Seed of Devotion

 "Where should I put this dish?" my friend Shyamala asked. She held a wet bowl in her hand.  I groaned. "Over there on the dr...

Soft rain fell in the twilight. My husband held an umbrella over me as I stepped out of the car, and I ran a hand over my rounded belly. Bab...

Mammals are warm-blooded, have fur, and produce milk. Milk is the liquid gold that sustains the offspring of all kinds of mammals, from blue...

I was bathing my son at the very edge of the shallow end of some kind of pool. Water lapped at his soft, pale skin and his brown eyes gazed ...

I have been alive for 36 Janmastamis.  I remember attending festivals in celebration of Krishna's Appearance Day as a child, running aro...

In 2005, at 18 years old I bought my first car, a lovely silver 2000 Honda Civic.  After the harrowing purchase process (because buying a ca...

One early morning, dressed in a traditional sari and acting in my role as a kind of priestess [ pujari ], I was seated in front of two small...