Papu Ji, The Bee Keeper
My journey has led me to Papu ji, the Bee Keeper who lives on the banks of the river Dhansiri. In him I found the likeness of Vasudeva, the Ferryman. I spoke to him, as…
Author: Arjun Trivedi
This Land Is Your Land
Song Project’s This Land Is Your Land compilation, part 1 Song Project’s This Land Is Your Land compilation, part 2 A compilation of recordings (in two parts) of Woodie Guthrie’s This Land Is Your Land…
Travels with Flat Stanley
Travels with Flat Stanley (Published on Feb 26, 2009 in YouTube) is a film made by my friend Jason. Just like A Listening Prayer for the Traveler, I turn to it often for a powerfully…
My heart continually wanders…
… to the most loving place it has known.
A Listening Prayer for the Traveler
This prayer is an excerpt from the chapter The Ferryman in Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha: Then, as the sun was about to go down, they settled at a tree trunk on the bank, and Siddhartha told…
A Traveler from Boisahabi Moves Onwards in his Travels
“Vrikshon mein main Peepal”, said Krishna. (“Among the trees, I am Peepal”, said Krishna.) Our beloved Gym begins a new phase of his journey from Boisahabi. We buried him in the earth under Peepal. May…
1st Meghalaya Farmers’ Parliament
All my energy, including my poetic energy, I am trying to make flow through my actions. The process is deeply humbling. All the energy that I wish I could give to words to share my…
The Traveler Listens
I want to be begin this piece of writing with a prayer, which is actually a passage from the chapter The Ferryman from Herman Hesse’s book Siddhartha: “He learned incessantly from the river. Above all,…
The Traveler Arrives
The traveler has arrived at the first point of his journey. It has been a long journey and one in which the traveler’s faith was tested. The traveler often felt scared. The traveler often thought,…