Morphine Patch
Recently Po was admitted to hospital for kidney stone pain. As there was no special room available and admission was required he was given a sharing room with one more patient. This was an old lady...
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Lessons from Living in Nature
On a rainy Sunday evening, several of us came together at The Urban Ashram, Pune, for a heart-lifting conversation with Nisha. Presented below is a transcript of her candid sharing followed by...
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Kalyan Mitra in Rajkot
When collective punya becomes stronger a doorway to deepen practices open. This is what Rajkot retreat was- a doorway-Kalyan mitra Milan. This was what we wished to dive deeper into at Rajkot...
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Bhaav Yatra reaches Singhbhum - The land of lions and natural resources
Next few days flew at Kolkatta and Ranjana my next co-traveler joined me. With the Kabir bliss flowing within, the wheels turned towards Jharkhand known also as Singhbhum- meaning land of lions....
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Bhav Yatra at Kolkatta
I took a sabbatical since my last update about Bhubaneshwar, seemed like yatra halted at kolkatta. Well, it did in some sense and yet life flows. Inner journey took a year to sink in and understand...
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A year since I began the Bhav Yatra
A year ago on 2nd of March I started my Bhaav yatra. The day is significant as it is my grandmother’s death anniversary. In a year’s time so much has undergone transformation, each...
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The bhaav yatra continues...
The bhaav yatra continues. After last years 7 month yatra so many friends were asking about “next bhaav yatra”. The villagers from Somaj-Delwada were repeatedly calling and they wanted to...
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Bhav Yatra in Bhubaneshwar
Before I begin sharing about Bhubaneshwar, I wish to mention a special person – Hariji, who has been an integral part of the yatra and helped arrange for our visits to Vizag, Bhubaneshwar and...
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Bhav Yatra in Chennai
Meera Maran, the Compassionate Entrepreneur By the time the Bhav Yatra reached Chennai, the mind had stopped interfering or planning about the coming day. All was in a perfect flow and there was...
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Bhav Yatra in Vijayawada
We head out to Vijaywada from Chennai covering a distance of almost 400 odd kms. in a day which is roughly an eight hour drive. At Vijaywada, we were hosted by Dineshbhai and family. Dineshbhai is...
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Traude and Vishwanathan
Traude aka Shanti at Aum pranav Ashram had a dream to serve the society. She was in university in Austria when her dream would give her sleepless nights and a deep calling of visiting India became...
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Inspiring People
Somehow while writing about all the amazing places that I was visiting a thought came as to what makes this places so special and the obvious answer was people. People who stay there and hold the...
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Bhaav Jatra Update: From Bangalore to Tenkasi
Starting with Karma kitchen Bangalore trip was much promising and offered us bag full of surprises. We had a beautiful Awakin at Anupreet’s and Taranath’s home. A Kabir satsang hosted by...
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Four Songs From Bhaav Yatra
Some touching songs from Vipul Rikhi ... From mid-July to beginning of August I was on a yatra with Sheetal Vaidya, who is doing a 6-7 month 'bhaav yatra' in her small Santro Xing...
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Bhav Yatra Update: Bangalore
From Chaka Manga Katiel, we headed off for Bangalore. We passed another forest area, the Nagarhole sanctuary for elephants and other wild life. We spotted many elephants and had to take breaks to...
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Bhaav Yatra Update: Kerala- via Puttur
On our way to Anandashram we are hosted by Konark Rai’s parents in their farm. As we enter the farm we read the words “Fatherland” that caught attention. Upon asking Rai uncle...
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Bhaav Yatra update: Kohlapur to Kundapur
A school without walls Have you heard of a school without walls? A school where kids decide what they want to study and create their own learning projects? We reach such a school amidst hills and...
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Bhaav Yatra updates: Pune- Kolhapur
What would you call peels of vegetables, leftover rotten food, used tea bags? If you say its waste, she retorts by saying “don’t call it waste, it is a natural resource”, she is...
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Bhaav Yatra update: at Maharashtra
Upon reaching Maharashtra I am hosted at a place that resembles Safai vidyalaya. Here’s a family who has dedicated their lives in area of environment and sanitation. Shri Shrikant Naverkar...
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Bhaav Jatra update: Experiences from ashrams near Narmada and border of Gujarat
Early in the month of April, Sheetal Vaidya decided to set off on a journey of love across India - or what she called the Bhaav Jatra. We're blessed to be sharing updates from her journey across...
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Bhaav Jatra update from Baroda onwards.
Early in the month of April, Sheetal Vaidya decided to set off on a journey of love across India - or what she called the Bhav Jatra. We're blessed to be sharing updates from her journey across...
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