When emotions are engaged, when imagination is exercised, words flow, not just intellectually but viscerally.
The platinum in my hair has settled now. When I look back at the girl I was, I remember the way things were. I grew up in a traditional family. The women were loved and cared for. Nothing they needed was denied. But decisions were made elsewhere. I watched my […]
Time slips through us like water cupped in our hands.We try to hold it, measure it, fill it.But what is time, really? A ticking clock? A sunrise? A lifetime? Some say it’s a gift. Others call it a test.To some, time is sacred.To others, it’s a burden. We spend it. […]
Holi is not a festival I grew up celebrating.And yet, the language of color has always stayed with me. In Rag Basant, Guru Arjan Sahib says, Aaj hamarai ghar basant. Today, in my home, it is spring. Full sabad and meaning That line has followed me for years. Not because […]
As a child, I first encountered the Ramayana through illustrated pages. One scene, in particular, has remained with me. It is the moment when Ram and Sita return to Ayodhya after fourteen years. A washerman questions Sita’s purity, suggesting that after her time in Ravana’s captivity, how could anyone be certain she […]
There are moments when something inside me grows quiet.Not empty. Just still. Life hasn’t fallen apart. Nothing is obviously wrong. And yet, something feels slightly off. Not enough to name, but enough to notice. A question begins to surface, unannounced. Am I living from what truly matters, or have I […]
Everything begins with longing. Many speak about it. Many write about it. Discourses are held on it. I’ve come to understand it as something far more important than we allow ourselves to believe. It is not something that can be willed or worked toward. This longing doesn’t ask to be […]
There are moments when a single unexpected word catches me off guard and lands with more force than I know how to hold. I felt it before I understood it — a tightening, a quiet sting, a tremor I didn’t expect. I believed I had grown past anger and hurt, […]
Guru Nanak Sahib walked quietly, yet the earth remembers every step.The rivers pause to listen; the winds soften in reverence.In that presence, even silence finds its voice. This Light came not to claim a throne, but to awaken the throne within every heart.Spoke not of conquest, but of consciousness.Each word […]
They met by the pond that belonged to no one and everything. It rested on the edge of the world—where silence spoke and the unseen lingered. She came seeking meaning.He came seeking disappearance. At first, they said nothing. Their eyes met, and something ancient stirred— as if two silences had […]
When devotion takes root within a relationship, it is no ordinary thing.It arrives like a fragile bud at dawn, uncertain, trembling—and yet, in the warmth of the One, it begins to open.Like the flower that leans toward the sun without knowing why,we, too, lean toward that light—softly, instinctively, wholeheartedly. But what […]
I listened to the morning discourse emanating from Manji Sahib Gurdwara, Amritsar. The giani-scholar shared the story of Bhai Nand Lal, who was going to meet Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. I am paraphrasing the story—a thought arose in Bhai Nand Lal: “What can I offer the Guru? I have nothing of […]
