Jeevan Vidya Shibhir - Meeting Folks
I'm just going to cut-n-paste from an email to Sampat about the shivir....
There were bout 50-60 people here for that. It was pretty sweet... met a lot more interesting people. One person, Aditya, that taught/teaches at the Krishnamurti school down in Bangalore... he's bout 30... studied in Hawaii for a year. Another couple, Manishbhai and Rashmididi... they live in Bangalore... but lived in Cupertino for few years... IT guy... Interestingly, they had googled Jeevan Vidya, and came across my blog. So when they get here, Rashmi-didi is like, "so you're Raj?" Haha... it was interesting meeting someone that knew me by my blog first, then
me. There was a lot of English in the shivir because there was a group from England that came. Also, Sindhu-ji and Victor, the people who head the ILP (India Literacy Project) office in India, were at the shibhir...soo, it was pretty cool talking to them a bit. Bhupesh, a 29-year-old, is still here... he's one of those "quit the money-making world, trying to find the purpose in life" type of people. He has gotten a lot out of Krishnamurti teachings, and is quite an interesting character (some may call him odd). But, he says that 70% of the time.. he's just "aware"... thoughtless, choiceless awareness... have had some interesting talks with him. Have met and am working with two cool people from Delhi on the youth workshops - Mridu and Deepjyoti. Mridu seems very cool... did her Bachelors at Duke in the States... where, as Pawan-ji puts it, she spent much more time protesting than studying. =) Back in India, she's been involved with this group called Beyond Borders, supported by the British Council. Right now, she's working with a group of 10 street kids in Delhi... she's basically their mom, older sister, etc. There are two girls, Sneha and Mayuree here from TISS in Mumbai. They are doing their M.A. in Social Work, and are finisihing up their last semester with a one-month itnernship here. Both of them also seem like the thinking, want to change the world type.
There were many other interesting folks at the camp... but those were the people that I had the most interactions with.
There were bout 50-60 people here for that. It was pretty sweet... met a lot more interesting people. One person, Aditya, that taught/teaches at the Krishnamurti school down in Bangalore... he's bout 30... studied in Hawaii for a year. Another couple, Manishbhai and Rashmididi... they live in Bangalore... but lived in Cupertino for few years... IT guy... Interestingly, they had googled Jeevan Vidya, and came across my blog. So when they get here, Rashmi-didi is like, "so you're Raj?" Haha... it was interesting meeting someone that knew me by my blog first, then
me. There was a lot of English in the shivir because there was a group from England that came. Also, Sindhu-ji and Victor, the people who head the ILP (India Literacy Project) office in India, were at the shibhir...soo, it was pretty cool talking to them a bit. Bhupesh, a 29-year-old, is still here... he's one of those "quit the money-making world, trying to find the purpose in life" type of people. He has gotten a lot out of Krishnamurti teachings, and is quite an interesting character (some may call him odd). But, he says that 70% of the time.. he's just "aware"... thoughtless, choiceless awareness... have had some interesting talks with him. Have met and am working with two cool people from Delhi on the youth workshops - Mridu and Deepjyoti. Mridu seems very cool... did her Bachelors at Duke in the States... where, as Pawan-ji puts it, she spent much more time protesting than studying. =) Back in India, she's been involved with this group called Beyond Borders, supported by the British Council. Right now, she's working with a group of 10 street kids in Delhi... she's basically their mom, older sister, etc. There are two girls, Sneha and Mayuree here from TISS in Mumbai. They are doing their M.A. in Social Work, and are finisihing up their last semester with a one-month itnernship here. Both of them also seem like the thinking, want to change the world type.
There were many other interesting folks at the camp... but those were the people that I had the most interactions with.
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