Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink!

Yesterday was Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi, the one day of the year where devotees of Krishna fast totally from everything, including water, for 24 hours. This fasting is done as an offering to Krishna, and also to receive the immense spiritual benefit that is bestowed upon the faster on this day.
It was hard. I’ve only done [...]

Crisp Packet Kirtans, Exam Results and Indian Trains

I’m leaving on Thursday and I still haven’t received my results for the past academic year. Not that I’m stressed out about it. I don’t think I’ve failed. But it would be nice to know, instead of being kept in suspense.
Pretty much all of my coursework was speed-written after I came back from India and [...]

Shameless Plug

I consider myself so privileged to have so many extraordinary friends, and I just wanted to write a quickie to let everyone know about my friend Rasika’s new project. She’s been truly blessed with one of the sweetest voices I have ever heard, and is still unfailingly humble and devoted to using her talent in [...]

I Heart Potato Peeling

I was planning on just writing about my day today. It was a nice one. But then I thought, while I’m here, maybe I should go through the little ritual (which I suppose it is by now) of announcing that I am going away – YET AGAIN. Hm. These ‘I’m travelling-goodbye world-I’ll be back-just don’t [...]

SimplyWonderful

I’ve been contributing to a group blog called SimplyKrishna. It’s still in its baby stages and we’re finding our way with it, but the general idea is to have different contributors, united in our interest in Krishna consciousness, just posting about our lives. It’s preaching, but not in a forceful way – we’re hoping that [...]

The Result of an Accidental Daytime Nap

I took a nap today. Well, I didn’t so much take it as fall into it. The Ayurvedic medicine I’m taking is making me feel quite strange at times. The other day, some special ‘Ayurvedic chocolate’ (as my doctor put it) was added to my regime – basically four black cubes of something that clears [...]

Buttercups for Radha Vrajamohan

Hands up, who used to hold buttercups under their chin to check if they liked butter?