Inclusion Retreat in Bangalore
We had a half-day ‘Inclusion retreat’ on 2nd October, 2016 in Bangalore. Jaideep, Priyanka and I invited few guests and it was a close gathering of 9 of us with Deepa,...
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Reflections from a 2nd class train journey
I traveled in 2nd class unreserved compartment in train while traveling back recently from Vipassana centre. This was like working out of my comfort zone of traveling alone, without a reserved seat,...
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Why I needed this experience
So it's been 5 days in the refugee camp, so many stories that don't know where to start. Day starts at 10 am with reporting in the warehouse of Care4calle Organisation. Before lunch we do...
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My first experiment with Clowning
On one dull weekend of 2013, I received a call for clowning at a hospital. I had recently requested Nivendra Uduman, a Servicespace connection, to inform me of any kindness activities, in the...
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Group Photos (and Videos) From Last Month ...
We had so many circles, retreats, event in the last month ... that it was hard to keep up with it all, but below are some of the photos, videos and links that we remember seeing in our inboxes...
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Khoji - Learning journey to Ahmedabad
"When you 'search'..you are a kind of looking for a pre-decided thing but when you 'explore'..you are open to finding the unexpected". Last six days, we have together been on a...
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Moving to mountains - Story of Mustu and Mumtaz
Circle of sharing on the path " I want to go and work in the village", Mustu Bhai would often tell me, and then one day after year and half working in...
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Shuchita Sangam Retreat -2 (Jan 30 -1st Feb 2015)
"Vyaktigat shunyata samuhik purnata", we often hear these words of Vinoba, and now through our retreats I am am able to relate with them. In our moved by love retreats, we hold space...
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A Faqir with a donkey and a dog
"Once upon a time there lived an old faqir in a small village near the desert in western India. He had a pet donkey and a dog for years. Every morning he would send them both with an empty...
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Maitri Milan - 2014
40 volunteers from across the Moved By Love eco-system gathered for the annual 'Maitri Milan' or 'Gathering of Noble Friends' at the ESI Campus on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. The three days saw...
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Ram Hari - reflections from Paunar
A film from my recent visit to the Brahma Vidya Mandir (a community for women founded by Vinoba) at Paunar :)
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Buen Camino – The Good Way
"How did the rose ever opened its heart and give to this world all of it's beauty? It felt the encouragement of light against it's being. Otherwise we all remain too frightened." This...
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Walking with Vinoba
Arun dada left home when he was just 19 and together with Meera ba connected with Vinoba Bhave during the Bhoodan movement and have ever since lived a life in service. During our conversation...
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Smiles from a Yatra
Over the past few months, a few of us were blessed to undetake a 'Pilgrimage' or Yatra across the country through a film making intiative. Through the project, we were humbled to see the...
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Everybody all at Once
When asked to share my experiences about a retreat I attended in Switzerland, I wrote out my reflections in the form of a letter to my 2 year old daughter. Beloved Reva Deep gratitude...
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Gandhi and today's youth
Life positive magazine featured some of our moved by love friends in a article called ' Return of Gandhi', here's a brief excerpt and the link to the article- "His ideas were...
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Infinite Visionaries
In early February, we had a surprise guest speaker for Wednesday meditation: Pavithra Mehta! She is a writer-filmmaker in a family of 21 eye surgeons. This might explain why she shares...
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Learning from the life of Ishwar Bhai Patel
On 26th December 2012, exactly two years after the passing of Ishwar Patel a group of friends decided to spend an hour in silence at the Safai Vidyalaya. For most people present, the space...
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A Childlike Heart of Faith
On 20th January, 2013, at Bangalore Seva Café amazing ripples of kindness and love floated in the air. My friend Priti and I were greeted with huge smiles, hugs and warmth...
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We are the Gift we are seeking
We are the Gift we are seeking - Madhusudan Agrawal - Presentation given in Gift Symposium, Tokyo, Japan Namaste: In India when we meet we say Namaste, which means “I honor the place in you...
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We are the Gift we are seeking
We are the Gift we are seeking – Madhusudan Agrawal - Presentation given in Gift Symposium, Tokyo, Japan Namaste: In India when we meet we say Namaste, which means “I honor the place in...
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