by Shazar | Jan 19, 2019 | India, Mother Earth, Water Conservation
If you are reading this it is more than likely that you will have woken up this morning and found as you usually do that the taps turn on and water flows to clean your teeth or take your shower. This morning I woke early as a friend arrived on the early train. All was...
by Shazar | Jul 6, 2018 | consciousness, Environment, India, Mother Earth, Water Conservation
It’s time to create a tribe.. A tribe of Water Warriors. It wasn’t that hard when I was working with the kids at the Shikshangram Shelter.. they created a tribe just in themselves and then whoever came to visit joined with the full open hearts. All it...
by Shazar | Apr 5, 2018 | consciousness, India, Mother Earth
Simon Sinek in his inspiring TED talk says very few people and organisations know why they do what they do. Without understanding and clarity about this core question – all discussion about their product or cause is flat and colourless, lacking the pizzazz that...
by Shazar | Mar 22, 2018 | India, Life Skills, travel
You might think I learned to follow the rules, or that the Indian bureaucratic system was embroiled into a complete mess.. or possibly I could have learned that the best thing to do when entangled in these webs was to listen carefully and totally follow what is...
by Shazar | Oct 17, 2017 | Environment, India, Mother Earth
It’s been a long day – lots of driving over rough roads – Sikandar’s lawyer friend Nadaf came with us and sat and chatted in the front with Sikandar. That left me in the quiet of my own space, sitting in the back seat, taking occasional pics...
by Shazar | Sep 6, 2017 | India, Life Skills, travel
I wake early on Saturday morning – its relatively quiet yet.. kids doing sport yelling deep in the background – birds – the occasional rickshaw sputtering. The sound of the mop and bucket cleaning the tiles downstairs. The metallic clatter of the...