Gitanjali in Brushstrokes – 103 Paintings as Offerings to The Song Offerings

Rabindranath Tagore § Poet, philosopher, and musician Rabindranath Tagore was a polymath who broke through artistic barriers to become the first non-European Nobel winner in literature. Words cannot express the depth of his influence on world literature or the ethereal quality of his contributions to humanity. At least not with my limited vocabulary and pretentious …

My First Tryst With Ethereal Love

Can you share a positive example of when you've felt loved? It’s my first time talking about this on the blog so it feels a little absurd but back in 2016, I was an atheist & felt as if no one understood me, let alone care for me. Inspired by an Instagram story of a …

Story Time: Monster Mind, Monster Space

Where can you reduce clutter in your life? A two-legged kasa-obake. § According to Japanese folklore, a supernatural creature known as the Umbrella Monster, or Kasa-Obake, appears from abandoned umbrellas. After being abandoned for a hundred years, the umbrellas grow into yokai - a one-eyed, one(or two)-legged monster with a big, notorious tongue. To me, …

This Absolute Truth

If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? Made with Canva § The sooner we all realise it, the better. World would’ve been a far better place if everyone knew that that the essence is always at ease & we all are one. I talk about this perspective a lot on my blog …

Turtles!

What is your favorite animal? I love nature and all elements of it without exception so naming one feels disrespectful but still, if I ever had to choose, I’d choose turtles any day. Wise, calm & always centred. Reminding us that we carry our home within us and no matter what happens, we can find …

To Aim for Aimlessness

What is your mission? Yours truly staring at Dubai Frame as if waiting for the picture to appear just like chapters to appear in the ‘life-time omnibus’. § My beloved Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Vietnamese Buddhist monk, says in his book ‘Your True Home’: ‘There is a Buddhist teaching that might seem strange to …

The Sun Swims Back Home to Itself

Monkeys as Judges of Art, 1889Gabriel Cornelius von Max (1840-1915) § It’s. Been. So. Long. So. Damn. Long. Since. I. Wrote. Something. So, before indulging in reminiscence - not to relive but to appreciate the days I spent at a place I have come to revere - I want to apologise to myself and everyone …

Where God Resides

A thankful heart is where God resides. ​

What I Talk About When I Talk About MAGIC!

May your 2023 be as beautiful as this. § A psychologically fragile primate with few senses, subject to erratic emotions, chemically drugged by its anatomy, consequently hallucinating a reality, who's yet to travel space, understand time, dreams, death and more, believes the universe, this mighty incomprehensible 'thing' to be a simulation, an idea stimulated by …

The Tiring Trail to Holy Grail

Some stills from my new town. § After a tiring trail, a walk on flames, whatever is left between me and my future is a gate. As I enter the premises of my current institution, I pray and bow down to the spirits of past, present and future for showing me the way and having …