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Sunday, January 17th, 2026 Las Cuevas, Trinidad     Las Cuevas, which means ‘the caves’, are found on the north shore of Trinidad. It is one of the favourite beaches in the country and becomes a regular spot for our devotee community. It is here Vaishnavas meet for fun, sun, sand, and water sports. Coconuts are plenty. The best part – each other. That special bonding is what all great spiritualists speak about. Sangha is the word.   After water sports, we ate, took to the ‘Do

Friday, January 16th, 2026 Longdenville, Trinidad   Dronacharya is a professional barber, and he took some time out from his work to do my first time ever shave all around the head (except for a faint shika  at the back). A straight razor it was and a clean job indeed. It is the look that our guru , Prabhupada, preferred for his students.   Anyways, I was preparing for an afternoon ceremony, an initiation for six people, their first diksha  and one person, Sriya, accepting he

Thursday, January 15th, 2026 Longdenville, Trinidad The storm that challenged our flight’s movement didn’t really get behind us. It was a six-hour nature’s ordeal, which is surely humbling. Moving closer and closer to the Caribbean, and finally Trinidad and Tobago, was relieving. The sky was the most scarlet red that I’ve ever seen. It was a sign that everything is going to be okay. It does, however, cross my mind on every flight I take, especially when the aircraft shakes, “

Wednesday, January 14th, 2026 Ramsden Park, Toronto I easily get irritated with indoor air that gets trapped.  My impulses tell me to get out and go for some freshness. The temperature outside reads +3º Celsius. That I can manage even with a long-sleeved  kurta  (shirt). The decision was a good one because it was genuinely the calm before the storm. I met Uddhava on the way. We commented on the weather and the condition. It is fresh! However, we also noticed wind coming, a te

Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 Brampton/Toronto I forgot I wrote the following. It does express how I feel. HANKERING     I’m hankering to be on the trail again Where there’s nature, and yes, women and men A time for openness, interaction, and then A harmony, a calm like a pure state of Zen   I’ve taken to walking the land of the maple leaf And foot cruising the U.S. like a runaway thief Through clover, corn, desert to the west-coast reef In a rhythm unstoppable beyond my own b

Monday, January 12th, 2026 Miami/Toronto The other day in one suburb of Miami, a resident of the neighbourhood spotted us walking. She was struck with our Indian clothes, including my  swami  attire.  “What’s with all the colourful clothes?” She was most likely referring also to the elegant sari s that the women at the sangha  gathering were dressed in. Something was happening in her neighbourhood, and she was happy and curious. I responded.  “It is an event. A Krishna gather