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Rooftop garden in November, North India Photo journal

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img title="Cock's comb" alt="Cock's comb" src="http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/68/468/6/5/27/2283605270104978270EjBdqb_th.jpg" class="left" />Keeping my rooftop garden in Lucknow is an enjoyable activity. And well, therapeutic. Everyday there is something new to appreciate. And I appreciate the creator of this world through the magic I see in plants growing from seed, blooming flowers and giving more seeds :- <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Rooftop_garden_in_November,_North_India_Photo_journal&link=352' Title='Rooftop garden in November, North India Photo journal'>Read more...</a>

Nazar uthao zara tum, by Jagjit Singh

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img class="left" title="Jagjit Singh" alt="Jagjit Singh" src="http://thumb0.webshots.net/t/66/766/9/4/87/2044904870103408020JgTFxt_th.jpg" />नज़र उठाओ ज़रा तुम, तो कायनात चले है इन्तज़ार कि आँखों से कोई बात चले... तुम्हारी मर्ज़ी बिना वक्त भी अपाहज है ना दिन खिसकता है आगे, ना आगे रात चले <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Nazar_uthao_zara_tum,_by_Jagjit_Singh&link=351' Title='Nazar uthao zara tum, by Jagjit Singh'>Read more...</a>

Sweet saffron rice recipe from Lucknow, North India

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img class="left" alt="sweet Saffron rice" src="http://thumb15.webshots.net/t/40/41/4/49/30/290744930tPhazS_th.jpg" />This looks golden, smells great, and tastes wonderful. The only thing to be careful about is to keep the heat slow while caramelising. We want it golden, but overdo it by just a few seconds and the sugar burns and makes it bitter. <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Sweet_saffron_rice_recipe_from_Lucknow,_North_India&link=350' Title='Sweet saffron rice recipe from Lucknow, North India'>Read more...</a>

Piya bina soona laage des, by Jagjit singh

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img class="left" title="Sunset in Jaiselmer" alt="Sunset in Jaiselmer" src="http://thumb8.webshots.net/s/thumb4/4/63/71/98946371TQWdaE_th.jpg" />In the sandy deserts of Rajasthan, a girl sings that her beloved had promised to return to the village and her in the rainy season. Without him, she finds her homeland lonely. <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Piya_bina_soona_laage_des,_by_Jagjit_singh&link=349' Title='Piya bina soona laage des, by Jagjit singh'>Read more...</a>

Sri Mahalakshmi Ashtak video with lyrics and translation

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img src="http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll92/zeuspitar/767475_po.gif" width="100" class="left" />Sri Maha Lakshmi Ashtak was composed by Indra, and is written in Padma Purana. In Bangalore, I find ladies singing it in temples as commonly as Durga Chalisa is sung in temples of North India. <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Sri_Mahalakshmi_Ashtak_video_with_lyrics_and_translation&link=348' Title='Sri Mahalakshmi Ashtak video with lyrics and translation'>Read more...</a>

The Strangest Secret, by Earl Nightingale

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img src="http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/62/462/1/67/93/2949167930085891630IbhZPK_th.jpg" alt="Corn field" title="Corn field" class="left" />The human mind is far more fertile, far more incredible and mysterious than land, but it works the same way. It doesn't care what we plant...success...or failure. A concrete, worthwhile goal...or confusion, misunderstanding, fear, anxiety and so on. But what we plant must return to us. <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=The_Strangest_Secret,_by_Earl_Nightingale&link=347' Title='The Strangest Secret, by Earl Nightingale'>Read more...</a>

Love or attachment ~ Swami Rama

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img src="http://thumb19.webshots.net/t/18/19/2/14/25/235421425zdARrg_th.jpg" class="left" />This sort of love which flies away is not considered love. That is considered attachment. That love which does not grow is not love, Then what it is? It is called attachment. Attachment is mother of all miseries. <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Love_or_attachment_~_Swami_Rama&link=346' Title='Love or attachment ~ Swami Rama'>Read more...</a>

Living a Five Star Life by Betty Mahalik

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img src="http://thumb14.webshots.net/t/16/17/7/22/13/265472213tTCPGz_th.jpg" alt="Magic wand" title="Magic wand" class="left" />Each time you start dreaming about how perfect your life would be if...come back to this moment, give thanks for what is, and do one thing to perfect what you have and who you are right now. <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Living_a_Five_Star_Life_by_Betty_Mahalik&link=345' Title='Living a Five Star Life by Betty Mahalik'>Read more...</a>

