Here we are, this 15th of August 2025…

Grappling with the state of the world and determined once more to set something in motion that will, in whatever way - small / big - contribute positively to the whole.

I am charged with being a "friend" to those who visit this sacred land - those seeking solace and healing, a place where we can

• Heal
• Grow
• Dream
• Build

I must admit, healing and growing are not to reach some final plateau, rather an ever vigilant spiritedness that must first look inwards - where the indwelling spirit wears the mantle of imperfection - that it may strive to fulfil it's life's meaning / purpose.

Friends, do not cry overmuch or overlong at what life has done to you, your loved ones or fellow humans. There is much healing in Nature. So, visit us here at Elavur where SHE (Dharti) is like a mother's lap you can rest on.

In a past life, I ghostwrote, for another divine abode (dhama). a philosophy, an ambience, a path of evolution and a foretelling of how a new race could be our solve purpose of existence.

We are sea going, fun loving creatures - we are the otters of the universe ~Richard Bach.

So, here I am again, on hallowed ground - where %ReliefFoundation% has, for nearly 30 years, served many many students - shaping their lives oh so lovingly and dedicatedly, the %MontessoriWay%.

A place not so much for thinking as we celebrated, cerebrally stimulated, consumerist city folk usually do, but a "village home" we've always dreamed of - some 50kms from Chennai Central.

A place where the sun tells you the time. A place where the birds keep interrupting the twitters and beeps of the device, to remind you that