Category: Social Upliftment
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A Hymn for Foxes, Fields, and the Slow Mind
The text explores the interplay between form and memory, illustrating how shapes emerge and evolve through time, from the birth of a fox to its domestication as a dog. It emphasizes the continuity of experience across generations, highlighting the ways fear, learning, and history shape life, culminating in a quiet affirmation of existence.
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The Man Who Waited to Be Dismissed
The narrative describes a man delivering milk, symbolizing a life diminished by illness and medication. Though he exhibits gentleness and responsiveness, he lacks initiative and direction, reflecting a broader loss of agency. The complexity of love and illness intertwines, highlighting the profound grief for the trajectory once possessed but now quietly dissipated.
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The Orchard and the Gorge:
At the edge of a Himalayan gorge in Solan, I plant kiwi trees and small ideas alike. A meditation on the present moment, rural upliftment, ignorance, legacy, and the quiet courage of doing something anyway.
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Seven Views of Olduvai
A butcher and a Brahmin acolyte build wells, temples, and bridges—then walk away. Through labour, repetition, and quiet happiness, they confront Sisyphus, the gods, and the danger of becoming fixed. Olduvai becomes not a place of origin, but a mirror of humanity’s return after civilisation exhausts itself.
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The Butcher and the Brahmin: Finding Balance in Life
A Brahmin, searching for self-realization, moves through various gurus without finding fulfillment. Eventually, he works with a butcher, learning practical skills and experiencing a deep sense of peace over years. Their collaboration leads to the creation of a thriving ashram and a bridge, symbolizing balance and community, without claiming ownership.
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Guru Nanak’s Journey: Lessons from a Shared Path
A meditative journey through Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana’s travels, their sacred companionship, and the quiet Punjabi tradition of shaping the eldest son through faith, restraint, and resilience.
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Valhalla Fruit Punch
Valhalla Fruit Punch: Odin-Shiva, a Pakistani general, and a cosmic egg brew truth in a dreamlike tale of power, tapas, and trust. Norse + Shiv Puran fusion.