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Deepak Chopra on Life

By Lavina Melwani • Mar 13th, 2009 • Category: Faith

“I have never flown, spoken, moved from hotel to hotel or country to country. Those are activities I long ago delegated to my body. I am always at home and have never left.”



Meet Ganesha, The Lord Of New Beginnings

By Lavina Melwani • Jan 20th, 2009 • Category: Faith

What better way to start a new blog than with Ganesha, the Lord of New Beginnings? Give him whichever name you choose – He is that consciousness that is within us and around us and in the very breath we take.



Women Pujaris: Between Man and God

By Lavina Melwani • Jan 3rd, 2009 • Category: Faith

“Women can be pilots, presidents, models, go for cigarette advertisements, so why can’t they be priests?”



Hinduism: The ABC’S of Culture

By Lavina Melwani • Jan 1st, 2009 • Category: Faith

Religion and culture are best absorbed in childhood, yet these children do not see Hindu culture echoed in the world around them, especially if they live in Small Town, USA where there may be few people who look or worship like them.