Tag: varanasi
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Grandfather, India
Grandfather, India I was twenty six years old when I saw the Himalayan Mountain range for the first time. I remember how abruptly it rose from the rice paddies like a row of hands signaling “STOP!” “You shall not pass here.” There is a reason the Hindus believe their gods reside in the these mountains.…
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One Day in Varanasi
My morning started at 5. I awoke early to partake in a tourist ritual of a sunrise boat ride on the Ganges. As I lay in my bed, part of me wondered why I had wanted so badly to come to Varanasi. It had been a long travel adventure to reach here – with some…
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Mother India and the River of Love – Part 1
Before our Women’s Journey to India started, I shared with Nancy that I felt 2 themes were emerging around this trip, based on the few things I was learning from the participants and our itinerary. The two themes were ‘mother’ and ‘water’. I knew we were going to Mother India and I was curious to…
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Rinka’s Gift
Rinka….The Flower Girl by Nancy West McGuire Varanasi, India February 2008 It was a birth…that night…lit by the moon… I had been called here to the banks of the Ganges to be born…some 30 years ago…to a place I had only dreamed of…. Pulsating…energy…excitement….every cell alive…anticipation…joy….alive…and waiting to see…to breathe…on my own…out of the darkness…