The First Time I clearly remember the first time I walked into what is now the living room of our home. That was a little more than nine years ago. We had come to see the house for the very first time, and weren’t even sure if we would consider buying it because it had… Continue reading When the Gods Came Home
Once during his Baroda years, Sri Aurobindo visited a Kali temple on the bank of the Narmada river. Recounting that visit, he later said: “With my Europeanised mind I had no faith in image worship and I hardly believed in the presence of God. I went to Kemali where there are several temples. There is… Continue reading The Great World-Mother
In my ongoing ‘decluttering’ journey, I have decided to clean my blog as well. I have started a process of sorting through old blogs and will be keeping only those pieces which speak something significant to me. There is a lot of stuff in this space that I am no longer able to connect with… Continue reading Unearthing the Path: A Photo-Essay
Modern tendency is to depreciate the value of the beautiful and over-stress the value of the useful. Generations of Indians have been cut off from the ancient roots of their aesthetic cultural traditions, thanks to a mercenary and soul-less education. According to Sri Aurobindo, this situation can only be corrected if education can figure out… Continue reading Some Indian Views on Beauty and Art
The intricately carved pillars lead you into the chamber of Beauty and Divinity. Beauty in Divinity; Divinity in Beauty. Your eyes want to linger on the details of the pillars, take in every piece of carving and beauty. At the same time the inner quietude pulls you in. Disciple: Is form inseparable from the experience of beauty? Sri… Continue reading Divinity in Details
A new post in the series – Satyam Shivam Sundaram A series featuring inspiring words from various sources, words that speak of timeless truths, words that remind me of the deeper and hidden truth behind surface events and phenomena, words that shine light when all seems dark, words that are just what I need –… Continue reading When Art Opens toward Ananda
A few weeks ago I watched a movie called “The Monuments Men“. Doesn’t the title itself sounds interesting? To me it did. Well, to my husband actually who picked it up from the DVD store. He saw the cover, saw George Clooney on it and he knew I would enjoy it no matter what. And… Continue reading When a Movie is Not Just a Movie
This post was re-published in Tamarind Rice, July 2014 For readers’ comments, click HERE for the previous version of this blog. A post inspired by some late night browsing of old pictures; this time from a visit to Cholamandal, an Artists’ Village near Chennai In today’s world where art has become another peg in the… Continue reading Art and Society
Ellora caves, Photo by Suhas Mehra Sometimes channel surfing on TV actually does yield some good results. Like that afternoon in Delhi, while passing an idle hour and randomly clicking buttons on the TV remote I came across a song I had almost forgotten. And this is a song I used to very much… Continue reading An Old Song and the Greatness of Indian Sculpture
Beauty Interprets, Expresses, Manifests the Eternal 