Our Garden Gooseberry

Our Anonymous Man says "A “garden” is thus a state of the world where there is cooperation and equilibrium between Spirit and Nature", where Spirit is to be understood as the domain of human pursuits. And as only our Anonymous Man can (seamlessly traversing between western esotericism to Hindu philosophy)…

Neem

I am older than I seem‌‌ Come, sit near me‌‌ Let me see you dream‌‌ Up above there is a Seraphim‌‌ But down here with you‌‌ I am the Neem. So we begin our wander around the campus, looking at our trees. Northstar's campus is home to many trees. Most…

Trees of Northstar

Trees of Northstar. Our guardians. Custodians of memories. Listeners of our tales. They will be here when we no longer are. This is our attempt to share the beauty and grace of our trees. These are our stories and this our art. In the next weeks, we will share some…

Untroubled Gulmohar

Riffing on Hesse's master class in succinctness apropos my plight. "Managing an organisation does not require qualities of stupidity and coarseness, as conceited intellectuals sometimes think. But it does require wholehearted delight in extroverted activity, a bent for identifying oneself with outward goals, and of course also a certain swiftness…

A Walk in the Northstar Campus

New leaves in this young Kassod on the campus. We are in peak monsoon right now. It normally flowers after monsoon until December. The flowers are yellow and look quite pretty in bunches. The canopy is not quite shapely yet. It's still young. This is Agave Americana and it has…