Pratima Prashnajeet

Diwali is coming up, and you’ve started the three-day ritual of cleaning your home. You scrub the floors, clear the clutter, wash the curtains, and lay out fresh linen. Everything feels renewed. Then someone visits, walks through the front door, pauses, and says, “This…

There are moments in life when the identity we have been living begins to loosen. A relationship ends. A career no longer feels meaningful. A version of success that once motivated us suddenly feels empty. We arrive at a crossroads and ask questions we…

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from living with your attention everywhere except where you are. You can have a full day, accomplish everything on your list, answer every message, attend every meeting, take care of everyone around you, and still…

In the lineage that I grew up in, there is a chant that transcends generations: A daughter is the Lakshmi of a home. For much of my life, I heard this simply as a beautiful cultural metaphor. Later, as my awareness expanded, I began…

When I was sixteen, I received a beautiful gift from a friend who was visiting from Canada. It was a figurine of Radha and Krishna, the divine couple. I placed it on my altar, and every time I walked past it, I felt a…

Purnam adah purnam idamPurnat purnam udachyatePurnasya purnam adayaPurnam evavashishyate. This phrase has echoed throughout human history, originating in the Upanishads, one of the most revered bodies of ancient Indian wisdom. I have heard it rendered in so many different forms—chants, poems, prayers, songs—and somehow,…