The Portals of Chandni Chowk

December 1, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

I call it the Law of Ganesha, whereby passing through any doorway requires something to be left behind and something new to be accepted. This is the human dilemma, and it is one that is not getting any easier as there are ever more of us in this world, all unsatisfied, desiring progress and development […]

Walking the Old City

November 13, 2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

Gujarat has been at the crossroads of civilizations for longer than memory. Its most iconic city, Ahmedabad, still holds its unique architectural mix of Jainism, Hinduism and Islam. The comparison was inevitable: the old city was much cleaner and more preserved than my beloved Chandni Chowk in Delhi. Then there was the woodwork and the […]

The Cosmos of Kerala

November 8, 2022.Reading time 14 minutes.

Cosmopolitan, before the word was invented by the ancient Greeks, who had already known of Kerala.

The Untaken Frame

September 10, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It was an honor to have the story of the picture I chose not to take to be selected by JAGGERY, the literay jounal of South Asia:

The Bhagavadgita | e-book

February 10, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

It is with great pleasure I announce the e-book version of my translation of the Bhagavadgita by Padma Shri award-winning author and Vedanta teacher, Gloria Arieira

Gloria Arieira wins 2020 Padma Shri Award

January 30, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

It is with great joy that I inform you that my teacher, Gloria Arieira, has been awarded one of India’s highest civil honours

Hypocrisy today

December 15, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

There is a profound difference between religions that demand an allegiance to a single story and those that demand nothing

Mexican rajma chawal

November 21, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I mean, I assume you’ve already gotten rid of all the other aluminium in the kitchen, right? Right??

The Sabarmati Ashram

October 13, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

by Ricky Toledano When not in jail or walking around to unite India, this is where the Great Soul lived, founding the SATYAGRAHA movement, the unwaivering, unshakable commitment to Truth: that which cannot be defeated; that which is invincible. I held back tears when I saw his desk, the place where Gandhi sat, writing and […]