Reflections & Stories

Grass Is Greener At My Side

‘Attend to the soil and your soul would be nourished’. Spending time with Raghu, Nisha and Aum, an incredible family who sold their house in America and came back to India to do organic...

Ashramshala Kids At Gandhi Ashram CREATING THEIR OWN

 Today while observing the kids playing in mud and creating their own toys at Ashramshala in Gandhi Ashram, I wondered if manufactured toys ruined the creativity in kids. Here at ashramshala...

Shwas Kids And Craftroots 2012, Day 1!

24th March 2012 Rajpath Club! Craftroots :) We thought  of bringing our shwas kids at craftroots exhibition ,http://www.craftroots.org/index.html, so that they can learn about...

Prayer At Apollo Hospital!

  I was at the Apollo hospital to visit my uncle with my grandparents. I saw a bunch of people from near by village.I thought of talking to them.After conversation I learnt their kid was...

Masti Time: Making Eco-friendly Bags And Gifting Them!

At Shwas,Kids learnt to make Eco-friendly Bags! Not just that. They gifted the same to the roadside hawkers and freinds in their community so that we can cultivate in them...

Happy

Happy Heart, Still Soul And A Peaceful Mind That Is

  26 Sep 2010, First day of Joy of giving week at Shwas     If anybody was skeptical about the power of impossible and joy of giving, Shwas kids of Gulbai tekra...

Cricket And Much More!

 24 april 2011 Summer camp, Day 1   Shwas leaders were to organize Summer camp for the kiddies with summer setting in so that our kiddies have a fun filled summer with lots...

So That Our Kids Can Have A Better Vision

 I went to Leela’s place as there were lot of complications her mom was facing financially due to her sons ill health which required a lot of money and his husband leaving her all alone...

On With The Dance!

 Today the kids had a different reason to be happy. There was a group of college students who had visited the project to screen the kids for the talent hunt in their college :) While the...

Soul Connections

  16 jan 2011, 4 pm Uttarayan celebration Shwas/Municipal School 7 & 8 , Gulbai Tekra    Meeting and knowing Sanskruti  Sharma and Kinjal Shah, project...

The Better India Heroes - Uday Bhai

 "Udaybhai, as everyone calls him, came to me and took me and my mother (who was accompanying me, which made me a little nervous as she was witnessing my work for the first time) for a...

Grassroot Ladders

  “Over the past two days in Ahmedabad, I’ve learnt a principle, that was constantly re-iterated – simplify things in your life & focus on love & trust to...

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...

"You Don't Require Money To Do ...

"You don't require money to do good work", Shared Khushroo Paocha, founder of www.indianblooddonors.com , with more than 50000 registered blood donors, one of the biggest sms national...

It Is When You Give Of ...

It is when you give of Yourself that you truly Give - Moments in Reflections of a Wednesday Circle http://aparnasuniverse.blogspot.in/2012/03/it-is-when-you-give-of-yourself-that.html

It Is When You Give Of Yourself That You Truly Give -

[When Khushroo and his wife spoke at an Awakin Ahmedabad, one of the listeners was Aparna Iyer.  She blogged her experience as follows.] Meditation is rightly called the food for the...

The Evening Of 23rd February 2012 ...

The evening of 23rd February 2012 at Seva Cafe was dedicated to our family of core volunteers - the 'Sevaks'. 15 of us got together in our Seva Cafe Tshirts and decided not only to serve, but...

'Your Heart Knows Today, What Your ...

'Your heart knows today, what your mind will understand tomorrow' - Prof Anne Murray from Stanford College shares a inspiring talk on love and social justice in Wednesday meditation , Ahmedabad....

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...

Beautiful Link On Buddhist Reflections On ...

Beautiful link on buddhist reflections on listening: http://buddhaspace.blogspot.in/2009/09/buddhist-reflection-on-listening.html