Learning From The Women At Gramshree
For some time, Wednesdays at Gramshree were open to anyone to come in and volunteer with the women. Of late, we thought of taking things further and creating small circles of sharing with the...
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Voices from the field — writings on inner transformation, gift ecology, collective coherence, and the quiet experiments that ripple outward.
Learning From The Women At Gramshree
For some time, Wednesdays at Gramshree were open to anyone to come in and volunteer with the women. Of late, we thought of taking things further and creating small circles of sharing with the...
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How Kids Taught Us Love, Empathy And Harmony :)
Since the kids got very late, instead of taking English and Math sessions, Jaina and Mitali along with kids did a prayer and focused on circle of sharing. Sharing by Rupa and Meena, in particular...
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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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A Small Act Of Kindness
Kailash comes home every fortnight to collect old newspapers and magazines for recycling. Somehow i have never had a chance to meet him, I just know someone comes by and de-clutters our home...
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Recently, At The Smile Cafe, I ...
Recently, at the Smile Cafe, I had been entrusted with the role of 'Greeting' people at the entrance. The role can be pretty tricky - especially since the Smile Cafe is run in the middle of a...
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Silence - A Poem "Things Unspoken, ...
Silence - A poem "Things unspoken, are said between words Moments unformed, Lived in silence... A touch of grace, unshaped by circumstances The stillness of gaze, Only vacant thoughts...
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Smile Cafe Launches!
Yesterday, we launched a new experiment in Ahmedabad -- Smile Cafe! At our Karma Kitchen (weekly, volunteer-run effort in US, Japan) and Seva Cafe (daily, staffed effort in India) restaurants,...
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Devotion In Kolkata
When i had first heard the words “Moved by Love” - i loved the sound of it! and after what has been happening in my life since then - has been a miracle. My Brother...
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He Would Wake So Early Tune Up ...
He would wake so early tune up the violin and play melody I would be listening to his song even before I could learn to hum His music flowed like love in my blood long before my face was even...
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Seva Cafe In Bangalore
Seva Café happened in Bangalore just one month after Susheel Nair and I met at a retreat and were discussing Seva Cafe in Ahmedabad which we had just experienced. We wanted to share our...
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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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Delhi Rape Girl Die Early In ...
Delhi rape girl die early in the morning around 2:15 am. Feeling very pain for her. Its time come together & pray for her.
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Recently We Had A Company Sponsored ...
Recently we had a company sponsored training session for a day, we were aroudn 25 participatns , the faculty said that for every cell phone ringing during session their will be penalty of Rs.10 and...
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Create Heaven Wherever You Are
Theres no arguing that an interaction with Vandana Agarwal, or Vandana-didi is one that you will not forget. A few moments in her presence will leave you with an energy that is bubbling with...
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The Compassionate Warmth That Shaheen Radiates ...
The compassionate warmth that Shaheen radiates envelopes all those in her presence, and you can see the journey was always about children she worked with. In this spirited circle talk from a recent...
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The Very Same Evening That Our ...
The very same evening that our Pune Giftivism retreat ended, it was a joy to 'find' Nipun and so many other friends at a silent sitting gathering at another location in Pune. On the way back I...
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What I've Learned From The Children In My Life
Few people would not know who Shaheen Mistri is. The founder of stellar organizations like Akanksha and Teach For India, you can comfortably say she is an inspiration for anyone in the...
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I Have Two Kids Antara (7+) ...
I have two kids antara (7+) and siddharth (2+) and we have been feeding a few (what people call stray) dogs Lakshman and Moti for a year. Lakshman kept whining and bumping his head against my hand,...
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On Our Way Back From The ...
On our way back from the Pune retreat to Mumbai, Lahar and I ended up leaving pretty late. After negotiating the traffic in the city, we hit the highway and that's when we realized we had a flat...
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Just Being And All Giving
Dearest beloved friends, I was inspired this morning, our last morning before departing for London later on, to write some poetry. .. Something I've not done for many years....
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