Sadar Patrappa Road is commonly abbreviated to S.P. Road, nice and short for those wanting to save some time saying the extra syllables. This is Bangalore after all—the hub of India’s fast-paced…
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LIVING IN THE MOMENT: A lesson in the desert
It happened in the desert near the pyramids of Giza, Egypt. I could see the pyramids in silhouette not too far in the distance and I remember hearing the grains…
SRI PADA PILGRIMAGE: Christmas on Sri Lanka’s most sacred mountain
A few hundred steps into the Sri Pada pilgrimage route the path steepens. I stick to the far left of the path as I go up, greatly outnumbered by the flood of people…
THIKSEY MONASTERY: Ladakh offers respite from India’s busyness
Fifty monks sit cross-legged in long rows. Their prayer books, narrow strips of thick paper bound by string, sit open in front of them. They chant the Buddhist sutras…
CHECKMATE: Play the game with mindfulness and equanimity
A stray cow is walking toward me. I cross the street to give it space, careful to avoid stepping on a tail of one of the many sprawled out, potentially rabid, dogs that lay on the other side.
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