by Shazar | Oct 17, 2015 | consciousness, India, Poetry
I woke at 4 am again today. As soon as I reached that stage of semi consciousness I felt my brain go into gear. I tried to stop it..but that simply didn’t work. There I was lying there in the dark trying to stop my brain from going into worry mode – from...
by Shazar | Sep 30, 2015 | India, travel
When you arrive at the swanky new Mumbai International Airport at 3.30 am it’s a bit of a challenge to know what to do next. Just outside the airport precinct lies the chaos of this tumultous city. Choices are – ask your friends to pick you up –...
by Shazar | Sep 29, 2015 | India
You know you are coming back to India when you board the plane and everyone is rushing to stand in line.. but clearly having trouble being disciplined in the line.. after all in India lines are definitely a foreign concept. After being stuck in Kuwait airport for 8...
by Shazar | May 20, 2015 | India, Water Conservation
Patience – learning in Tirzada. Patience, relax, sit down, breathe, it will all happen in its own good time western mind cool western mind chill western mind sink sink into the soul and ignore the rats of impatience gnawing at the wall Laughter – the...
by Shazar | May 8, 2015 | Environment, India, Mother Earth, Water Conservation
I am back in Australia. I am almost over my culture shock! Finally I seem to have thrown off the layer of grief that I have been carrying around. I can connect again with the joy and feeling of special privilege I have had working on this crazy dam project that we...
by Shazar | May 4, 2015 | Environment, India, Mother Earth, Water Conservation
I haven’t been writing for a while because I have been struggling with the need to say what really happened on my dam building project in India. How I really feel. I realise I have been afraid to do that because I didn’t want to make a...
