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July 1, 2009

Invitation to participate: What's Your Gift? Project


From: Chintan
Date: 2009/6/21
Subject: Invitation to participate: What's Your Gift? Project
To: whatsyourgiftproject@gmail.com


Dear friends,
This has been on my mind for a while. And I'm delighted to share it with you.
Do make time to read this, and let me know what you think at whatsyourgiftproject@gmail.com
Love
Chintan
 
 
What's Your Gift?
 
The What's Your Gift? Project is based on a deep conviction that each one of us has gifts to offer, and that it is the sharing of these gifts in a spirit of service that can well become an organising principle for the way we live. This project is a humble effort to look for, document and share the stories of those beautiful people who've recognised their gifts and are using them generously for the benefit of others.
 
The need for such stories is strongly felt at a time when people are beginning to lose their trust in being compassionate, reaching out, and helping others. They seek to be reassured that that money isn't such a reliable measure of happiness; that it is possible to do something just for the love of it; and that one can find a great sense of delight in knowing that one has been useful.
 
Here are some stories I have come across recently:
 
* A musician who takes people on trips to Ladakh and Kashmir -- trips that are less touristy, and more of an exploration into how our lifestyle choices impact the earth in hazardous ways, because of our callous preference for convenience and comfort over the health of the universe that sustains us in the first place
 
* A social psychologist who devotes much of her time to connecting people that might be able to benefit, support and learn from each other -- a person who freely shares her contacts, resources, time, and energy with many who speak of her with grateful hearts
 
* A filmmaker couple that hosts an open bookshelf, at home, as well as in their office -- anyone is welcome to come by and look at the books and pick whatever they like; the only rule being that the book shouldn't come back, it has to be passed on to someone else who again will pass it on.
 
* A computer programmer who has built up a collection of poetry from spiritual traditions across the world -- poetry that he considers a spontaneous, beautiful gift in his life, and is happy to share with readers in faraway places through the daily mails he sends out
 
* A college student who looks out for people with bare feet as he walks around his city, and buys footwear for those who have none
 
 
I invite you to share stories of people you've come across, and urge you to look around for more. The idea is to compile these stories in the form of an e-book that would be freely shared as a gift.
 
If you have a story, but do not have the time to write it, one can find volunteers to take care of that.
 
If you are good at writing, but do not have a story in mind, you can volunteer to help with interviewing, writing, editing and proofreading.
 
If you are into graphic design, you can help with layouts and illustrations.
 
If you are a photographer, you can help with pictures.
 
There might be several other ways in which you can share your gifts to help this project.
 
So do get in touch: whatsyourgiftproject@gmail.com
 
And yes, please circulate this mail among your friends.
 
 
PS: Many thanks to my friend Vinod, whose work and words inspired this project!

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June 22, 2009

Screening of 'The Queen and I' on 29th June at Prithvi House, Bombay


From: Vikalp@Prithvi <vikalp.prithvi@gmail.com>



 

 

VIKALP@PRITHVI

 

Monday, 29th June, 2009

 

7 pm & 9:30 pm

 

 

 

When Nahid Persson Sarvestani, an Iranian exile, set out to make a documentary about Farrah, the wife of the Shah of Iran, she expected to encounter her opposite. As a child, Persson Sarvestani had lived in dire poverty, watching Farrah’s wedding as if it were a fairy tale. As a teenager, she joined the Communist faction of Khomeini’s revolution that deposed the Shah, sending him and his family volleying from country to country. When Khomeini betrayed his promise for democracy, imposing more violent measures than the Shah had, Persson Sarvestani was also forced to flee.

 

Thirty years later, she needs key questions answered and goes directly to the source. Queen Farrah welcomes her as a fellow refugee from their beloved homeland, granting unprecedented access. Over the next year and a half, Persson Sarvestani enters the queen’s world, planning to challenge the Shah’s ideology; instead, she must rethink her own.

 

When Persson Sarvestani’s prior opposition to the Shah surfaces, the queen shuts down filming. Yet, in the struggle to understand each other’s experiences, an unlikely friendship has blossomed. Confronting Farrah about the Shah’s repression has become not only a political conflict but a personal one, and Persson Sarvestani’s objectivity is shaken.

 

Both are women living in exile.

