Words... /  by Bindaas

In the beginning was the Word, etc.
The microcosm and macrocosm are built on the same plan. 
Just as the individual soul is encased in a living body, so is the Universal Soul, in the living prakriti (nature), the objective universe.
Kali is embracing Shiva. This is not a fancy. This covering of the one (Soul) by the other (nature) is analogous to the relation between an idea and the word expressing it.
They are one and the same, and it is only by a mental abstraction that one can distinguish them. Thought is impossible wihout words. 
Therefore in the begining was the Word, etc. 
This dual aspect of the Universal Soul is eternal. So what we perceive or feel is the combination of the eternally formed and the eternally formless. 

- Swami Vivekananda's deep thoughts on life, while touring the country as a solitary monk from Himalayas to Kanyakumari.



" Do not believe in a thing because you have read it in a book. 
Do not believe believe in a thing because another man has said it was true. 
Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition.
Find out the truth for yourself. 
Reason it out. 
That is realization. "

- The great words and thoughts of Swami Vivekanada at the age of 7-10 on stealing mangoes from someones trees. 

Friends for 60 years and... /  by Bindaas

still going strong....
Sabaji Baba, Revati & Farate Mama
Uday Baug meets Sopan Baug...as young spirits rejoice in this magic...
Mihir Borawake with the Baba's...
 and the result... conversations with a distant past.

Where there are hardworking hands.... /  by Bindaas



























Uday Borawake and Narayanrao Borawake: Father and Son

























Narayanrao Borawake, Aditya Borawake and Uday Borawake: Father, Son, Grandson



























Reflections on a bond unbound by time.....



































Jithe Rabti Haath, Tithe Hari... Where there are hardworking hands..there you will find God...A bond unbound by generations.

Nothing like... /  by Bindaas

lunch in Uday Baug...


Nothing Like Lunch at UB from Shraddha Borawake on Vimeo.

In these times of experimentations, explorations, new horizons, old habits, unfamiliar HD video indulgences and lip smacking ghevdyachi bhaji makings by Mukta Bai. I thought, why not inaugurate this fortunate blessing of great piece of equipment with some appreciation and nostalgic film making of a simple afternoon while looking forward to an even more simple lunch in an extra ordinary state of mind that being safe and relaxed at home!

Then I thought to myself, if somehow this video could lure a certain crazy scuba diver that I know of, who could find in his ambitious spirit the zeal to swim one day; north Atlantic via south Atlantic via Indian ocean to the Arabian sea, I am sure a half ecstatic half beside herself sea creature women would be standing under an umbrella on marine drive to escort him to one of these lunches in the wilderness thicket of Cyclops's and Brownies and Rani's and cows and buffaloes and bats and berry sellers. 

That would just be too beautiful!