In the spirit of serendipity, sumangali.org is about finding good-fortune from unexpected sources; discovering the extraordinary in the ordinary, and the new in the familiar... fueled by the sense that all we need is already within us and around us — we only need learn how to look...serendipity [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] [n] good fortune; pure luck in discovering unsought things.
Nov 7th, 2009
Never Give Up!
It took 68-year-old Korean Cha Sa-soon 950 attempts to pass her driving test. She finally got her license yesterday, which she needs for her vegetable selling business. It took her four years and the equivalent of £2,600 (US$4,200), but most of all a truck-load of determination. “I believe you can achieve your goal if you persistently [...]
Aug 7th, 2009
Ashrita’s Everywhere
Last night I was telling someone about Ashrita Furman’s Guinness World Record for holding the most Guinness World Records, and within an hour I discovered there were two articles in the UK news about his self-transcendence feats on the very same day.
Aug 4th, 2009
Irish Joy
I spent last weekend in a country house just outside Dublin, an international gathering hosted by the Irish Sri Chinmoy Centre. As always we were treated like kings and queens, or at least lords and ladies of the manor in this case.
Jul 29th, 2009
World Heart Beat
I recently had the good-fortune of creating a website for a new venture in London: World Heart Beat Music Academy. The project is the dream of my dear friend Sahana Gero, and I'm really proud to play even a small part of making it a reality.
Feb 15th, 2009
The Princess and the Pirate
During a recent trip to Bali a few friends and I performed a rhyming play for some of Sri Chinmoy’s students, based on two stories by Sri Chinmoy.
Jan 17th, 2009
Immortality’s Flame-Waves
Okay, I’m talking about work again, but when work is this much fun you’ll have to let me off. I’ve just finished a website for IMMORTALITY’S FLAME-WAVES — an all-female theatre company based in London.
Dec 17th, 2008
Photography Website: Unmukta.com
This is my latest website: a portfolio for amateur photographer Unmukta Gerretsen of the Netherlands. It was a very enjoyable project, as I love good photography, especially travel photography.
Dec 5th, 2008
Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa
Miyamoto Musashi is Japan’s most famous swordsman. The account of his life, meticulously researched and documented by Eiji Yoshikawa in the 1930s, was carefully crafted into English by Charles S Terry 50 years later.
Nov 17th, 2008
The Scent of Green Papaya
I revisited one of my favourite films last week. Every time I see it I love it more. Masterfully directed by Tran Anh Hung, it follows the life of a Vietnamese servant girl in 1950s Saigon.
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