When emotions are engaged, when imagination is exercised, words flow, not just intellectually but viscerally.
There are moments when something within begins to feel different, not in a dramatic way, but in how I move through life. The mind does not react as quickly. There is space to pause, to observe, and what once stayed with me begins to pass more easily. A quiet steadiness […]
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. […]
Becoming was not a word I understood easily. Becoming what? Toward what? Into what? For a long time, the word felt foreign to my system, as if it belonged to another language pattern. I understood doing. I understood learning. I understood creating. But becoming felt different. It seemed to suggest […]
The air shifts this time of year. Even before anything fully blooms, there is a quiet sense that something is changing. Branches that looked dry begin to regain life. Guru Nanak Sahib speaks of Vaisakh as a time when vegetation takes form. I find myself returning to that image of […]
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 […]
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 […]
I was listening to a discourse the other day. Most of it moved along as expected.We work for food, clothing, shelter.Roti. Kapra. Makan. We call it dhanda, our business, because it brings dhan, wealth. There is nothing unusual in that. It is how we build a life. But then came […]
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, […]
