Who remembers this 9/11?

On 9/11, 1973, somewhere in some remote corner of the world,  where too humans live, called Chile and which had a democratically elected President Salvadore  Allende in power, the following events occurred: At 7:00 AM the Navy of Chile itself,  captured the port town of Velpraiso, strategically stationing ships and marine infantry in the central [...]

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.

Just yesterday was the 70th death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, and I remember his Nobel winning poetry which begins as : “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high” Incidentally, today I found myself reading something similar in  spirit of this poem while , enjoying  Kamran Rehmat’s eloquent note  on simplicity of the [...]

Tell me why?~Music Without borders

This post is dedicated to these beautiful little angels who could be our role models and teach us lessons in many many ways. Childhood is the world of miracle or of magic: it is as if creation rose luminously out of the night, all new and fresh and astonishing. Childhood is over the moment things [...]

Arduous Journey for Tender Feet

In the poorest communities around the world, women and girls walk to collect water, firewood or other basic necessities of life. They walk on average 6 kilometres a day – 8,000 steps while carrying the equivalent of a suitcase. This leaves little time to attend school, access health services or earn money to support their [...]

Oh God! I Know you I Met with you Once Upon a Dream

One day in my dream, I went into a garden whose beauty and magnificence my eyes hath never ever seen or imagined. To give a poor description—there were streams of sparkling crystal water, lined with camps of pearls over the soil of musk. The grass blades were laced with emeralds and inflorescence of rubies hanging [...]

Lost Deep into the Night Sky

One fine and free evening Lying in a hammock swinging Away from the madding crowds Floating with the snowy clouds Softly sailing at the cloud’s pace Dreaming to be in a peaceful place. I couldn’t help but in wonder sigh While gazing high into the sky Digging deep with my bare eyes Into the depth [...]

Our Solar Bubble and Beyond

Picture Courtesy NASA. Words of Wisdom “In my own view, the important achievement of Apollo was a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited.” ~Neil Armstrong, 1999 “Since, in the long run, every planetary civilization will be endangered by [...]

Heaven isn’t a Place, it’s a Feeling !

Note from Parents: She is just a kid who loves music and is good at it, but also loves most things kids love and has a full life. It took 18 months to make this video and it was hard enough to get the film, let alone decent sound in these crowded, noisy environments. Thus [...]

Walk with Beauty when Sad

Music & Nature-work as tranquillizers and antidepressants. (…The canyons of S.E.Utah…) Beauty and sadness always go together. Nature thought beauty too rich to go forth Upon the earth without a meet alloy. ~George MacDonald As I Walk with Beauty As I walk, as I walk The universe is walking with me In beauty it walks [...]

The Unbroken Thread~ by the Symphony of Science

What a beautiful way to musically put accross the difficult yet so important fundamentals of Science ! SYMPHONY OF SCIENCE : The Symphony of Science is a musical project headed by John Boswell, designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form. Here you can watch music videos, download songs, read lyrics and find [...]