A beleaguered grandmother's search for peace of mind and the deep self in the ancient land of the Vedas.

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Hello Everyone,

After years of being far too busy & neglecting my inner life, I am off to India for 5 months to find some enduring calm & peace of mind, & learn how to live in the creative flow of my own being. Here's hoping! Kolkata, West Bengal will be my home base, where I am staying with a devotee of my teacher, Baba Shuddhaanandaa. I will visit his landmark sustainable development projects and charities, tape conversations with him, and venture out from there to some of India's holy sites. High on my agenda is putting my feet in the Ganges every day for a while, since on an earlier trip, only 3-5 minutes standing in the Ganges turned my mood from completely toxic to uncontainable joy in body, mind and soul.

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  Kolkata Missive 1   Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India on Nov 16, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Kolkata - Missive 2   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Nov 16, 2007 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Trumping the Gray of Kolkata   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Nov 17, 2007 5 pictures 0 comments
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  How Can I Call Them Poor?   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Nov 20, 2007 6 pictures 0 comments
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  How Can I Call Them Poor? Photo Essay   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Nov 22, 2007 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Kolkata Street Riots -Trouble in Nandrigam   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Nov 22, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Let Us Pray: Local & Geopolitical Reflections   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Nov 24, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Brightest Lights of Kolkata's Streets   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Nov 25, 2007 5 pictures 3 comments
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  An Extra 100 for Lunch   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Nov 30, 2007 16 pictures 1 comment
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  Fresh from the Well   Puri, Orissa, India on Dec 6, 2007 0 pictures 0 comments
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  On the Road to and from the Sundarbans   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Dec 15, 2007 7 pictures 0 comments
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  A Privileged Guest at an LDLM Sundarbans Staff Mtg   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Dec 15, 2007 19 pictures 0 comments
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  Puri, Light and Dark   Puri, Orissa, India on Dec 18, 2007 9 pictures 0 comments
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  New Year's Prayer   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 3, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Deep, Deep Peace + Request for Your Questions   Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India on Jan 6, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Monkey Adventure at Kannapaman Temple   Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India on Jan 10, 2008 11 pictures 0 comments
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  Of Scorpions, Tigers & Snakes -- and Trust in God   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 18, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Coming Home Again   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 20, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  An Eerie Silence in the Eye of Bird Flu's Storm   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 23, 2008 0 pictures 4 comments
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  Further Bird Flu Perspectives, News   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 27, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Who Is This White Robed Monk?   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Feb 1, 2008 7 pictures 3 comments
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  Recovering Balance in the Eye of Bird Flu's Storm   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Feb 2, 2008 0 pictures 2 comments
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  Quintessential India, Scenes & Faces-a Photologue   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Feb 12, 2008 43 pictures 0 comments
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  Journey to the Heart of Baba's Sundarbans Work-1   Sundarbans, West Bengal, India on Feb 15, 2008 21 pictures 0 comments
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  Jan 4, 2009 Journal   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 5, 2009 6 pictures 0 comments
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  A Little Gem of Conversation with a Master   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 7, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  One of India's Lessons in Pure Unfettered Devotion   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 8, 2009 10 pictures 0 comments
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  A Prayer Shared   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 12, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A Bengali/Punjab (Sikh) Wedding   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 14, 2009 19 pictures 0 comments
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  Afternoon Tea with Baba   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 15, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Best of All Possible Birthdays   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Jan 24, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  On the Road to the Sundarbans   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Feb 8, 2009 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Arriving at Gosaba for Village Festival   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Feb 12, 2009 12 pictures 0 comments
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  Sundarbans LDLM Village Festival   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Feb 17, 2009 17 pictures 0 comments
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  A Teaching and A Revelation   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Feb 18, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Something to Chew On   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Feb 19, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  A Little Gem On Grace   Kolkata (Calcutta), India on Feb 23, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  About Rishikesh   Rishikesh, India on Mar 1, 2009 25 pictures 0 comments
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  A Perfect Day in Rishikesh   Rishikesh, India on Mar 6, 2009 3 pictures 2 comments
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  Leaving for 10 Day Vipassana Retreat in Silence   Rishikesh, India on Mar 12, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Vipassana Survivor of Dehradun   Dehradun, India on Mar 26, 2009 0 pictures 3 comments
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  On the Road in the Himalayas to Uttarkashi   Uttarkashi, India on Mar 29, 2009 13 pictures 0 comments
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  Rishikesh, Himalayas Scenes & Faces Photojournal 1   Rishikesh, India on Mar 30, 2009 56 pictures 0 comments
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  Rishikesh Himalayas Scenes & Faces, Photojournal 2   Rishikesh, India on Mar 31, 2009 45 pictures 0 comments
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  Bageshwar: View of the High Himalayas   Bageshwar, India on Apr 17, 2009 61 pictures 0 comments