Friday, December 19, 2008
What is it?
What is it about listening, listening and listening and occasionally speaking and listening again to another voice and at the same time to the voice in your head responding to the voice outside your head what a percussion and then listening to two people in conversation with each other and my head...
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
The head
I saw this in an antique shop in Kabul, Afghanistan. My friend Gretchen was visiting me and we were walking around the Chicken Street area, where once chickens were housed and offered. Now, it houses some of the nicest shops in Kabul for nick knacks, carpets, kilims, furniture and antiques. It was...
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Aloe, the healing dog
I too these photographs yesterday, as Aloe (our dog) was looking so cute and cuddly. You may have guessed, it's winter time in Delhi. Although it's not as cold as other Northern countries, our homes are not centrally heated, so it does get cold. Aloe has a dog coat, which he is refusing to wear this...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
A day at home
There are so may things about spending a day at home that I love. Especially a Sunday at home. And further, a winter Sunday at home. Take today for example. It's Sunday. I woke up at 8.15, had my usual almonds, tea and cream cracker biscuits, and communicated with Aloe, the wonder dog. Mahesh (who...
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Friday, December 12, 2008
An inscision, a friend and the moon
Yesterday was a wonderful and strange day. The day before, I found that my tooth (on the lower right side of the mouth and that had an abscess since 6 weeks) had a develoment. As I ran my tongue along it, there seemed to be a swelling, something that wasn't there before. I called the dentist. Come...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Suicide
Yesterday, as I was about to enter the gym, I noticed there were three msised calls from my friend Suneeta. I called her back and she asked f I knew that there was a pooja (prayer) for our common friend Feroza's daughter. No, I said I didn't. What happened to her, I asked and how old as she? Suneeta...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
A Birthday Celebration
It was a lovely day, just as I thought it would be. I went to bed at 12.15 AM the night before, thinking about my parents and what could have been like on the day I was born. Were my parents nervous, excited, apprehensive? I was the third child, so they had some experience. I thanked them for...
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Mindfulness in a group
Yesterday, from 11 AM to 4 PM, I took the time to be mindful with the group of people - called the Sangha - following Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings. We met at a beautiful place called Anandgram, which is a retreat for artists and writers - a place to contemplate and create. I have been there several...
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Friday, December 5, 2008
December
The last month of the year is here. In my Georgia O'Keefe calendar which sits to the right side of my work space, the painting for the month is is White Flower, a 1932 o il on board. It's beautiful. A single white flower, with hues of green, yellow and black. I am sad that this beautiful calendar...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Lunch at the Triveni
Yesterday, Krish and I had lunch at Triveni. I had my tooth crowned at 12 PM and my mouth was stinging like hell. Lunch at 1.30, said Atul Tulli, the dentist. It will be over soon, he assured me as I complained about my burning mouth. So, after dropping Mahesh at the Habitat Centre, Krish and I...
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