The past week Shobhu and I have been immersing our selves in the cultural scene in Mumbai. Balli aur Shambhu staged at Prithvi was theatre which I long for. Witty, Satirical, depth, poingnancy and irony. All the rasas in the righ measure. The play explored the interaction between two old men dealing with personal loss and family neglect. Our friend Gopal had a short but seminal role. A small narrative twist at the end was wonderful. Our friends from Uttaranchal who run such a beautiful experiment in conscious business called Himalayan Village were in Bombay. Being their first trip, Pav Bhaji, theatre and the traffic intersected. The other day we saw Hamlet which brought together Shakespeare,  Dhrupad, Karnataka's dance form YakshaGana in a compelling and intense manner. There arer parts where it is difficult to maintain the intensity but the effort was commendable. My personal love for Dhrupad took me there and shobs love for Shakespeare. Deepa had to help me out because there is a complexity with the key characters played out in Hindi and English. The spirit of what is intelligent, provocative is still alive. The final piece of the cultural ensemble was our visit to the Kala Ghoda festival opening day where we went for the Heritage walk including getting a peek into the Times of India archives. My eyes were alive with the thought now I can access the back pages of history. It would be fascinating to see the seminal events through the eyes of those great leaders this country produced during the freedom movement.

We are in clear need of many such leaders and the good news that there is hope. After my return I have personally met what I called humans with Maha Purush qualities who inspire and built a team of talent. In the blog I hope to share the qualities of people I have interacted with some. Some of them are not Indians. There is something about leadership which transcends and it needs to be experienced directly. How much ever you read about leadership being witha  true leader is different. Sourabh Sarkar, Balaji Sampath, Steve Mckay are three humans I have met whose multiple intellgiences quotient is high as well as their awarenes of their own self.. Over the past years I have interacted closely with other individuals who have personal qualities that allow them to deal with situations in a manner that integrates people and issues rather than disintegrates.

lots too write , want to write but lack of will to write.. beautiful things have happened but still there is exclusion.

will note.

As all, I was thrilled when I read the posting of Bill Clinton mouthing Ken Wilber and uttering Conscioussness at Davos. I have waited for the time when the World Social Forum and WEF intersect. Though I dont see myself going to WEF for a while, I did attend the World Social Forum last year in Mumbai. It was an incredible experience and to see actual people coming rather than the intellectuals was a wonderful sign. It was open, chaotic and wonderful. Ofcourse there are issues with radical free expression and excess activism but overall the energy is I guess very different from WEF which is a get together of rich, sucessfull entrepreneurs and politicians accompanied by thinkers. I like the thought behind WEF despite its air of financial exclusivity.

But Clinton quoting KW is yet another step in the journey of Integral towards mainstream. All these are seeds in the unfolding just as Zaadz is.

The journey of mine towards an Integral life requires a wonderful concept called Transclude which also needs to one to carry or get carried by others. including your life partner. I need to continue to work on that domain including my fitness. A protruding stomach is unacceptable in the scheme of things!!.  Have been meeting wonderful people and also amazing ideas but one needs to carry the partner.