 

Over time, the two confront each other about their past, question their former beliefs, and share their grievances. Their relationship grows as they realize they have much in common as two strong women who have risen above hardships to continue evolving towards a positive future.

 

In this gripping, poignant consideration of subjectivity as truth, we learn that people write history. And can also heal it. The Queen and I, made by a former revolutionary who helped to overthrow the monarchy in Iran’s 1979 revolution, couldn’t be more relevant as we reach across our own political aisles.

 

Filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani began a formalized study of television and film production in Sweden, and in 2003 attended Dramatiska Institutet. She has made several films in Iran under challenging conditions, among them Prostitution Behind the Veil, for which the Iranian authorities detained her for more than three months. 

 

 

 

The Queen and I

Swedish/ 2008/ 90 mins

 

Director: Nahid Persson Sarvestani 

Editor: Zinat S. Lloyd 

Music: Mirage 

Cinematographer: Nicklas Karpaty 

Sound: Rostm Persson, William Kaplan, Arvid Lind 

Publicist: Sara Vahabi

 

 

* No Entry Fee. Limited Seating.

* Prithvi House, Opposite Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu, Mumbai.

* The registration desk will be open between 6 pm to 6:45 pm and 8:30 to 9:15 pm.

* For more information, write to us at vikalp.prithvi@gmail.com

* For screening queries contact Anand Patwardhan 9819882244 Lynne Henry 9820896425

 



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June 16, 2009

Bengaluru Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba '09


From: Siddharth Narrain


*Bengaluru to Celebrate Queer Pride for the Second Time*

**After last year’s successful and vibrant queer pride march, which saw over
600 people celebrating and affirming queer lives in Bengaluru alone,
Karnataka is gearing up for its second edition christened Karnataka Queer
Habba.  This year we as individuals and organisations, under the banner of
Campaign for Sex-workers and Sexual Minorities Rights (CSMR), have decided
to extend the festivities to a week beginning with a cricket match on June
21st and culminating with the pride march on June 28th.  Come celebrate
along with us as Bangalore’s LGBTQ community paints the town pink on
the*28th June 2009
*.  Like last year, this time too the pride march will begin at National
College, Basavanagudi at 2:00 p.m and go up to Puttanachetty Town Hall via
Sajjan Rao Circle and Minerva Circle and will culminate with a series of
speeches as we gather on the Town Hall steps.  Celebrities including actress
Arundhati Nag will address the celebration at the end of the march.

After the success of last year’s pride we have decided to host an even
bigger event christened “Karnataka Queer Habba” this year. As a run up to
this year’s Pride March we will be hosting *a week of events *across the
city.  The events will include:

*“Queering the Pitch”: Cricket Match*

  - When               : Sunday, June 21st, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  - Where              : RBANMS Play Ground, Gangadhar Chetty Road, Ulsoor.
  - Contact           : Gurukiran 98803 65692 or Sunil 99450 90301

*Dalit-Sexual Minorities Dialogue on Stigma and Discrimination*

  - When               : Monday, June 22nd, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  - Where              : Indian Social Institute, 24 Benson Road
  - Contact           : Manohar 96322 23460

*Release of Human Rights Watch Report - This Alien Legacy: The Origins of
“Sodomy” Laws in British Colonialism **-** followed by a discussion **“**Laws
that Terrorise:  Threats to Indian Democracy**”*

  - When               : Tuesday, June 23rd, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
  - Where              : Institute of Agricultural Technologies, Queens
  Road.
  - Contact           : Arvind 99800 10933

*Pirat Dyke Film Screening of One in Ten (by Aarthi Parthasarathy) and Desert Hearts (by Donna Deitch)*

  - When               : Wednesday, June 24th, 5:30 p.m.
  - Where              : Swabhava Office, 4th Floor, No. 1., M.S. Plaza,
  13th A Cross, 4th Main Road, Sampangiramnagar (opposite Sampangiramnagar
  Police Station)
  - Contact           : Nitya 99164 82928

*Public Discussion on Religion and Sexuality*

  - When               : Thursday, June 25th, 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  - Where              : United Theological College (UTC), Millers Road
  - Contact           : Shubha 92434 46105*
  *

