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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Diwali days and nights

Yesterday was Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Diwali spells lights, sweets, exchange of gifts, family get togethers and fire crackers. I started the day packing gifts I had put together over the last few days, wrapping and making cards for them. We had lunch at my oldest sisters' house in the city.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The Afghan Study Tour

The Afghan Study Tour on Domestic Violence which I designed and organised ended over the last weekend. It was an exceptional week and both the Afghans and I were very pleased with the results. When I was first approached by them to either help them with it or suggest someone, I read the email and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 27, 2008

Hurry, hurry, Ding, ding

These days my life is a bit like a moving machine. I am on the move all day and have been for two weeks, non-stop. Yesterday I said to my husband that it feels like when I worked full time. Except then, I had a full team of people working with me. Now, I manage most of my work on my own, assisted by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 24, 2008

Feeling Harmonious

It's Saturday and the week has gone by very fast. The Living in Harmony Retreat ended last Sunday and my week with the Afghan women's study tour on domestic violence began that evening. During this week I down loaded the photos from the Retreat into the computer, edited and uploaded them into... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 20, 2008

The Sandal Swap

Guess what? My sandals got swapped. On the last day of the Retreat, I had taken off my sandals for the ceremony on the mats. When I went back to retrieve them after we were done, to start the walking meditation, I noticed that they were all smudged with mud. Someone stomped on them, I thought.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 17, 2008

An Apple Meditation

As part of the Living Together in Harmony retreat, today we did an apple meditation. This was part of the eating meditation, in which we collected our two savory snacks with mint chutney, a cup of tea in a mud cup and an apple. We sat on the floor in the outdoors (the dew seeping into the mat and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

A Mindful Retreat

I signed for and am in the midst of a Mindfulness Retreat. It is being offered and led by Thich Nhat Hanh, a Zen Master, mystic scholar ad activist. His unique Mindfulness meditative techniques in daily living and Engaged Buddhism have helped people around the world. Thich Nhat Hanh was in Delhi and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Days Going By

A new wind comes up the weather changes I shop and snack with a friend and a chip of my tooth dislodges itself the light changes it's darker sooner and lighter later who can say what will happen the economy spins out of control frightening many sleepless nights of fortunes lost storms, floods,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Thoughts on the financial crisis

The first and last stock I bought was earlier this year. And the total value of this was Rs. 5000, almost US $100. My father bought stocks and shares, and other members of my family do. I have friends who have investments running into three, four and five figures. But, I have never been interested... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 10, 2008

Aloe's Day Out

In case you don't know, Aloe Vera is our four and half year old dog. We call him Aloe. He is part dashund, part cocker spaniel and part street dog. We got him when he was a little over three months. My friend Sheela's dog Cookie was going to have pups. Who wants a pup, she asked during drinks one... Sign in to see full entry.

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I started this blog in mid-March 2006 when I moved to Kabul, Afghanistan, for a four-month assignment. In mid-July I moved back to India, and am continuing the blog.

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