
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Journey to the Heart of Baba's Sundarbans Work-1 -
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Jan 4, 2009 Journal -
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A Little Gem of Conversation with a Master -
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One of India's Lessons in Pure Unfettered Devotion -
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A Prayer Shared -
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A Bengali/Punjab (Sikh) Wedding -
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Afternoon Tea with Baba -
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The Best of All Possible Birthdays -
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On the Road to the Sundarbans -
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Arriving at Gosaba for Village Festival -
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Sundarbans LDLM Village Festival -
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A Teaching and A Revelation -
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Something to Chew On -
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A Little Gem On Grace -
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About Rishikesh -
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A Perfect Day in Rishikesh -
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Leaving for 10 Day Vipassana Retreat in Silence -
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Vipassana Survivor of Dehradun -
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On the Road in the Himalayas to Uttarkashi -
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Rishikesh, Himalayas Scenes & Faces Photojournal 1 -
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Rishikesh Himalayas Scenes & Faces, Photojournal 2 -
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Bageshwar: View of the High Himalayas
