Neil Patel

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Neil Patel is co-founder and CEO of Awaaz.De, "Solutions for Positive Social Impact," a company that provides "easy-to-use, cost efficient & time saving voice data tools for grassroots organizations and communities in the rural sector including education, agriculture, health, and financial services." His blog can be found at theorganicindian.blogspot.com

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Golden Temple, by Neil Patel

August 25, 2015By Neil Patel

The night Nimo, Jay, and I arrived in Amritsar, India, we made a cursory survey of the Sikh Golden Temple, wandering around the outer area and meditating at its river banks. The next morning, we […]

Two acclaimed filmmakers open this issue of Parabola: Martin Scorsese, director of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Casino, Kundun, Silence, and other masterpieces including this Fall’s offering, The Irishman; and Kent Jones, creator of this year’s Diane and director of the New York Film Festival. Scorsese writes of forgiveness; Jones discusses how forgiveness informs and illuminates Scorsese’s movies. What stands out in both men’s essays and in their art is an understanding that we each exist in a web of meaningful relationship; that what we do matters, that we each have a responsibility to others and to the world. Read more>

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Neil Patel

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Golden Temple, by Neil Patel

Learning to Die, by Brother David Steindl-Rast

The Art of Cleaning, by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Hilary Hart

Marion Woodman and the Search for the Conscious Feminine, by Patty de Llosa

Hearing the Cries of the World, by Mark Nepo

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, by Cynthia Bourgeault