Well, the story goes like this,

A young girl in her late teens is facing a lot of issues in her college life, its like if one issue ends the other pops right up. Frustrated she goes to her mom and says “ Mom I don’t know what to do, the problems are never ending! ” Her mom thinks for a while and takes her in the kitchen. She keeps water boiling in 3 different bowls, puts carrot in the first, egg in the 2nd and coffee in the 3rd. After 20 minutes or so she asks her daughter to have look at it and asks what do you see? Daughter says “ A Carrot, an egg and coffee” She asks her daughter to have a closer look at them, she asks her daughter to feel each of the items and then asks again what do you notice? The daughter notices that the carrot which was hard has been turned softer after putting in the boiling water, the egg which was weak had become stronger in the boiling water and the coffee...

What a beautiful afternoon it was at the seva cafe. Wow what an experience of enjoying the food, serving it and welcoming the guests to enjoy the food.

Seva cafe is a concept where one enjoys the food and pays bill with his/her wish for the next person who’s going to eat. Its a true experience of serving someone else and being in gratitude towards being served. I thank Sheetal bahiya for letting me be a part of serving everyone with an open heart.

The Seva Cafe this time was a part of Pune Urban Village UnConference (PUVU). PUVU is a wonderful space to connect with fellow “gaonwallas”. A space where one can bring their work, art, craft, ideas, games, music, organic produce, books, gifts, khana dabbas, recipes, healthy food, organization information, recycled art/craft/produce, songs, dances, conversations. All are welcome, all are included, be it a month baby, or a 80 year granny.

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I have been going to these brilliant sittings in Pune, It’s called silent Wednesday. Its really a brilliant space and a platform for me, where I introspect myself and at the end share what I feel. One thing that has been common in the sittings is that I have always left the place with a happy and a light heart. Truly speaking I don’t feel that very often. It is something that I call magic space. It truly feels magical and brilliant. I just can’t stop thanking Sheetal and Kushmita for bringing out a brilliant space and carrying out the gathering every week.

I really feel good when I am with myself. I was afraid to be with my self 3 weeks back and somewhere deep within really scared coz I wasn’t sure will I be comfortable with myself for an hour or so and today after 3 weeks I feel that I don’t spend enough time with myself. Its amazing what one hour of silence does to you. It has opened...

Wow, what a platform to write my thoughts, it feels like a new book I want to write on. The best thing about this platform its clean and tidy, when a book or the paper I want to write on is clean, ideas flow through my mind very effectively. I feel like writing more and I feel like expressing more of my thoughts. This is brilliant

I can write so simply here, No formatting buttons, no side bars no navigation bar, just a space to write. So simple yet so effective! @dcurtis, this is awesome! hats off! :) :)
I am glad that this platform is made public! :)

It reminds me of an old friend, he once told me you know what? your biggest fear is “What if I fail at something?” It was one of the bitter truths he had told me. Frankly it took some time for me to accept it. Back then when I was in the process to understand it, I came across the story of Edison, he had failed 10000 times before he made a successfully working bulb!! 10000 times? Are we in to give so much?, and then Edison had said, ”I have not failed 10000 times, I have discovered 10000 ways of not making it work.” WOW! That was a true inspiration and I thought to myself, “I am not going to be afraid of failures”. Life has never been the same again since then, I haven’t reached a point that has took me down on the graph of understanding life and being more happy.

My friend writes in her article, how her failures at previous relationships has led people judge her and to some extent...