Postcard 38: The Gift of Rāga Bilāwal
There’s something about the shabds in rāga suhi. The sweet melodies have a touch of longing, circling, sometimes lost, knowing …
Category Archives: Reflections
Postcard 37: A Review of The Albuquerque Kirtan Course
The kirtan course started with the students gathering and reconnecting. Those that arrived early helped with the shopping and set-up. …
Postcard 36: Raga Tilang
3 practice cycles converged in rāga tilang today. One is a daily practice that cycles through the 31 rāgas of …
Postcard 34: Rāga Todi
Five years ago we met for kirtan in Albuquerque. One day we were singing an exercise we had learned. From …
Rabab goes shopping…
I finally managed to get on the train from Formia enroute to Vicenza, one of the places where I get …
Postcard 33: How I spent my summer vacation
In one week a group of kirtan students will meet for the 16th consecutive summer to learn with Bhai Baldeep …
Postcard 32: The “s” word
I’ve met alot of people who are uncomfortable with the concept of sin, like we should be able to live …
Postcard 31: Life is art is life
There is a certain irony being in New York City, surrounded by the marvelous creations of the human mind, much …
Postcard 30: Plastic Brains
On the plane to New Jersey for my daughter’s graduation as a new Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, I pulled the …
Discovering a Vikram Seth
A luncheon meeting with a doctor friend at the Italian Cultural Center turned out be an interesting date. Well, first …
The Anād Foundation 