The small prayer cabin

prayer cabin

I’d just graduated from High School.  It was time to move into universities.  My friends and peers are busy juggling their university choices.   For me, it doesn’t seem to happen as soon as I wanted. There was no money in our family’s balance sheet for entering a prestigious university.  Since Daddy involved us in maintaining the … Read more

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Early Christmas Spirit

Christmas

In the countryside where I spent most of my childhood, certain wildflowers brought about the early spirit of Christmas. These flowers often brought with them the smell of Christmas, with its festive celebrations in the Purvanchal Range of the Himalayas extension, the hills have sloped down to a certain level, merging with grasslands in between … Read more

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Where are they now?

afterlife for reference only

When I was young, until recently in my thirties, there were no deaths in my family. And I was almost convinced, although absurd, that there could be no death in my family. I felt blessed and privileged and often thank God for his safekeeping, although we were unworthy. I have lost some friends in the … Read more

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The Smell of Harvest

Traditional way fo harvesting paddy rice

The sun, at least for this year, seems to be waning a little. Autumn is here. It is time for harvesting paddy rice in different parts of the world, at least in the countryside where I spent my childhood. I gazed out at my window while sipping hot water in the morning. I could sense … Read more

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