*Evening of Theatre and Dance Performance*

  - When               : Friday, June 26th, 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
  - Where              : St. Josephs College of Commerce auditorium
  - Contact           : Sumati 98451 65143

*Story Telling Sessions*

  - When               : Saturday, June 27th, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
  - Where              : Cubbon Park
  - Contact           : Deepak 93437 63497

* *

*Bengaluru Pride 2009***

  - When               : *Sunday, June 28th*, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  - Where              : National College Basavanagudi to Puttanachetty
  Town Hall via Sajjan Rao Circle, Minerva Circle and J.C. Road
  - Contact           : Siddharth 98450 01168 or Nithin  98860 81269


Email: bengalurupride@gmail.com
Website: www.bengalurupride.org

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June 16, 2009

Shikshantar's Swaraj University


From: Shubhangi

this is quite a cool place, good space to challenge your thinking

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Manish Jain <m.jain@rocketmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 9, 2009
Subject: swaraj university is coming...


dear shubhangi-

greetings from udaipur.

can you pls share the attached invitations (in hindi and english) for Swaraj University with youth and organizations that you are in touch with? 

we need your help to get the word out, particularly to school walkouts.  

thanks.

love,

manish


Manish Jain
Shikshantar: The Peoples' Institute for Rethinking Education and Development
83 Adinath Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan, 313004 INDIA
Tel: 91-294-245-1303
Fax: 91-294-245-1925
Web: www.swaraj.org/shikshantar
      



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June 15, 2009

The new SCRIPTS RELEASE...and more! on 23 June at Kala Ghoda


From: <labialist@yahoo.com>
Subject: The new SCRIPTS RELEASE...and more! on 23 June
To: stree.sangam@gmail.com



Lesbians and Bisexuals in Action

&

Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan

invite you to

 

the long-awaited release of SCRIPTS, issue no. 12,

the queer zine published by LABIA

with a range of queer writings on the theme of censorship

{accompanied by select readings on censorship that is done by the state, others and our own selves}  

 

the release of the Human Rights Watch report An Alien Legacy in Hindi

{Ek Parayi Virasat} by its author, lawyer and activist Alok Gupta

{This report is about how laws in over three dozen countries, from India to Uganda and from Nigeria to Papua New Guinea, derive from a single law on homosexual conduct that British colonial rulers imposed on India in 1860.}

 

a brief talk on censorship in our times by Bishakha Datta, well-known feminist activist and filmmaker

 

the screening of Saba Dewan’s fascinating documentary

THE OTHER SONG

 {The final in Saba's trilogy focusing on stigmatised women performers, the film brings us face to face with the enigmatic figure of the tawaif, courtesan, bai ji and the contested terrain of her art practise and lifestyle. }

120 min / Hindi,Urdu & English with English subtitles

 

June 23, 2009

at 06:30 p.m.

K. Dubash Marg,

Kala Ghoda,

Mumbai 400 001

Tel.: +91 (22) 22 02 77 10

 

Please be in your seats by 6.30 pm

as it promises to be a packed evening in every sense!

Those who are punctual may be assured of a cup of hot chai 


LESBIANS ON THE LINE 9833278171
Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays (5pm - 8pm)

You can also reach us at:
LABIA/ Stree Sangam
P.O. Box 16613
Mumbai 400 019.


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May 31, 2009

Films Based on Plays by Harold Pinter, June 5-8, Calcutta

From: feedback@seagullindia.com
Subject: A Pause for Pinter

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May 31, 2009

Public Discussion on "Internationalising Caste" - June 4, Delhi


From: Navayana Publishing <navayana@gmail.com>
Subject: 4 June 2009: Public Discussion on "Internationalising Caste", New Delhi



CACIM and Navayana
invite you to a
public discussion on

INTERNATIONALISING CASTE
EVERYBODY’S ISSUE? OR NOBODY’S ISSUE?

