Empty, Gather, Ripple
On the 21st of July, 26 noble friends from the local community around Pune met to deepen their commitment through 'Inner Service'. A circle that began with a resounding thought by...
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Moved By Love in June
36 beautiful souls from across the country gathered in the month of June for 3 days to listen, learn and serve together. From discussions around bringing generosity in our lives, to serving through...
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Food + Love in Baroda
What happens when 15 volunteers from different cities come together in Baroda, wake up in the morning at 5:30 am and decide to cook breakfast for their unknown friends in the city? On a bright...
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Service is a Divine Flow
In the 2nd week of March 2013 just after the Moved By Love co-ordinators retreat, 11 of us of diverse ages and backgrounds decided to walk for a few days through some of the more isolated...
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Giftivism in February
‘Leaders in human history have been good speakers, but the leaders of the modern world will be good listeners!’ It was a quote shared in the opening circle of the Giftivism retreat...
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Seva Cafe in Mumbai
Someone once said, it takes a village to host a Seva Café! Indeed it did. A village that comprised of students, housewives, finance professionals, children from the slums of...
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Attitude for Gratitude!
Gratitude and Suffering cannot Co-exist! I was sitting across my mother just yesterday in her office cabin, when she sighed with some grief. It was one of those days at work when she was...
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Let Service be your ‘Sadhna’
What does a life devoted to the divine look like? What if our every moment was dedicated to the service of mankind, with the same intensity as that of a spiritual disciple? A brief interaction...
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Saturday Stories | Reva Dandage
With great humility, Reva Dandage began the Saturday Stories session with an introduction that said ‘An above average student from a middle class family’ Most...
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Saturday Stories | The Patel Sisters
“Our time with the kids is very pious – we look at it as a space for healing”. The Patel sisters opened up the Saturday circle with some incredible stories on their experiences...
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Saturday Stories | Rahul Pardasani
“I believe in the power of visuals. We see into each other's lives - one frame at a time. I believe that imagery can be therapeutic to the ill, can inspire the...
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From Wharton to Wadaj
What has Nimesh Patel (or Nimo) been upto now that his three year long experiment - Ekatva is over? After spending time planting seeds, first in 16 slum children of India, and later across the world...
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On Laddership
Overwhelmed to be returning back to India from a 4 day retreat in Phoenix, USA with the Service Space gang. About 40 individuals from across the world got together...
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Param Sameepay
We walked with the river as our guide, an opportunity to listen and learn. A tiny step; an aspiration to be more like water and...
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When love was in the Centre!
A special Wednesday Meditation with a special soul. We were privileged to share a circle with Prof. Anne Murray who teaches a course at Stanford University titled - Love as a force...
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When hearts connected!
Lok (n): The people Niketan (n): Abode Lok-Niketan: The abode of the people. A few days ago, 19 volunteers from 6 different countries decided to travel to our sister organization...
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Service and Swagyan
Question: What do storytellers from South India, a professor from Stanford University and two renowned sages have in common? Answer: Beautiful insights into the role of service in...
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All things small and beautiful
It was inspiring to go through the photo gallery of a dear friend Chris who is currently serving in Kenya, after spending a year in a leper community in Ahmedabad. I saw little...
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Sabras: Be A Ladder
During the weekend of New Year’s Eve, a group of people with diverse backgrounds, ages ranging from 8 months to 87 years, shared a magical weekend together. Before piling into four cars,...
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A leap of faith at Seva Cafe.
Volunteering at a Gift-economy restaurant can be challenging at times. Initially when my wife Lahar and I decided to co-ordinate Seva Cafe, I immediately sat down to get a handle on the numbers. An...
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When the Yatris came to Sabarmati Ashram
We looked at each other in slight disbelief. Did they say ‘450 people’? A month ago, we received an email from Jagriti Yatra, a team that organizes a 15 day journey for budding social...
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