of karma et all.............

Do we believe in Karma?!!!!!!!! What will be will be or what we feel & think & do will be. I donot know. It is now 42 years during this sojourn here on earth and I still do not know. I exist there fore I am, but life says I let you exist therefore you are. what a box of contradictions?????!!!!!!!! What a cosmic Conspiracy. Life & Death in every breath & moment. Are we victims or winners? Wither art we?

identities..........

So in a new world full of new identities, we are finding our own......All these 42 years we did not think we needed an identity, as long as we are who are, but times are a changing; So from Cosmic Conspiracy since April'09 on an Rugl website, we have now become Rural & Urban Grassroots & Livelihoods Trust blog officially on the www.rugltrust.org website...........and guess what even I did not see it coming so soon ....We will now also have www.cosmicconspiracy.in............

Enquire Explore Discover Experience Aware Choices Invent Sustain Reinvent Active
Basic Nature Dreams Wishes Aims Ambitions Capacity

Heart Mind Body Soul
Feelings Thoughts Words & Actions Evolution

A clean heart is a clear mind
A clean heart & a clear mind is a clean,clear & beautiful words and actions.
All of the above is a beautiful & peaceful human and life.

Be............
Sensitive & Sensible
Thoughtful & Thorough
Passionate & Practical
Patience & Perseverance
Live & Let live
Be & Let be

Life is an adventure, live it!!!

time & water...........

Time & water wait for no one.............what a whirl these last few months. Energy soars from new IGP to sourcing & designing new hand made's between no where to every where. If we can be busy with so little work, I wonder how busy the ones with the tons of orders & money are...........Well nothing works like a little planning & organization. So hopefully we will be back on our feet........I am thankful at least to be able to work......

So much...........in Sept'09...........The exhibitions inputs for special schools for children with special needs and are totally differently able. They can teach us tons on enthusiasm!!!!!!!!!!!! Vidya Sagar Chennai with their Kalakkal Santhai with valuable inputs from our Creative Consultant, Rishi. The exhibition at The World Bank Chennai and getting shots in the arms from the sales of new boutiques,motivating us to go further.....

DL Rishivanthi is busy as a bee, working well with as little funds as possible.....Tight finances bring out our most creative urges aesthetically/artistically/financial fine tuning.........and the rest with life throwing newer and better than ever lessons on the concept & conditioning of ownership!!!!!!!!!! of anybody or anything. The world and all that survives in it is much more crystal clear now..........Oct'09 sees her in the midst of a Heritage & Craft Program for INTACH Pondicheri. Nov'09 sees her with her baby Cosmic Conspiracy in association with Cre'art having a little rural & local craft event.

and on the actual Rural & Urban Grassroots & Livelihoods Trust front we are finally with the IGP for indigenous communities.....and hope to develop further.....

And where have we been all this time..... Between bouts of life and the forests of AP and the backlanes of TN,Karnataka in pursuit of IGP...Well well well. We are in the fray with Sathya Special School,Pondy,for IGP and Intach on Heritage et Handloom et Handicraft. So much yet so little. And who is paying?! Nobody. We have to make our own IGP.

long time no write.........

Life seems to a be a whirlwind of nothingness, despite all the work in process from concept to market............I was thinking, Oh I was just here the other day..!!!!!!well the other day, in these times can be 1 and half months before. Ok so here I am. Much waters flow, effort and result still seem to be, not in tandem.......Miles to go, miles to go, before all in this heart mind body and soul is applied and finshed.
I do see an end to everything. Though maybe, we human beings think we are the begining and the end....such egos for beings which are nothing but mass of flesh....

appearances.....

they can be very deceptive......How we get carreid away with dirty looking uncared for people, thinking if they had better chances and oopurtunities. They will do better, look beter and talk better.....I used to feel for them and think the fight has gone out of them....and that is why it is so....but then take a walk through life and be observing.....not judgeing.....and you will notice that there is a total disregard for basic cleanliness and hygiene, whether it is rich or poor or destitute. what is it that makes this otherwise vibrant varied and colourful culture and spiritual race so so so.....well we can go on and on and on.....I still remember when as a teenager I didnot drop stuff on the road and or picked stuff lying o to be put inot dustbins and how my cousins laughed and called me mad.......i am trying to understand and make sense of it all.... next comes work ethics and self dicipline...

caste...class...creed....corruption.

I have traveled across most parts of my country to try and understand all these people made up of a vast variety of races, tribes, sub tribes, clans, communities, castes, creeds, in their original and mixed versions. The conditioning through generations and the influences of caste, community, creed, corruption, socially, religiously, traditionally, culturally, economically and politically on the human, emotionally, psychologically, physically and spiritually are that which make the people of this country (even this world), who they are, searching for their roots and identities through their feelings, thoughts, words and actions; And by a history filled with oppression and suppression by their own people and by invaders…I had to be very patient and persevering and had to first understand myself completely, to be able to understand even a little of this vast country(and this world) and accordingly shape my dreams, interests, aims and ambitions, through the journey of internal and external enquiry, exploration, experience, discovery, awareness, choices and ultimately sustainability as an individual and for the collective mass of human.