June 4, Thursday, 2009
3.30 – 6.30 pm, India Social Institute, New Delhi

Caste has killed public spirit. Caste has destroyed the sense of
public charity. Caste has made public opinion impossible… Virtue has
become caste-ridden and morality has become caste-bound.
--B.R. Ambedkar, in Annihilation of Caste, 1936

The efforts to internationalise the issue of caste-based
discrimination against the 260 million Dalits in South Asia and treat
it on a par with racial discrimination, which had received a boost in
2001 at the United Nations World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) held
in Durban, suffered a serious setback at the Durban Review Conference
held recently (April 20–24, 2009) in Geneva. While in 2001, WCAR had
discussed caste euphemistically as “discrimination based on work and
descent”, in line with terminology devised by the UN’s Committee on
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the outcome document
of the Durban Review Conference (DRC) has evaded even an allusion to
caste.

More than a month after the Geneva event, there’s almost no public
debate in India on the issue. Dalits have tried raising the issue of
caste with various UN forums for over three decades now. The first
effort at lobbying with the UN resulted in Dr Laxmi Berwa, an
expatriate Dalit from the United States, presenting a testimony before
the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights in Geneva on 31 August 1982.

•    What is shocking has been the near-total absence of any debate in
the Indian public sphere about the setback to the fight against caste
at the international level.


•    Why does caste continue to be an issue raised only by Dalits
today? What is the role of civil societal groups in this?

•    Why it is that society remains indifferent to atrocities on
Dalits—even though every hour two Dalits are assaulted, every day
three Dalit women are raped, two Dalits are murdered and two Dalit
houses burnt?

•    Why have NGOs come to dominate the UN interventions on caste? Are
social/ political/ activist movements being left behind?

To debate and raise awareness on these issues and to broaden the scope
of the global effort at fighting caste, we invite you to three
sessions of debate and discussion:

THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONALISING CASTE: Ashok Bharti (National
Confrence of Dalit Organisations, NACDOR), Paul Divakar, National
Council for Dalit Human Rights NCDHR; Colin Gonsalves (Human Rights
Law Network, HRLN)

CASTE—THE MEDIA’S COMPLICITY AND SILENCE: Neelabh Mishra (Outlook
Hindi) and Pamela Philipose (Senior Journalist)

CASTE AND OTHER QUESTIONS: RACISM, COMMUNALISM, IMPERIALISM: Praful
Bidwai (Senior Journalist), Annie Namala (Director, Centre for
Programming Inclusion and Equity), Surinder Jodhka (Director, Indian
Institute of Dalit Studies)

Moderator: S. Anand, Navayana

Each panel will be for about 40 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of
discussion. After the concluding panel, it will be an Open House.

Tea will be served at 3.30 p.m.

For further details contact Madhuresh at Cacim 9818905316
(www.cacim.net) or Anand at Navayana 9971433117 (www.navayana.org).

Click here for ISI location: http://www.isidelhi.org.in/contactus.php#location

A READY-RECKONER OF ONLINE REFERENCES AND RESOURCES:

