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How is Love Measured?
How is Love Measured?
Seated at the dinner table with family one evening, I found my niece and I engaged in a deep conversation. The adored 5-year-old explained…
Deepa Gohill
Dec 14
Food for Thought
Food for Thought
The kitchen is the place in our home where everyone comes to hang out. It’s where my kindergartner comes to get away from her workbook, my…
Shatabdi Patel
Dec 5
The Gift That Keeps Giving
The Gift That Keeps Giving
If I tell you about a gift that keeps giving, would you believe me?
Nidhi Patel
Nov 17
Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness
Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness
I absolutely love the fall season. The weather gets cooler and it’s actually nice walking outside. But, it is also a reminder that summer…
Yogesh Patel
Nov 10
Epitome of Compassion
Epitome of Compassion
The year 2020 will forever be remembered as a year of isolation, distancing, and change. Along with longing to get back to “normal,” we…
Param Shanti
Nov 2
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Diwali: Lighting Others’ Lamps
Diwali: Lighting Others’ Lamps
“Create light in your inner world,” they said, “This way, every day can become like Diwali.”
Roma Gujarathi
Oct 22
A Letter to My Child
A Letter to My Child
Bindi Patel
Jul 24
Spirit of Gratitude in Thanksgiving: Then and Now
Spirit of Gratitude in Thanksgiving: Then and Now
It’s been 365 days or more precisely 525,600 minutes since our last collective moment of pause and expression of gratitude observed…
Param Shanti
Nov 25, 2021
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Never Taken a Selfie
Never Taken a Selfie
Mitesh Patel
Sep 30
Learning to Adjust
Learning to Adjust
How playing the trombone taught me the importance of harmony
Mauktik Dave
Aug 31
Into the Unknown
Into the Unknown
As we finished taking all of my boxes up to my dorm room, I hugged my parent’s goodbye as I began a new chapter in my life…
Mauktik Dave
Aug 9
How a Lotus Led Me onto a Path of Fulfillment
How a Lotus Led Me onto a Path of Fulfillment
Wake up, pray, exercise, work, eat lunch, work, eat dinner, join calls, sleep, repeat.
Eva Patel
Jul 15
Because You Deserve Peace
Because You Deserve Peace
“Forgive Others Not Because They Deserve Forgiveness But Because You Deserve Peace.” — Jonathan Lockwood Huie.
Mauktik Dave
Jul 8
Wilted Flowers, Revived
Wilted Flowers, Revived
A couple of weeks ago, one of the kindergarten students in my class brought me a sunflower from her garden. I put it in a water-filled vase…
Preetal Makan
Jun 17
Crucibles for Change
Crucibles for Change
Our pandemic-induced reflections on time, distance, and health have been interrupted in the past few months by questions of another…
Param Shanti
May 22
My Guru’s Words
My Guru’s Words
When it comes to managing our day-to-day interactions with one another, most of us can often be described as complicated. We all have…
Param Shanti
May 11
The Parenting Paradox
The Parenting Paradox
It’s hard to believe that I have been a parent for 23 years. Yet, it feels like only yesterday I was a kid myself. I envied all the people…
knowingbliss
May 7
Bharatanatyam — Devotional Dance
Bharatanatyam — Devotional Dance
2019 was the year that I had waited to experience for so long! College campus visits and senior year events were just around the corner…
Mahima Dave
Apr 29
Put Yourself First
Put Yourself First
Think about it: our whole inner world, for the entirety of our existence, is nothing but a continuous conversation with ourselves.
Roma Gujarathi
Mar 8
Unclaimed Baggage
Unclaimed Baggage
A sea of black, blue, and gray lay before me. Peppered throughout were pops of color — specks of orange, red, and green. I was not at a…
Kashyap Patel
Mar 2
Limited Perceptions
Limited Perceptions
Overcoming limitations of our perceptions in order to explore our greatest potential
Bhavisha Doshi
Feb 16
How I Studied 👨🎓 for the Scripps National Spelling Bee 🐝
How I Studied 👨🎓 for the Scripps National Spelling Bee 🐝
Hi, my name is Atman and I’m a 5th grader, and I am the worst speller. It gets so bad that sometimes I can’t even tell which word I was…
Atman Patel
Feb 9
A Mark of Growth
A Mark of Growth
At the Hindu temple where I go to worship, called a mandir, it is commonplace to see men have an orange colored “U” shaped mark with a red…
Param Shanti
Feb 1
Got Stress?
Got Stress?
Often, I had asked myself why peace of mind seemed so elusive. There were times when life just seemed not that easy. Sometimes it felt like…
Param Shanti
Dec 16, 2021
The Secret to Happiness
The Secret to Happiness
Waking up on the wrong side of the bed. It happens to the best of us.
Param Shanti
Dec 5, 2021
Adjusting the Light
Adjusting the Light
Wash and sanitize my hands, put my gown on, get close to the patient, verify the patient, do a timeout, adjust the light. Wash and sanitize…
Param Shanti
Nov 4, 2021
The Rangoli of Life
The Rangoli of Life
The wick of the diyas drenched in ghee, Cast a wondrous light, of hope and glee. The kitchen stirred with busied steps Lest the fear of any…
Param Shanti
Nov 2, 2021
Positive Attitude for a Healthy Mind
Positive Attitude for a Healthy Mind
I once heard someone say, “a healthy mind is more important than a healthy body.” At first, I didn’t believe that. A healthy body is of…
Param Shanti
Oct 27, 2021
Slow is smooth, Smooth is fast
Slow is smooth, Smooth is fast
It is an irony of our modern times that while technology is continually invented to save us time, we use that time to do more and more…
Param Shanti
Oct 2, 2021
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