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FEBRUARY 4, SATURDAY
WALKING FROM DESASVAMEDH GHAT Today we made our first visit to the center of Varanasi. We squeezed into a motorcycle rickshaw with Todd sitting on the bench with the driver giving Susie and me more room in the back. The
FEBRUARY 4, SATURDAY
WALKING FROM DESASVAMEDH GHAT Today we made our first visit to the center of Varanasi. We squeezed into a motorcycle rickshaw with Todd sitting on the bench with the driver giving Susie and me more room in the back. The
FEBRUARY 3, FRIDAY
DEAR CORNERSTONE FRIENDS (My Friday old man’s group) I am sitting here in the midst of screaming horns and a general street hubbub with a view below me of a street leading down to Assi Ghat, the stone steps leading
FEBRUARY 3, FRIDAY
DEAR CORNERSTONE FRIENDS (My Friday old man’s group) I am sitting here in the midst of screaming horns and a general street hubbub with a view below me of a street leading down to Assi Ghat, the stone steps leading
FEBRUARY 2, THURSDAY
SHARADA NAYAK In 1979 I got a grant to take seven people to India to gather materials to create an Indian village in the old log cabin Williams Building on the Warren Wilson campus. In the summer of 1979 we
FEBRUARY 2, THURSDAY
SHARADA NAYAK In 1979 I got a grant to take seven people to India to gather materials to create an Indian village in the old log cabin Williams Building on the Warren Wilson campus. In the summer of 1979 we
FEBRUARY 1, WEDNESDAY
POLARIZATION I’ve had a very strange feeling during our week here at the Sarvodaya Ashram in Virampur. I have been here a number of times since it’s founding in about 2000 and many more times at Hasmukh’s previous ashram in
FEBRUARY 1, WEDNESDAY
POLARIZATION I’ve had a very strange feeling during our week here at the Sarvodaya Ashram in Virampur. I have been here a number of times since it’s founding in about 2000 and many more times at Hasmukh’s previous ashram in
JANUARY 31, TUESDAY
PRAVEEN (ASHRAM COOK) Everytime I have visited the Samdevna Ashram over the last ten years, a small group of us would sit in the upstairs kitchen where there is a table that seats six and have our meals. Tea is
JANUARY 31, TUESDAY
PRAVEEN (ASHRAM COOK) Everytime I have visited the Samdevna Ashram over the last ten years, a small group of us would sit in the upstairs kitchen where there is a table that seats six and have our meals. Tea is
JANUARY 30, MONDAY
BILL MOSHER PRETEND DONOR No special program has been arranged for us here at Samvedana Ashram and we wouldn’t want to interrupt the work of the Ashram to entertain foreigners who decided to drop in. But we have been drawn
JANUARY 30, MONDAY
BILL MOSHER PRETEND DONOR No special program has been arranged for us here at Samvedana Ashram and we wouldn’t want to interrupt the work of the Ashram to entertain foreigners who decided to drop in. But we have been drawn
JANUARY 29, SUNDAY
DONORS In the few days that we have been here several people who are interested in supporting the work of the Ashram have stopped by. Today a group of diamond merchants from Surat stopped by to consider donating enough money
JANUARY 29, SUNDAY
DONORS In the few days that we have been here several people who are interested in supporting the work of the Ashram have stopped by. Today a group of diamond merchants from Surat stopped by to consider donating enough money
JANUARY 28, SATURDAY
MEDICAL CAMP The last Saturday of the month a team of about 15 volunteers—doctors of several specialities and pharmacists and helpers—drive the 120 kilometers, about 70 miles, from Vishvanagar to Virampur and put on a three hour medical camp for
JANUARY 28, SATURDAY
MEDICAL CAMP The last Saturday of the month a team of about 15 volunteers—doctors of several specialities and pharmacists and helpers—drive the 120 kilometers, about 70 miles, from Vishvanagar to Virampur and put on a three hour medical camp for
JANUARY 27, FRIDAY
MISSING FRIDAY OLD MAN’S COFFEE HOUR A Letter to my Friday morning McDonald’s old men’s coffee group. Dear McDonalds Coffee Drinkers, Last Friday I missed coming to McDonald’s coffee because I was in the air between Helsinki and Delhi. I
JANUARY 27, FRIDAY
MISSING FRIDAY OLD MAN’S COFFEE HOUR A Letter to my Friday morning McDonald’s old men’s coffee group. Dear McDonalds Coffee Drinkers, Last Friday I missed coming to McDonald’s coffee because I was in the air between Helsinki and Delhi. I
JANUARY 26, THURSDAY
VIRAMPUR ASHRAM CELEBRATES REPUBLIC DAY Virampur Ashram is the creation of Hasmukh Patel. Fresh out of university Hasmukh dedicated himself to Gandhian principles and to helping the poor. He met his wife Manda when the two of them were imprisoned
JANUARY 26, THURSDAY
VIRAMPUR ASHRAM CELEBRATES REPUBLIC DAY Virampur Ashram is the creation of Hasmukh Patel. Fresh out of university Hasmukh dedicated himself to Gandhian principles and to helping the poor. He met his wife Manda when the two of them were imprisoned
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 