1.    The official Durban Review Conference website
[http://www.un.org/durbanreview2009/].
2.    Human Rights Watch on how and why DRC failed on caste. The site
also offers extensive background and position papers.
[http://www.un.org/durbanreview2009/]
3.    International Dalit Solidarity Network website. Offers joint
statement by IDSN, HRW and NCDHR; plus a press kit.
[http://www.idsn.org/news-resources/idsn-news/read/article/durban-review-conference-break-the-un-silence-on-caste-discrimination/128/]
4.    Caste and the World, S. Anand, The Hindu, May 24, 2009.
[http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/05/24/stories/2009052450180500.htm]
5.    Caste: Racism in all but name? Shobhan Saxena’s Times of India
report on DRC, 26 Apr 2009.
[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Deep-Focus/Caste-Racism-in-all-but-name/articleshow/4449716.cms]
6.    Caste Out, Yet Again, EPW editorial on Durban Review Conference;
May16 2009. [http://epw.in/epw/uploads/articles/13508.pdf}
7.    Seminar, the monthly journal, devoted an entire issue (Dec 2001)
to the Durban WCAR conference of 2001. Features articles by Martin
Macwan, Kancha Ilaiah, Gopal Guru, Dipankar Gupta, Soli Sorabjee and
others. [http://www.india-seminar.com/2001/508.htm]
8.    Race and Caste, Andre Beteille, The Hindu, March 10, 2001. A
controversial article that triggered a huge debate.
[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/03/10/stories/05102523.htm]
9.    Race and caste: A Response to Andre Beteille by Kalpana
Kannabiran, August 2001
[http://www.pucl.org/reports/National/2001/beteille.htm]. Also see
this letter to The Hindu.
[http://www.hindu.com/2001/03/14/stories/05141306.htm]
10.    India’s Apartheid, Rajeev Dhavan, The Hindu, August 24, 2001
[http://www.hindu.com/2001/03/14/stories/05141306.htm]
11.    Is Durban the answer? Vir Singh, The Hindu, September 02, 2001
[http://www.hindu.com/2001/09/02/stories/1302054a.htm]
12.    Caste, race and sociologists – I, Gail Omvedt, The Hindu,
October 18, 2001
[http://www.hindu.com/2001/10/18/stories/05182524.htm]
13.    Caste, race and sociologists – II, Gail Omvedt, The Hindu,
October 19, 2001
[http://www.hindu.com/2001/10/19/stories/05192524.htm]
14.    Caste, Race and the Indian Anthropologists, Amarjit Singh,
ambedkar.org [http://www.ambedkar.org/WCAR/CasteRace.htm]
15.    The Durban dip can cleanse a billion sins, ChandraBhan Prasad,
Aug 2001. [http://www.ambedkar.org/chandrabhan/TheDurban.htm]
16.    En Route to Durban: Thoughts on Caste and Race, Vijay Parshad,
n.d. [http://illvox.org/2007/06/en-route-to-durban-thoughts-on-caste-and-race/]
17.    CPI(M) official position statement on WCAR, Durban; 3 August
2001 [http://cpim.org/statement/2001/2001_Aug_03_durban_conference.htm]
18.    Caste and the U.N. meet, Kancha Ilaiah, The Hindu, August 21,
2001 [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/21/stories/05212523.htm]
19.    Caste and Race, Naunidhi Kaur, Frontline, 6 July 2001
[http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1813/18130950.htm]
20.    PUCL’s special focus on the 2001 Durban countdown debates.
[http://www.pucl.org/reports/National/2001/debate.htm]


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May 29, 2009

Ladakh 2009 - Invite


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Vinod Sreedhar <vinodsreedhar@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/5/29
Subject: Ladakh 2009 - Invite

Hello!

It’s that time of year once again! :) Winter has given way to summer, the passes are open and the mountains beckon invitingly. It’s time for the annual visit to Ladakh… in July this year, as part of the Journeys with Meaning series.

We will be spending about 9 days there. If you're interested, you are welcome to join in for the journey. Am copying the invitation below... invites are also attached. If you are keen on joining in, please do get in touch with me on +91 98191 54365... or if you know of friends who may be interested, please do share this email with them.

Dates: July 11th to 28th, 2009

Planning for the trip is already on and ticket bookings will have to be made fairly soon... within the next 10 days. So please do get in touch RIGHT AWAY if you're interested. I will be able to share details of the itinerary and costs involved to those who email or call me about their interest in the visit.

Take care! :)

Love,                
Vinod

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LADAKH

Ladakh is an ecological hotspot in many ways. Anybody who has been there will agree that it is a place that is at peace with itself. Having been cut off from 'civilization' for a long time, this spectacular land has become accessible to mainstream tourism only in the last few years. Inevitably, this overwhelming inflow of people is putting a huge strain on local resources. Planes, buses, jeeps and motorbikes bringing people in, are causing a lot of pollution. Food supplies have to be imported from outside as Ladakh, a self-sufficient local economy until now, only produces enough for its local population. This adds to vehicular traffic and therefore pollution in the mountains. Water is also at a premium as Ladakh depends on glacial meltwater for its needs. This precious supply is also being polluted because of an increasing number of guesthouses catering to the tourists' ever increasing demands.

While exploring cultures other than our own can help both visitors and the locals in many ways, tourism needs to happen far more responsibly. There can be a balance between economy and ecology. One needn't suffer at the expense of the other.

Join us on a nine day visit to beautiful Ladakh where one can still experience the sheer poetry of nature… where ancient monasteries, spectacular lakes, the high-altitude desert and a carefree and happy people will reach out and find a special place in your hearts, showing you how life once was and more importantly, how it can be… if only we learn to respect nature.

We will be interacting with local people and organizations in an attempt to better understand how the objective of balancing economy and ecology can be achieved.

