by Shazar | Jul 6, 2021 | consciousness, Environment, India, Mother Earth, travel, volunteering
It was a train to Mumbai – I hadn’t caught that train before.. I had no idea what it was going to be like. I didn’t know that I would have to run.. have to push and jostle and shove to even get on the train. I didn’t know that there would be no place to sit.....
by Shazar | Jan 25, 2020 | Food, India, volunteering
My Indian Kitchen Yesterday was a flurry of doing just what was necessary here.. I woke early – meditated for a short time then began my day – my morning things the time for myself – drinking my morning drink and preparing for the day. The morning...
by Shazar | Feb 4, 2016 | India, travel, volunteering
Who knew that a home was so important? I forgot. Silly me. No rush I kept saying – I am fine where I am.. its clean, comfortable and relatively cheap. But I wasn’t feeling right – I was questioning a lot what am I doing here? Is this the right...
by Shazar | Jan 24, 2016 | consciousness, India, volunteering
On Thursday afternoon I took my leave of the children at Shikshangram. How to go? how to separate – how to divide the space in my heart – an impossible task as each responded in a different way to my departing. Kajal – always my friend glowered at...
by Shazar | Oct 29, 2015 | India, travel, volunteering, writing
After a late lunch, Satish casually asks: “Would you like to go to Pune?” “Actually” I said: “don’t you mean – you are the only driver available – would you mind taking me to Pune?” We both had a laugh.. and sure...
by Shazar | Oct 28, 2015 | India, volunteering, writing
Tonight writing is happening perched here in Pune on the window ledge upstairs at the ‘hotel’ (restaurant) next to the pile of garlic peelings. These days I need to take any opportunity to write – the discipline of creating a specific schedule so...
