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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Happiness

This year is a big one for happiness. The magazine, the Economist, recently had a lead story on happiness and its measurement. Unfortunately, I have not read it yet, but it approaches it from an economic and sociological angle. I hope to catch up on it soon. Bhutan, a neighboring country in South... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 17, 2007

Flowers, Fragrances and Rituals

I love flowers. Yesterday, after our appointment at the Diet Clinic, I stopped at the florist's corner. Four men were busy making garlands out of roses and zenias. I remembered it was Shivratri, or the birth night of God. Shiva, is one of the Indian Gods, also known as the God of destruction. Ratri... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Valentine's Day with Rumi

On Valentine's day, after spending 8 hours in a daylong meeting on policies and planning for women, I spent an evening with Rumi lovers. A concert called Zikhr, or love, was organised by the Turkish Embassy in Delhi and Anandmurti Gurumaa, a woman who has been inspired by Rumi and the Sufi way. She... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 12, 2007

Afghanistan, again

Yesterday I started working on my Afghanistan book project. I began by making a folder of all the blogs I wrote in Kabul, editing them, and removing a few that are not that connected to Afghanistan. I numbered them - 44 in all - and they came to 20,000 words. I will then print them out and make a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 10, 2007

My favourite sayings - Wholesomeness

Wholesomeness A state of mind consisting of understanding, love, generosity and openness of heart, which create within and around us a state of harmony and peace Four Right Efforts Towards Wholesomeness 1. Efforts to prevent the unwholesome from arising 2. Efforts to discard that unwholesomeness... Sign in to see full entry.

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My favourite sayings - Rumi

I have a notebook, covered with blue, red, yellow cloth, which I got in Pakistan two years ago. In this I have been jotting down writings and saying of people that I like. Today I want to share by Rumi, who was a mystic poet and philosopher, a Sufi saint who was born in 1207 in Khost province,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 9, 2007

A Shopping Rush

Yesterday I had a shopping rush. Being an unplanned one, it was even more special. Mahesh and I went to the diet clinic to be weighed. After that we went to our favorite Cafe Tazza (meaning fresh) in the 'N' block market in Greater Kailash, our neighbourhood. In the midst of a cappuccino and a club... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Indulgences

Yesterday, after getting home at about 8 PM, we started watching TV. The news was boring and the serials, worse. So, as the remote was in my hand, we started watching a movie on PIX - a movie channel of a local provider called Sony TV. It was half way but it didn't matter. It had Julianne Moore whom... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

The Romance of Gooseberries

The fruit and vegetable vendor just rang the doorbell and I bought 2 kilos of gooseberries. For jam. I call them gooseberries, but the vendors here call them raspberries. Whatever they are called, they are small tight orange fruits, full of orange seeds. When the jam is made they fill the bottles... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 5, 2007

Making Progress - Step by Step

Do you ever stop and think about progress in small steps? I want to share what I see as my progress in the last few weeks. I have written some posts on dealing with my weight. Well, since January, when I went back on the supervised diet, I have lost 3 kilograms or 6.6 lbs. That is progress. I am... 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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