Yes, Amma is definitely extended a loving hand to Kashmir. Everyone knew Amma would, and now relief work been initiated. Hamirpur Kona lies in Jammu sub-division, one of the areas which were affected by the floods but which are accessible now by road. A few days ago these were islands isolated from each other by […]
Last week during darshan, I remained at Amma’s side for some time. It wasn’t long before a middle-aged woman came for darshan. She was from central Kerala. It was her first time meeting Amma. She told Amma that early this year her husband had been fishing around 3:00 a.m., casting his net from the boat, […]
Under intermittent showers and sunshine, the Ganesh murti arrived in Amritapuri in the late afternoon of August 28th. The “Remover of Obstacles” was carried from the Ayurveda beach accompanied by enthusiastic singing and the majestic Lakshmi the elephant, wearing her festival regalia. The procession passed along the beach road of Amma’s natal village and the […]
I started volunteering at Embracing the World’s Children’s Home near Nairobi in 2010 as a reluctant and shy volunteer. My parents would have to practically force me to go to the home. I think this was because I wasn’t quite comfortable with the community around me, as I had never interacted or talked with them. […]
Byse is a tiny village in the Malnad area of Karnataka, Amma has adopted this as one of Her 101 villages for development. I went there and participated in the yoga and meditation camp between the 27th and 29th of June. They were all earnest and open to learn anything new. Most of them were […]
The following experience is shared by an Amrita University exchange student, who is currently in Italy for her final year studies and participated in the Amala Bharatam Campaing (ABC) drive in Italy. It is for the first time that I had participated in a clean up drive in a foreign country. This was in Bergamo, […]
Tumban is old now; so he is under care of one or the other ashram resident. He must be behaving like some adamant old people who want to eat just the thing prohibited. So his mouth is in a tiny basket. Like the ignorant young ones of cows have. He is brought to Amma’s door […]
Producing Amma’s New Mexico program requires thousands of hours of seva in many departments. This year I was once again doing the kitchen laundry. This requires loading several bags of damp aprons, rags, and chef’s coats used by the kitchen staff while preparing and serving meals, and driving to the nearest local laundromat. Fortunately, in […]
If you ask me which bird I like the most, I have no answer. But I can definitely say that magpie robins are the best singing birds in all of India I have known from Himalayas to Kerala. They are ‘voracious’ singers. Almost year around, every morning and evening their routine is to sit on […]