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13th Year: 2011
Jan
- Piano Recital by Robyn, Mosaic Art Portrait & CNY Reunion Lunch
Feb
- Chinese New Year, PA Got Talents, Alvin's Birthday & Opening of Clay-Street New Studio
Mar
- Bye-bye Heni
Seva Wk 01: Art of Living Ashram, Bangalore
Seva Wk 02: 1st Seva with Divine Karnataka Project & On Course
Seva Wk 03: Sponsoring Rural Village Sport Clubs & Bridge at Chikmagalur
Seva Wk 04:
'WHY DKP' Corporate Fund Raising
Apr
Seva Wk 05: DKP Helps Rural Farmers, Gadag & Koppal, Karnataka
Seva Wk 06: Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Konark, Puri & Sri Sri University
Seva Wk 07: Tribal School Project, Jharkhand
Seva Wk 08:
Tribal School Arts Festival on Facebook
May
Seva Wk 09: Tribal School @ Dumuria & Ranchi
Seva Wk 10: Tribal School Digital Contest & Kolkata
Seva Wk 11: Kolkata to Delhi to Himachal Pradesh
Seva Wk 12: Shoghi, Shimla & Tirthan Valley in Himachal Pradesh

Jun
Seva Wk 13: Homestay @ Tirthan, Kullu Valley
Seva Wk 14: Sangla, Peo, Nako, Kinnaur Valley
Seva Wk 15: Tabo, Kaza, Kye, Spiti Valley
Seva Wk 16: Demul to Komic on Yaks, Spiti Valley

Jul
Seva Wk 17: Kaza to Manali to Gurgaon, Delhi
Seva Wk 18: Gurgaon & Barefoot College,Tilonia
Seva Wk 19: Jaipur & back to Bangalore
Seva Wk 20 & 21: With the Murthys in Bangalore

Aug
Seva Wk 22-24: Meridian 101 Ambassadors for India & Bye Bye India
Seva Wk 25: Seva in Africa - Jumbo Kenya!
Seva Wk 26: Seva at the Children's Garden Home
Sep
Seva Wk 27: More Seva Projects at CGH
Seva Wk 28: Self-drive Safari to Masai Mara, Lake Naivasha, Hell's Gate
Seva Wk 29: Short Break to Arusha, Tanzania
Seva Wk 30: Safari at Nairobi National Park & Children's Day Celebration
Oct
Seva Wk 31: Launching BEADwear for Christmas
Seva Wk 32: Robyn turns 13 in Kampala, Uganda
Seva Wk 33: Rafting the White Nile, Jinja, Uganda
Seva Wk 34: Sipi Falls, Uganda & African Child Mega Dance in Kenya
Nov
Seva Wk 35: Nairobi to Mombasa, Malindi & Lamu
Seva Wk 36: Seva@Lamu - Donkey necklace + Kaya
Seva Wk 37: Seva@Lamu - Hands Up 4 Kids
Seva Wk 38: Bye Africa, Hello Istanbul, Homeward-bound Singapore
Dec
- Home Sweet Home in Singapore
 
   

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SEVA WEEK 13 (30 May - 5 Jun 2011)

r e f l e c t i o n : BE-DO-HAVE or HAVE-DO-BE

 

On invitation of Murali, we went with him to visit his village perched on the hillside at a distant from Tirthview Homestay. The newly cut road that leads up to his village was unpaved and 'raw' so we needed a 4WD truck to take us up, at a cost of Rs600.

The view of the valley enroute was impressive. After the truck dropped us, the walk up the steep path was panting. At 200m, the air was thinner than what we were used to.

Mahadev Temple

Robyn in Mahadev Temple
Robyn in the Mahadev Temple with the gentleman who donated his father's house to be used as the temple.

< Mahadev Temple

Durga Temple

< Durga Temple is a much larger temple.

 

> Robyn, the tigress, with the stone tiger that guards the Durga Temple entrance.

Shoghi town centre comprises of a main road with a row of shops at one side and cliffside on the other.

This is a 200 year old house made of wood, stones and mud, just adjacent to the Durga Temple
This is a 200 year old house made of wood, stones and mud, just adjacent to the Durga Temple.

Murali's family at home
We also visited Murali's family (grandmother, wife, daughter and son) at his home.
Murali's grandmother
Murali's grandmother
Jyoti is Murali's daughter
Jyoti - Murali's daughter
Lucky - Murali's son
Lucky - Murali's son

 

Peaks in Greater Himalayan National Park3 Jun 2011: Vulture Viewing @ Tirthview Homestay

After breakfast, we took a stroll uphill from where Tirthview Homestay is in an attempt to catch a nicer view of the distant snow-capped peaks situated in the Greater Himalayan National Park.

Instead, we caught sight of many soaring Himalayan crows and vultures gliding gracefully across the blue sky with the snow-capped peaks in the background. They soared close enough for a D90 snapping frenzy!

After breakfast, we took a stroll uphill from where Tirthview Homestay is and found many soaring vultures gliding gracefully across the blue sky with the snow-capped peaks in the background.
Vulture in flight
Vultures and the snow peaks

< Vulture and the snow peaks.

 

> Old Man, Himalayan Crow and Blue Sky.

Old Man, Himalayan Crow and Blue Sky

 

Tirthan Valley is home to plenty of cidar, pine and oak trees. Their wood are strong materials with beautifully grain patterns for the construction of homes in this region.

Our 2-week stay in Tirthan Valley was a hibernation of sort. Away from the rush of city, often cut off from the world due to zero signal on both our mobile phone as well as Internet, we cherished the quiet and serene lifestyle, nourished with home-cooked vegetarian meals.

We read, enjoyed the cool fresh air, and just being one with nature. The nature setting, with the background music provided by the raging river, was a perfect setting for our pranayama, kriya and meditation every morning.

A piece of work that got birthed here was the movie script for the tribal school project. It was my first attempt at writing a movie script. Let's see if it would win an Oscar later...

Tirthan River
Tirthan River - crystal clear water full of trout.
Reading in the lovely homestay
Reading in our room at the lovely homestay.
Human is the bridge between nature and tech.
Human is the bridge between nature and tech.
Alvin and Robyn at Tirthan Valley
Alvin and Robyn at Tirthan Valley.
Robyn asked for Aloo Gobi at EVERY meal!
Robyn asked for Aloo Gobi at EVERY meal!
Wheat that eventually turns into chapati.
Wheat that eventually turns into chapati.
Jin meditating under a shawl to ward off houseflies.
Jin meditating under a shawl to ward off houseflies.
View from the 2nd storey balcony.
View from the homestay's 2nd storey balcony.
Robyn checking emails on the rock.
Robyn checking emails on the rock.

 

> Week 14: Kinnaur Valley...

 

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