Friday, January 30, 2009
Sixty at Sixty
I am going to be 60 this year. And my goal is to be 60 kgs by then. I have 11 months to do it and started 10 days ago. My diet plan is designed by Dr.Shikha Sharma, who I was superivsed by 8 years ago. I lost 12 kgs in 6 months. I like the food plan - its made up of things I like to eat. They fill...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Traditional Architecture and Flowers
Where was I all these days? Up in the mountains, ofcourse. As you may now, I was there barely three weeks ago. However, when the opportunity presented itself to go up for a long weekend, I jumped at it. Mahesh was also supposed to come, but didn't as his sister came in from Canada and needed a...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The Art of Power - Diligence
The second kind of power is diligence. There are four aspects of diligence, says Thay. "The first is when negative emotions haven't manifested in your mind, you don't give them a chance to manifest. In Buddhist psychology the consciousness is described in two layers or levels - the lower layer is...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Art of Power - Faith
The first source of energy, according to Thich Nhat Hanh, is faith. He says, "In the Bible, Jesus said that people with faith could move mountains. But, the word faith is better translated as 'confidence' and 'trust', because it is something inside of us and not directed towards something external....
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Monday, January 19, 2009
The Art of Power
I am reading The Art of Power, by Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist Zen master, poet, scholar and peace activist. And, someone I admire and follow. My husband gave me this for my birthday, in December. The back jacket of the book paraphrases the book: "Our society is founded on a very limited...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Celebration versus toleration
"Spend time with people who celebrate with you, not tolerate you". I have this quote in my book of quotes which sits on my desk, where I write and work. I opened the page to this today, so I wanted to share with you what the quote says to me. It says, first and foremost, that I need to think about...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Lohri - it's about bonfires, peanuts and songs
Yesterday was Lohri, a festival in North India, signifying the end of the harvest season. Last evening, I set out to the Indian Habitat Centre to witness the Lohri celebrations, which are held every year. Yesterday, the open air space at the Habitat was all set for the evening. Chairs and tables as...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The Wasted Vigil - Pure Poetry
Another beautiful book about Afghanistan. I looked at Nadeem Aslam's latest book several times in the bookstore. The cover picture - five delicious pomegranates (two cut in half) invite the browser. I picked it up and put it down several times, on several visits to different bookstores. Then, on my...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Morning sky over mountains
On January 3, the day we were to set back to Delhi from the mountain home, I woke up at 6 AM and peeked through the bedroom curtains. The sky had some spectacular cloud formation and I knew I needed to capture it. I quickly put on my several layers of clothing for the day, grabbed my camera and went...
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Birthday Surprise
Earlier this week, my friend Usha's sister called to ask if I would come to a surprise birthday lunch they were organising for her 40th birthday. Oh yes, I said. Yesterday was the lunch. I debated on a gift and decided on a book. I wrapped in very colourful paper (40s are a colourful decade) and...
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