For those tuning into the news in the United States, a Senator in the Texas Legislature launched a 13 hour filibuster blocking the passage of a drastic anti-abortion bill a couple weeks ago. The Senator’s name is Wendy Davis. Despite her heroic efforts to protect women’s health issues, the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, has […]

“I tell you today and I’ll tell you tomorrow and I’ll tell you every day: You have only one friend – your discipline which will give you all that you need. The rest are all promises. After studying every scripture of every religion and through my own experience, I have found that there are three […]

    Aaraadhana araadhan neeka Har Har naam araadhana. Meditating and remembering. It is so beautiful to remember the Divine Identity. -Guru Arjan Dev ji. Ang 1081, Siri Guru Granth Sahib   This line comes from one of my favorite shabads in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. I am not sure what it is about this particular shabad, but […]

Love and Shadow Boxing: Part 2     (Note: Part 1 of this article is here) Looking into history, one thing is clear. It has been a very, very long time since women have been respected on the earth. Sometime in the ancient past, matriarchal societies honored the creative power of woman. But unfortunately, for the last […]

As a senior in high school, the question of “Where are you applying for college” became a hot topic of conversation. I had no clue where to apply for college, much less how to choose one. But I was grateful and lucky to be in the top five of my class, so some colleges decided […]