Please call me on 0 98191 54365 or email me at vinodsreedhar@gmail.com for more details about these visits.


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May 27, 2009

Craft Bazaar of Products made by Street Kids, May 29-30, Khar

 


From: Shubhangi Swarup
Subject: Invite : Craft Bazaar of products made by our Street Kids! pls come and check it out!



hey,
i'm really excited about this, our kids have put in a great amount of craziness and creativity to make things out of waste material. pls do come and check it out (invite below), hopefully the efforts will pay off eventually and you will see little artists instead of street kids on marine drive..the kids r there on friday from 12 to 5, so try and make it when they r there.

see you!

Shubhangi

From: nupur shaah

Hey everyone,

I am thrilled to invite you all to our very own Craft Bazaar,
of colorful products hand-made by our own Hamara Footpath kids - the street kids of Churchgate!
For two weeks, Hamara Footpath along with
Dhoop (a handicraft store in Bandra) & Matrushakti ( an organization that promotes creative skills in under-privilidged children),
have been conducting craft workshops, with 20 street kids,
in the Dhoop office compound in Bandra.
At the workshop, the kids were encouraged to use raw material,
easily available to them ( coconut shells, chai glasses, broken glass bangles, match-boxes and beer bottles etc.)
and create products like danglers, candle holders, fridge magnets, table mats etc.

All of us know that selling gajras or coloring books on the signal is a losing proposition.
We hope these workshops have taught our kids new skills
and we hope will lead to better opportunities for them.

On behalf of all the street kids, their families, and whole Hamara Footpath family,
we would like to invite you to Dhoop ( 1st floor, Sheetal Apts, Corner of Union Park & Ambedkar Rd, Khar (W) - # 022 649 8646 / 47 )
on Friday, 29 May, to meet the kids and their products ( the bazaar is on till the products last!)
Please see the attached invite for details.

For pictures of the workshop click on : 

We look forward to your presence and your valuable inputs.
Let us know what you think and how we could take this forward. :)

See ya!

Love
Nupur
Hamara Footpath







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May 27, 2009

Interesting website - SIGNPOSTS


From: Vinod Sreedhar <vinodsreedhar AT gmail.com>
Date: 2009/5/25
Subject: My new website - SIGNPOSTS



Hi! :)

This is a mail that should have been written at least two years ago. But thanks to my being blessed with a fickle mind (only regarding certain things thankfully) and loads of traveling on work and other projects, I've been a bit slow in coming up with a website about everything that I do. The site design itself took a lot of time. I worked on some parts of it alone and on other parts with my friend Girish (thanks for all the patience, Girish)... and finally the website has taken shape. Here it is:

www.signposts.co.in


Through the website, my intention is to bring together two areas of living / being that I feel need more attention than anything else today:

Our inner world -  This is all about following our hearts, doing what makes us come alive. But more importantly, it's about learning to be ourselves completely at all times... without any pretensions, without wanting to fit into the moulds that society has kept ready for us. This, of course, requires a tremendous amount of self-awareness and clarity about what our deepest values are, what we feel most strongly about, and how we want to use the time we have on Earth. It also raises questions about the choices we make regarding academics, careers, success, etc. And the fears/insecurities that prevent us from living fully. Our inner motivations and aspirations drive us to act in particular ways, ways that have an impact not only on us but also on the outer world. This, of course, leads us to the other area that I'm focusing on...

Our outer world -  we are living in a world today that is going through some dramatic changes. These changes are the result of how generations before us have chosen to live their lives. Likewise, the lifestyle choices we make will impact both our lives and that of future generations. And whether we like it or not, we are in a situation today where we have to make some really important choices. Living sustainably is my answer to this dilemma... living in a way that causes minimal damage to Earth and that recognises the interconnectedness of all life on the planet.

These are the two parts of ourselves that I feel need our regular attention. And SIGNPOSTS is my way of approaching the questions that most of us have about life and living.

Do stop by to take a look at the site. Ideas for content are also welcome... it is a work-in-progress and I will be putting up information about events/workshops that I will be organizing on the site. I will also be posting articles regularly on the Signposts blog.

Do share your feedback for me. :)

Thanks!
Vinod




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