Author Archives: billybaba
FEBRUARY 23, FRIDAY
DONOR VISIT When important visitors or potential donors come the Ashram knows how to present itself well. There is a special meal, the tribal children of the Ashram perform with group movement and chanting, villagers tell their stories about how
FEBRUARY 23, FRIDAY
DONOR VISIT When important visitors or potential donors come the Ashram knows how to present itself well. There is a special meal, the tribal children of the Ashram perform with group movement and chanting, villagers tell their stories about how
FEBRUARY 22, THURSDAY
GOSHALA Tonight and last night Shilpa invited me to go for a walk saying it was good for our health. But it was a short walk, just down the road a little ways to the goshala, the cattle pen for
FEBRUARY 22, THURSDAY
GOSHALA Tonight and last night Shilpa invited me to go for a walk saying it was good for our health. But it was a short walk, just down the road a little ways to the goshala, the cattle pen for
FEBRUARY 20, TUESDAY
TEEN DARWAZA On Tuesday Mihir and Hetvi, Prisha and Manda left left early in the morning to fly to San Francisco and Nidhi and Herin left a 3 p.m. to fly to Brampton in Canada. Everyone was busy seeing people
FEBRUARY 20, TUESDAY
TEEN DARWAZA On Tuesday Mihir and Hetvi, Prisha and Manda left left early in the morning to fly to San Francisco and Nidhi and Herin left a 3 p.m. to fly to Brampton in Canada. Everyone was busy seeing people
FEBRUARY 19, MONDAY
BRAMPTON I had never heard of the Canadian town, Brampton, but now I have. It is the town in Canada, outside Toronto, where Niddhi and her husband moved to after their wedding five years ago. Her husband, Herin, was sent
FEBRUARY 19, MONDAY
BRAMPTON I had never heard of the Canadian town, Brampton, but now I have. It is the town in Canada, outside Toronto, where Niddhi and her husband moved to after their wedding five years ago. Her husband, Herin, was sent
FEBRUARY 18TH, SUNDAY
THE WEDDING The actual wedding ceremony was held at an enormous party plot on the edge of Ahmedabad. We arrived at the wedding space at about 5 for with ceremonies leading up to the wedding taking place until 6, then
FEBRUARY 18TH, SUNDAY
THE WEDDING The actual wedding ceremony was held at an enormous party plot on the edge of Ahmedabad. We arrived at the wedding space at about 5 for with ceremonies leading up to the wedding taking place until 6, then
FEBRUARY 17, SATURDAY
MAHENDI (HENNA HAND PAINTING) The wedding event on Saturday was held on the grounds of the Hanuman temple that Jitubhai, father of the groom, had built on the outskirts of Ahmedabad across the street form a public hospital which also
FEBRUARY 17, SATURDAY
MAHENDI (HENNA HAND PAINTING) The wedding event on Saturday was held on the grounds of the Hanuman temple that Jitubhai, father of the groom, had built on the outskirts of Ahmedabad across the street form a public hospital which also
FEBRUARY 17, SATURDAY
HANUMAN TEMPLE The late Saturday afternoon wedding event for 900 guests was held at the Hanuman temple built by Jitubhai the father of the bride on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Hanuman is the monkey king who supported Rama (an incarnation
FEBRUARY 17, SATURDAY
HANUMAN TEMPLE The late Saturday afternoon wedding event for 900 guests was held at the Hanuman temple built by Jitubhai the father of the bride on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Hanuman is the monkey king who supported Rama (an incarnation
FEBRUARY 16, FRIDAY
AN INDIAN WEDDING (PART 1) I sort of knew what to expect, I have been to a couple of big Indian weddings before, but always as an American outsider. And I was certainly an outsider yesterday, but this time I
FEBRUARY 16, FRIDAY
AN INDIAN WEDDING (PART 1) I sort of knew what to expect, I have been to a couple of big Indian weddings before, but always as an American outsider. And I was certainly an outsider yesterday, but this time I
FEBRUARY 15, THURSDAY
PALANPUR-MEHSANA HIGHWAY We arrived in Mehsana, by Ashram car with a driver from Virampur, at about noon or so. I took many photographs and a couple of videos along the way. Until Palanpur we were on curving country roads. There
FEBRUARY 15, THURSDAY
PALANPUR-MEHSANA HIGHWAY We arrived in Mehsana, by Ashram car with a driver from Virampur, at about noon or so. I took many photographs and a couple of videos along the way. Until Palanpur we were on curving country roads. There
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 