Tag: india
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Carrying Weight~
Today’s image is from India—a young girl balancing a heavy sack on her head, her eyes calm, her posture focused. There’s a quiet dignity in the way she moves forward, as so many children do—carrying more than what we can see. It’s a photograph that speaks to resilience, not just in her world, but in…
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Where the River Remembers
A girl in pink walks the ghats, where morning prayers whisper into the light. She winds her way between color and cloth, life drying in rows by the sacred Ganges. The river does not forget. It carries the ashes of burning hopes, the chants of the old, the laughter of children, the weight of belief.…
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Letting Go~
The author reflects on a lifelong yearning for spiritual retreat, rooted in childhood dreams of simplicity and detachment. Experiences of war in Lebanon intensified this desire. After exploring various distractions in youth and searching for clarity in New York and India, they learned that diverse paths exist, each holding sacred value.
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The Burning Ghats of Varanasi – A Dance of Life and Death
Varanasi is a place where the veil between life and death is remarkably thin. At the ghats, where the sacred Ganges meets the city’s heart, bodies burn every hour of the day, releasing souls into the cycle of rebirth. Witnessing this ancient ritual, where grief and reverence intertwine, is both surreal and grounding. The air…
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Virtual Tour- ‘Facing Future’ Exhibition
Here is the virtual tour of the exhibition that is still open for view in Venice till October 5. Today is the international day of Peace. Praying for peace in Lebanon and all other places of conflicts where children and innocents are suffering. Also moments from the opening event. Thanks to all who went all…
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Venice Exhibition and ‘Facing Future’ Book: Embracing Creativity in a Changing World
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It has been a while since I posted. Here with this post, I hope to update you, my friends, with some of what has been happening in my creative life. As always I am trying to understand the changes happening in me and in the world around me, like most people are. The world is…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 11/365
Good Morning, When you are like me and you love exploring this planet and learning about its inhabitants, then some places haunt you for years after you visit them. One of these places is Varanasi in India. You probably have heard of Varanasi, its floods of pilgrims, swamis, holy men and women, the river Ganga…