What will you do with your mind, asks Sri Sri Ravishankar

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img src="http://thumb8.webshots.net/t/50/550/8/47/60/2306847600049914608lPvHDT_th.jpg" alt="Sri Sri Ravishankar" title="Sri Sri Ravishankar" class="left" />Sri Sri Ravishankar says that the mind leaves the body and goes with the soul at the time of death. This mind gives us enough trouble in life, the chattering, restless mind… <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=What_will_you_do_with_your_mind,_asks_Sri_Sri_Ravishankar&link=344' Title='What will you do with your mind, asks Sri Sri Ravishankar'>Read more...</a>

Jamun trees in the Indian subcontinent

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img class="left" src="http://thumb19.webshots.net/t/58/758/6/12/50/2402612500101979459lfdhic_th.jpg" alt="Jamun flowers" /> Indians get Jamun as a summer treat. Rs. 5 or 10 for a cone full of Jamun, spiced with salt, is great! Phalsa is another special fruit that shares the season with Jamun. Also mangoes! It is said, one may eat a tummy full of mangoes and easily digest them if a handful of Jamuns are eaten alongside. Jamun fruit and seed are used as medicine for diabetes. <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Jamun_trees_in_the_Indian_subcontinent&link=342' Title='Jamun trees in the Indian subcontinent'>Read more...</a>

Viveik Oberoi at Sri Radha Raman temple, Vrindavan Photo journal

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img src="http://thumb19.webshots.net/t/68/468/8/8/45/2810808450102985419GuaPaQ_th.jpg" class="left" />Viveik Oberoi with his father Suresh Oberoi and family members visited Sri Radha Raman temple in Vrindavan this summer. Sri Radha Raman temple is among the oldest temples of Vrindavan, established by Gopal Bhatt Goswami (one of the six Goswamis sent by Chaitanya mahaprabhu to revive Vrindavan). It is next to Nidhivan. <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Viveik_Oberoi_at_Sri_Radha_Raman_temple,_Vrindavan_Photo_journal&link=343' Title='Viveik Oberoi at Sri Radha Raman temple, Vrindavan Photo journal'>Read more...</a>

Pink and white Kachnar, Bauhinia trees

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img class="left" title="Kachnar flower" alt="Kachnar flower" src="http://thumb19.webshots.net/t/66/666/7/88/38/2687788380101979459ebstkA_th.jpg" />I was first fascinated by these flowers at Bithoor, Kanpur. It was offered at Brahm Khoonti shrine. This was the first kachnar bloom that I saw at close quarters, fragrant, and butterfly like… <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Pink_and_white_Kachnar,_Bauhinia_trees&link=341' Title='Pink and white Kachnar, Bauhinia trees'>Read more...</a>

Chaiti by Kalapini Komkali, Patiya na bheje ho rama

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img src="http://thumb19.webshots.net/t/73/173/3/35/92/2747335920038309039ifJOYP_th.jpg" class="left" />Kalapini Komkali is daughter of Indian music guru Pandit Kumar Gandharva. Chaiti is a genre of Indian music, originating in Eastern UP. Chaiti originated as women sang in longing for their beloveds who had gone away for work and not returned as yet, when the season of spring was fading into summer, the Hindu month of Chaitra. <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Chaiti_by_Kalapini_Komkali,_Patiya_na_bheje_ho_rama&link=340' Title='Chaiti by Kalapini Komkali, Patiya na bheje ho rama'>Read more...</a>

A Vegetarian menu from Assam

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img alt="Rice payasam from Assam" src="http://thumb2.webshots.net/t/50/50/1/86/57/492418657nSonaU_th.jpg" class="left" />This is what I tasted at Dol Govind temple in North Guwahati... Krishna was offered a rich kheer - rice payasam and a salad of sprouted green moong lentils, soaked gram, chopped coconut, bananas and pomegranate seeds. This salt and sugar-free salad was delicious. <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=A_Vegetarian_menu_from_Assam&link=339' Title='A Vegetarian menu from Assam'>Read more...</a>

Know your wondrous self, says Krishna

editor@anandway.com (editor) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

<img title="Krishna speaks on Karmayoga, Bhagwad Gita recitation by Swami Brahmananda" alt="Krishna speaks on Karmayoga, Bhagwad Gita recitation by Swami Brahmananda" src="http://thumb4.webshots.net/t/68/168/3/62/14/2741362140103683964nonbvI_th.jpg" class="left" />In the second chapter of Bhagwad Gita, Krishna bares the nuts and bolts of life, to help us discover our blissful self… A beautiful recitation of Chapter 2, verses 25 to 60 by Swami Brahmananda, Chinmaya Mission <a href='http://www.anandway.com/articles.aspx?View=Know_your_wondrous_self,_says_Krishna&link=338' Title='Know your wondrous self, says Krishna'>Read more...</a>