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FEBRUARY 9, THURSDAY
RAMESH SINGH BOUNDARY For four years, since I was here last in 2019, the Ramesh Singh Boundary has been on my mind. This is a colony of makeshift houses combining doors and odds and ends and lots of sheets of
FEBRUARY 9, THURSDAY
RAMESH SINGH BOUNDARY For four years, since I was here last in 2019, the Ramesh Singh Boundary has been on my mind. This is a colony of makeshift houses combining doors and odds and ends and lots of sheets of
FEBRUARY 8, WEDNESDAY
(REALLY FEBRUARY 22, 2019) PILGRIMS Todd, Susie and I are settled in the Sahi River Guest House with a wide glassed in porch where we sit with a view over the Ganges. It is $13 a night, so we could
FEBRUARY 8, WEDNESDAY
(REALLY FEBRUARY 22, 2019) PILGRIMS Todd, Susie and I are settled in the Sahi River Guest House with a wide glassed in porch where we sit with a view over the Ganges. It is $13 a night, so we could
FEBRUARY 7, TUESDAY
SAI MAA Yesterday Todd, Susie and I went on a walk through the narrow lanes next to the Ganges and passed by the large building under renovation which four years ago we saw being dedicated to the presence and teachings
FEBRUARY 7, TUESDAY
SAI MAA Yesterday Todd, Susie and I went on a walk through the narrow lanes next to the Ganges and passed by the large building under renovation which four years ago we saw being dedicated to the presence and teachings
FEBRUARY 6, MONDAY
WALKING THROUGH VARANASI BACK LANES The small shops along the narrow lanes running parallel to the Ganges from Desasvamedh Ghat to Assi Ghat attract pilgrims in their bright best clothing who combine doing the Hindu rituals expected in Varanasi with
FEBRUARY 6, MONDAY
WALKING THROUGH VARANASI BACK LANES The small shops along the narrow lanes running parallel to the Ganges from Desasvamedh Ghat to Assi Ghat attract pilgrims in their bright best clothing who combine doing the Hindu rituals expected in Varanasi with
FEBRUARY 5, SUNDAY
ASSI GHAT Our guest house is at Assi Ghat. Ghat means steps to a ritual bathing place. Varanasi is built on a high bluff on the outside of a curve in the Ganges River. In the summer monsoon the river
FEBRUARY 5, SUNDAY
ASSI GHAT Our guest house is at Assi Ghat. Ghat means steps to a ritual bathing place. Varanasi is built on a high bluff on the outside of a curve in the Ganges River. In the summer monsoon the river
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
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