Confronting essence not merely appearance.
#tangledupinblue @thelabellife
Happy Guru Purnima. I bow to all the elements – fire, water, air, earth, space – the bhoomis that sustain our lives and our reality. I bow to the potential for buddhahood within each of us. I bow to the jewel in the lotus and to the Guru manifested as vibration, resounding inside our hollow bits, orchestrating the potential for essential experiences in this life that help us grow.
Goa.
Gearing up for another #closetothebone series of appearances and a shoot for an Amazon series you may have heard of. But first, we swim and we stretch.
#closetothewater 😂😜✌🏼#closetonature
Hurrah for a few days of radiant clarity, of surveying all the details of an external world that fascinates but by which one can never entirely be taken in by. Hurrah for massages and nurturing. Hurrah for getting back to what matters @atmantan (and yes I really do run around the grounds with my arms spread open like this, ok 🤪😝） Atmantan
A few years ago I collaborated with @satyapaulindia on a capsule line of saris that embodies my ‘cancer graduate’ philosophy. We came up with #PhoenixRising and emblazoned slogans of hope on the pallus and called it the #RayofHope Collection. A portion of proceeds went to support a cancer foundation. It was a beautiful experience and I got the chance to work with the wonderful @pallavidas1 and my friend @sujstyle .
Those images from the collection are still fresh. They speak of boldly confronting challenges and blazing on nonetheless. But they also bring to mind the old call of the heart, to recognize the river goddesses we are descended from, the play of tension between vulnerability and camouflaging it, the natural ability to self-heal and rise from the ashes of our near demise.
And today, for some reason I see in my mind’s eye, endless mudflats, uprooted mangrove forests and a single red saree fluttering across, in atonement. The disease of our times has transcended our bodies. Our planet is in distress.
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What are you doing about it? What am I?
Rain. Lovers. Wind. Goa. Vagator Beach
Observing the Hero with a thousand faces from a writerly distance.
@atmantan Atmantan
Have you ever seen a shade of green
That doesn’t move you
To catch the scent
of chlorophyll
In your own veins?
Species reclamation.
#Goa #felinereunion #causeimacat #cattales
Repost from @akreta.saim using @RepostRegramApp – When you get to look deep into your childhood crush’s eyes 😍 @lisaraniray always so beautiful! .
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@scoopwhoopunscripted @scoopwhoop
I just want to mention three things in reference to this photo:
1. Chatting with @kiranmanral about @closetothebone.book for @shethepeopletv was jolly good fun. Every writer should get the chance to interact with someone as insightful, smart and engaged
2. I love this tote.
3. Someone stole said tote.
#jussayin #givemytoteback #closetothebone @shethepeopletv
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
‘Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half to see ’em
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
‘Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And they put up a parking lot
Hey farmer farmer
Put away that D.D.T. now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
‘Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
– Joni Mitchell ‘Big Yellow Taxi’
Repost from @sumanagarwal using @RepostRegramApp – A power breakfast meeting with the very inspirational @lisaraniray
Repost from @nimamoru using @RepostRegramApp – Truth be told… “The engrained patriarchal patterning has tried to suppress, own, control, or ignore the feminine for centuries. Man flees from intimacy—whether through competitive career ambition, extreme gym workouts, warfare, absurd conquest missions like the desire to conquer Mt Everest, the desire to leave a legacy of glory, all the way to space travel and the male obsession with sending tall buildings into the sky and (phallic) objects into outer space. Or the attempt to send his consciousness into space through spiritual seeking of alternate states. Man needs to give up the patriarchal quest to penetrate reality and learn to receive it instead. Only then he will truly penetrate/understand reality. Learning to receive will create your true legacy for humanity. No one cares what you put into orbit, but we do care how tenderly you can touch the earth. And because the patriarchal method has been promoted as the ideal, women too defend these roles of domination and control, whether for themselves or for men, and also need to surrender to the primacy of intimacy with the feminine.”
Mark Whitwell, God and Sex, Now We Get Both, from the chapter: Death is Not the Enemy
How have I been alive this long and yet never before partaken of the splendour-ifiness of a #RasOmelette ???!
My Goan friends have a lot to answer for 😳
Every single line of this book devastates. The most urgent, incisive, beautifully written novel. A breakthrough in the way one understands the world. Delivered in cutting prose exactly when we need it most. Thank you @karunaezara for recommending. Don’t miss reading this unforgettable and essential fable for our times. #Overstory #RichardPowers
Thank you @atmantan for complete immersion in the logic of nature and the land. We’re rejuvenated and leaving with a promise to ourselves to return…soon.