Ladies & Gentlemen, Periyogal, maa log and les enfants...

We have a few corrections for our last post. This concerns Poojarni & Touchwood Pondy, India.
Pooja Rene is Poojarini and Touchwood also houses the best open space for cultural interaction @ Cultural Kottah and Bindaas cafe on the roof is really the koooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllesssssssssssssssssssssssst cafe this side of earth....... so see you all out there...........

moving on.............

I think we are finally going to move on and forward and not be stuck with the non copyable options....... we have been invited and hosted by CREAT Pondicherry at their great new store on Rue Suffren where they have five guidelines for being displayed. and ladies an gentlemen, we were told that we were the only ones to fit all five of their criteria. So is this it....the pinnacle......well just joking....but it does feel nice to be accepted and recognised, despite all odds,against all odds. and while we are at this......

We have not forgotten our old faithfull and supporting free spirit of Pondicherry since 2005 August, the one and only, Pooja Rene of TouchWood, Nidarapayer street, Pondicherry. One of the last and surviving free spirits, like me despitle all odds and against all odds....

and for all our great disappointments in life down the last 42 years, we are marching on,..........
and we seem to have had a change of heart with the new gaurd of boutiques and stores in various cities. We have a microscopic magnifying glass with which we have learnt to filter, based on our guidelines. One of the most important basic requirement, is the open and positive spirit of the person who owns and runs such places......Life is teaching me that money is, but a by product of all work and not the end of karma yoga.......so we are also now with, The Contemporary Window, originally on C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer road on Alwarpet, Chennai, India and now in Besant Nagar! Mrs. Kalpana has been this very nice soul down the last 12 years that I seem to have fleetingly known her. She is a person of good human qualities and her ever smiling and supporting visage will be with us forever......so I am signing off now and keep you posted......roaming like a gypse and with the wind.....

JCP Jean-Claude Paris

-Dl Rishivanthi, Founder and Managing Trustee, Rural & Urban Grassroots & Livelihoods Trust.
-Jean-Claude Paris, Ecologist & Anthropologist & Co-trustee at the Rural & Urban Grassroots & Livelihoods Trust.
-Smt.Kanchanamala, Landlady & Co-trustee at the Rural & Urban Grassroots & Livelihoods Trust.

cosmos.........

Seems like really all space and not time.........was here just yesterday it seems, but it was the 24th of June and it is already the 2nd of July now............ Well so much and so little. How simple. how Fragile. how Complicated is this human race. Wither art we..........

what a run life is ...................

Well still in space on this blog. We have not yet gone the hog. Does anybody know anything about non saveable/printable/downloadable options for websites. Still not on track. Monkey is better than the so called human and relatives walking around.

Rugl et CC

Rugl and CC are still not out there on the web really. This is still a test process and I would rather we got it all together right,rather than repair enroute. So we are about it, but not yet there...Expect us soon though..........ciao till then........keep checking us out........

not here but not lost...

Hey you all out there.....
Really long time not here. Around the countryside of AP and TN in India. The money doesnot support anything else. So much out there, yet so little. Every time it all gets too much out there in the open, the little voice or is it the spirit inside this being rechristened Dl rishivanthi, says just keep doing it all, all that you want to do in this world, in this life, quietly from your little corner. How right it is.How right it is. It is toonoisy out there, what with so many shouting their wares out from the roof top. Are we doing all that we are doing out of conditioning or out od deep rooted vision & passion from the depths of the soul. Join the bandwagon. It is not lonely out there anymore. There are leechs/parasites et all......

But you know the secret guiding force inside of me, but wisest of them all, says, just do things, quietly from your quiet litlle corner in this universe, where ever you are......

Live & let live. Be & let be...

Live & let live. Be & let be......... Both are becoming a state of being in this life.....I never ever wanted to abdicate this beautiful life bestowed upon us, despite all odds & against all odds. Even when I thought at age 15 or so that becoming a nun was the coolest thing to do. The cosmic question was, how will you ever know anything if you donot live life, here and now..... and around 20, the cosmic question on who is my ideal and wold like to emulate. Gandhi/Nelson Mandela/Buddha.... Well, I said nobody, I would like to live this life and find out who I am. And then this inner voice said, who would you choose, if you had absolutely no choice in the matter. And hands down, it was Buddha who won! and believe me it was a full 16 years or so later that I realised that I have been guided and led by this benign but autocratic or should I say despotic unseen force........in the path of the Buddha. No regrets! I just lived the life........for better or for worse. Feeling thouroughly blessed, despite all odds & against all odds......... I will keep hanging on.......by Simply Red ring a bell? This is one stubborn monkey, on the path of evolution, well hopefully.......what is anything anyway.....live & let live and be & just be.......anyways......ha ha ha

learning never stops......

