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Hush Little Baby by Nir Cafri, Israel

Author: By Nir Cafri, Israel
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Two hundred and forty hours, fourteen thousand and four hundred minutes of pure silence, not one word said by any human being I interacted with, not one word said by me, in the ten days of the Vipassana course. Vipassana, in the Indian language Pali “to see clearly”, is a guide to life, a set […]
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A Greater Journey by Christina W., Israel

Author: By Christina W., Israel
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It was a long, hot day, very typical for southern India at this time of year. By the time the sun rose over the palm trees and the pink roofs of the Ashram, hundreds of people were already roaming the small dusty roads on their way to breakfast, coming together for the morning chant and […]
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My Indian Guru by Adam, Israel

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Jorge, an excitable, lanky teenager from Venezuela, volunteered in a slum on the outskirts of Delhi, India. Sometimes he would come with his friends to stay at our hostel in the city. Before his final weekend, he wanted to visit an acquaintance he had made. He told me about an ascetic at a temple in […]
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Heaven on Earth by Bilal Hussain – Kashmir

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The place that poets refer to in their verses as “heaven on earth” exists in the fairy tales, and in reality is not far from the Middle East. This real life fantasy is the beautiful valley of Kashmir, which is surrounded by snow clad mountains, lush green woods, and innumerable springs. Like many places globally, […]
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Oren, Israel – photo essay –

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I took these photos in various villages in Northern and Central India All of them exposed me, a Western tourist, to the phenomena of hard physical labor of women and girls in the fields and in construction around the country.
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