Lost I find myself when I am lost.There is so much silence in losing my small world. I find order in disorder.I find stillness in shambles The silence is profound when there there is no path to tread and nowhere to go In that confusion and in that chaosI find someoneI find His handI find Him […]
Akash Bhora Surja Tara- Rabindranath Tagore Sung by Uttam Kumar Bala To help in getting a sense of what Tagore has said in Bengali, we found 3 renditions in English. My heart sings at the wonder of my placeIn this world of light and life;At the feel in my pulse of the rhythm of creationCadenced […]
Siddhartha Gautama's encounter with Mara, A digital painting by Uttam Kumar Bala
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QUOTES From Ravi Ravindra “Why has the Universe taken the trouble to create this coherent system, called “Ravi” in my case, for few decades?” Ravi Ravindra 2015- Delhi “Breath is the vector of intention and attention” Ravi Ravindra 2017 “Our 'duty' or responsibility is to search. As we search, gradually we [...]
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As I observe my behaviour, my habits, inner attitudes and beliefs I note that the hold of conditioning is strong. And despite my assumption that I am open, flexible and a receptive person I see that this is not always so; and that I can see and feel my resistance and an inner rigidity to […]
Given the diversity of India, in terms of region, language, religion, food, clothes, lifestyle, there is a possibility of endless numbers of ‘us’ and ‘them’. This has been historically so but there have always been some unifying factors that have cut across some of these differences and brought people together. This crisscrossing of unity and […]