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RAKSHABANDHAN / BADEV: FESTIVAL CELEBRATING BROTHERS AND SISTERS
I love our Indian culture where we get to celebrate different bonds and relationships in festivals. Did you know Rakshabandhan is also...

Vaishali A. Patel
Apr 14, 20191 min read


SHRAADH/PITRU TARPAN
Festivals and celebrations are essential parts of our survival as human beings. In India there are celebrations for every occasion: I...

Vaishali A. Patel
Apr 14, 20192 min read


WORSHIP: POOJA
We all have different ways to worship. Some of us go to temples and churches to show our devotions to a statue or a holy place. Some of...

Vaishali A. Patel
Apr 14, 20192 min read


GHAR VAIDU… HOME REMEDIES
You fall down and scrap your knees… Mom says put some Hadadar (turmeric) on it. You have a cold… Mom says drink some aadu (ginger),...

Vaishali A. Patel
Apr 14, 20191 min read


GIVE BACK – SHARE WHAT YOU ARE BLESSED WITH…
We live in a world of inequality and that is the reality. Some of us are blessed to have it all while others struggle to even find food...

Vaishali A. Patel
Apr 14, 20192 min read


DETACHED COMPASSION
Five ways I have learned detached compassion this past year: Oh boy! as a parent this is a tough one for many of us to grasp. There are...

Vaishali A. Patel
Apr 14, 20192 min read


GARBA- WHY DO YOU DANCE?
Not sure how the word dance was originated but I think it has to be from the core of someone’s being. When they felt overjoyed or super...

Vaishali A. Patel
Apr 14, 20192 min read


BE HERE, BE YOU!
I was driving yesterday and listening to the “Magic Lessons” podcast by Elizabeth Gilbert ( Author of Eat, Pray, Love) and she said...

Vaishali A. Patel
Apr 14, 20192 min read


KARVA CHAUTH
Karva Chauth (Hindi: करवा चौथ) is a one-day festival celebrated by Hindu women in North India in which married women fast from sunrise to...

Vaishali A. Patel
Apr 13, 20191 min read


DIWALI
“Aaj Diwali kaal Diwali Gaam naa chhokraa khaay shuvaadi Khaay ne chhokraa raaji thaay Junu varash vidaay thaay…” “Today is Diwali,...

Vaishali A. Patel
Apr 13, 20191 min read
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