Hira Jhamtani | Mar 28, 2021 | Books and Films, Journey and people
What legacy would you leave for your grandchild? Martin Khor’s legacy for his granddaughter is a small book that unlocks the secret to happiness. He wrote the articles, collected in this book, many years ago but the principles are relevant today and will remain...
Hira Jhamtani | Dec 26, 2017 | Featured, Journey and people, Nature and Life
MatruPitruVandanam celebrates the divinity of mother and father, and therefore the divinity of human beings. I feel its a concept of finding divinity from ‘within” by respecting the divinity of parents. Some years ago, I had a conversation with one of my nephews. Let...
Hira Jhamtani | Jul 17, 2016 | Journey and people
“Push aunty, come on, you can do it” Nyoman shouted. This junior high school boy is teaching me and keeping my spirit up while I learn to ride a bicycle. A few years ago, at the age of 47, I decided to learn riding a bicycle. It began when Ibu Jero, one of...
Hira Jhamtani | Jul 14, 2016 | Journey and people
Tarakan, so the story goes, was the first place where Japanese soldiers set foot on Indonesian soil. After independence, the first mangrove forest concession granted by the Indonesian government was ironically given to a Japanese company for an area on Tarakan....