Hi there all of you.............
Life is all now and here one day and what is it all about another day. Well, wither the vagaries of this human mind, this beautiful human mind. I am here today to say something about Veini,
Ms. Elaveini, from whom I learnt to listen, especially to a customer. I had been through so much for so long(if 42 years is long enough) and was wondering what more there was to learn, when you have been everyhwere, seen every thing and done it all. Well, I learnt to listen from her and work quitely but effectively. Kudos to Veini. People to learn from can be found in the wuitest corners of this world. She can be found at Mayuri Multimedia, Chennai.

And these are the media guns who worked ont he technical aspects and actually put all my concepts out here on the web for you all to see. They are up and coming, though I would say they are rare and raring to go. Awesome service. Check them out in person, don't get carried away by their website.

ciao....................

travel is adventure......

Excited is the word. The rugl baby website is still not on its two perfect little feet, but well when did a baby statrt walking in its first month here on earth. And people! it is India! Here we manage do things, well a little differently, even with the best of efforts. And when did life walk a straight line?! with me it seems to take the convoluted path, despite my straight nose of all in life and beyond. Boy! did I learn and do I learn a lot?! you bet!!!!!!!!!!!

So the two babies Rugltrust & Cosmic Cosnpiracy are here and hope you all like them. A sincere effort. Nobody is perfectly good and nobody is perfeectly bad.

Last week was travel to Sandur in Karnataka. And well! India is all about surprises around every nook and corner down her lenght and breadth. Was in Sandur, Bellary district, to look a the Embroidery options they offer. Especially Lambani. A long waited trip. Was part of the trip in November'08, when I went to Delhi and on my return via Lucknow for 'Chikankari' got my baggage stolen at the ladies waiting room in Chennai. Camera, computor back up, pen drive, paaspot, pan card! and my 30 year collection of personal jewellery, and my favourite clothes. Well around 75,000/- rupeees down the thieves pocket. The money? yes is difficult to earn with all the ideals & principles I espouse. But the sheer effort of getting the documents, after such trials, was a sure let down. Well what a lesson. Sandur trip saw me with a shoulder bag, with next to nothing, but bare essentials.

Well, Sandur! what a story! A iron ore & managanese mining area. Even the sun looked red & dusty. Guess you can think of the country side now a little. Ecology at its barren best, due to unscrupulous and indiscriminate digging of the depths of the earth, in the name of mining. Wither we oh mankind?! The embroidery was all colourful life, to make up for all the loss of nature and her colours. What a pity? we loose natural colours and make up for it with chemical coloured threads from corporates! Well, hope with patience and perseverence will pave the way.

Oh! and 2 hours at Hampi on the way back. So there till there next time.

Hi you all,
Sorry about not being here for a while now! Net and work et al....We are just about getting used to being here in the blog and I guess we are still figuring out the best way to be here. Can any of you out there give us any ideas about to get people to visit us....

For the uninitiated, we are............

www.rugltrust.org

Ask us to help you set up a local initiative using local skills and raw materials in the rural or urban grassroots. No funding required. Volunteer your energy, time and basic expenses.See you.

Good morning et Bonjour!

Here we are!!! We are learning equanimity in our feelings. thoughts. words. actions, through our heart.ind.body.soul. We are here, we are happy. and it does not mean if we are not here, we are not happy. We learnt and are still learning, perseverence is the name of the game. The basic nature is to live and let live and let be. Well I donot know how the Maharishi did it, or was led to do it, but for me it is shed all through one's actions in life and following the policy of live and let live and let be, we have followed the path of development: of the heart.mind.body.soul in the individual and food.clothing.shelter. for the collective souls on planet earth. Let us know if there is anywhere else. We will go there too, to see if there is anything we can do. Have you kinda got it by now? Welllllllllllll..................... err....... we are in the area of development focussing on livelihoods&ecology while also supporting health&education at the rural&urban grassroots in India. Though we traversed around India to find out if there is anything we can do and if so, exactly what it is we can do with the people, are right now focussing on livelihoods for the rural & urban poor in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Our next step will be ecology. Planting trees in sanctuaries and parks................

To any of you out there still,

We seem to have finally made it here. Who are we? Go on, find out. Where are we? On www.rugltrust.org.....

Enquire.Explore.Experiance.Discover

Hi all of you out there,
We are still not yet there on the network. We were uploaded yesterday, but there seems to be a few hiccups in the process. Bear with us. Regret inconvenience. Etiquette is one of the ways.Bye. It is all a conspiracy anyway you see!

Hi
All of you out there, here and beyond!
You are welcome 'to be and let be' here.
Humour, Romance and Evolution is the name of the game.