Do you want to send the political leaders at the UN that are dithering about making the most fundamental changes that are required to save our planet ? If you do, then write back on this blog asap and I will make sure that all the messages are sent to the UN before or during [...]
21st September – Global Wake Up call to world leaders on Climate Change
Tonight I go to Rohtang Pass to speak live to the UN along with with Kofi Annan, and a bunch of other well known people from different walks of life across the world. I will be at the receding Glacier speaking on the horrific effects of Climate Change caused by the supremely stupid way we [...]
Why does ‘the moment’ not last ?
In response to Kavita's inspiring story of how she is meeting the challenges of battle against Cancer, Trupti asks a very valid question : "You live as routine... You breath as routine.. One day you come across such inspiring story and it stirs your soul and makes you feel inferior, you get excited and restless. [...]
Death of a Chief Minister
Everyone mourns the untimely death of Chief Minister of Andra Pradesh, Rajashekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash. But the related Media reports (if true) of Congress party workers scouring the state for recent deaths from natural causes , and trying to report them as 'suicides' out of grief for the passing away of the Chief [...]
Voice of an Angel : Kavita Baliga
If you listen to A R Rahman score from my short film Passage, you will hear the most extraordinary angelic voice singing an Aria and touch upon the highest and purest operatic notes. The voice belongs to a young Californian girl of Indian descent, who wrote the following letter to me. Kavita is a member [...]
Venice
In Venice with A R Rahman, David Adjaye and SadhGuru
Been traveling so I apologize for being off line for so long. I And then, like excercise, it is difficult to get back into a rhythm, part of which is writing the blog. Jet lag, the avalanche of undone things, and then the post holiday panic and guilt. Guilt ? Since when did writing on [...]
Cynicism, the line behind which the elite escape their guilt
Being a judge in India's Got Talent was a real emotional experience for me not only because I discovered my roots that I had left behind, but the sheer odds that many of the participants overcame with just passion was incredibly moving. What caught me by surprise often though was the often derogatory reportage and [...]
another view
new york’s churning
my view of new york at night from deepak chopra's apartment no, I am not on drugs but new york's soul exists in it's churning