#Atmantan #Mulshi #wellness
Repost from @baro.india using @RepostRegramApp – BARO HAPPENINGS | LISA RAY
BARO was the perfect venue for Lisa Ray’s remarkable book that moved so many people that, despite the inclement weather, we had a full and engaged House. Anahita Uberoi read with so much feeling that Lisa herself thought her writing was lifted to another level, and Swapan Seth started the conversation that would have us all enthralled. Not just a great writer but an equally amazing speaker, Lisa and her book “Close to the Bone” ensured it was an intimate and warm gathering of people who just fell lucky to share the experience.
In true BARO style, the evening was accompanied by refreshments from @veen.official and @rawpressery
#BAROHappenings #EventsatBARO #Friday #MovieNight #MovieScreening #events #popup #FridayFun #FridayNight #FactFriday #FreebieFriday #TGIF #WeekendVibes #FlashbackFriday
I’m so proud and in awe of the work my friend @jj_jessicajayne is stewarding through her ethical brand @pahadilocal
It’s an example of alignment and manifesting intent and integrity through action. And as I’m in the middle of reading #Overstory by Richard Powers, a powerful Pulitzer Prize winning book of environmental fiction, I can’t think of a better cause to support. Proud of you Jessica ✌🏼🏔 Repost from @pahadilocal using @RepostRegramApp – We are privileged for our initiative #PahadiPreserve to participate in Himachal Pradesh Afforestation Drive. Run by the Forest Department & led by the ever inspiring Dr. Daisy Thakur, Chairperson, Himachal Pradesh State Commission for Women. Thank you for this opportunity to give back to our regions of source & appreciate time and effort put in for this from our Pahadi Local Family @ushahooda @angad_thakur
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#planttrees #green #drive #social #government #india #himachalpradesh #initiative #growtrees #gogreen #mountains #himalayas #giveback
Repost from @thebookresearcher using @RepostRegramApp – Today’s read. Book review 228.
Book 61 of #brunchbookchallenge #brunchbookchallenge2019 @htbrunch
Close to the bone by @lisaraniray @harpercollinsin
My rating : 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟/5
Live like the lotus flower 🌸
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Women like us are built to endure
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Grief is a practice. That’s the riddle of it. Nothing is ever lost.
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There’s no place like home… You can always come home. Was everyone’s life like then? A tremulous, circular route that brought you back to where you started?
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I loved reading this book. This book is an accurate reflection on the life of the author. A leading actress herself, the book gives an account of the glimpses of her life – her battle with eating disorders, a cancer survivor, diagnosis with multiple myeloma at a young age of just 37; her spiritual quest, lovers & traitors, mentors & dream-makers & not to forget the heartaches & triumphs.
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The primordial reason behind me liking this book is – the ample amount of Bengali words & phrases used at certain places in the book makes it really delightful to read. Being a Bengali, I could easily connect through the text & the story at hand. This becomes evident from the fact that she’s born from Bengali father & Polish mother. It’s evident from the line she says – ‘My childhood was idyllic but also a strange combination of East & West influences.’
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The book is very informative. It talks about so many countries & their capitals, the places she visited during her journey. Written in a funny way, gut wrenching, with sheer honesty – altogether it comprises to be a brave & an inspiring story. People think that actors/actresses/celebrities have an easy going life because they earn lot of money. However, the grass always look good on the other side. Only when we live their lives or try to understand the pain behind their success, the price they paid or the sacrifices they’ve undergone to make it this far. That’s when we’ll realise that even they’re mere humans accountable to numerous problems & succumb to fate. Noone has it easy.
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Question : Which is your biography/autobiography & why?
Repost from @napeansea using @RepostRegramApp – ‘ How fortunate it is when life alters you without warning’ @lisaraniray Thank you for your generosity in gifting us your memoir ‘Close To The Bone’. The book feels so much a part of our Bengali household here in Kolkata, almost like a sense of homecoming for ‘Durga Ma’ unraveling herself from layers of packaging to reveal her ‘Divine Shakti’ ( strength). I @reenaraywahi for one, will cherish and hold it ‘close to my heart’ while I read and your journey unfolds 🙏
Gadzooks. In formidable company.
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