# A Belonging, Being, Becoming

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**Author:** Prahlad Singh Shekhawat
 **Pages:** 38 **Year of Publication:** 2010**
Price:** HB Rs 120, FB Rs 100 **ISBN:** HB FB

_**About the Author**_
 Prahlad Singh Shekhawat is an ex-associate Fellow of the
Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur. He did his M.A. in International Development
from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. He also studied Creative Writing
at Exeter College, University of Oxford. He has authored three books: _Aspects of
Human Development and Culture, Anand Model of Cooperative Dairy Development_ and
_Human Development, Wellbeing and Globalization_. His articles have been published
in national and international newspapers and journals such as _The Hindu, The Times
of India, Tehelka, Resurgence, New Quest, Seeds of Peace_ (Bangkok) and _Indian 
Philosophical Quarterly_. Shekhawat has presented papers at several international
conferences and has lectured on Indian culture and civil society in Europe and Japan.
At present, he is the director of the Alternative Development and Research Centre,
Jaipur, an NGO concerned with the education of disadvantaged children and the vocational
training and empowerment of disadvantaged women.

_**Teaser**_

_To a Global Guru_

Dalai Lama means ocean of wisdom, not just a name.
 Westerners call you His Holiness,
Sounds a bit solemn like the Pope Indians may call you Shanti Karuna Dood Official
China calls you wolf in monk’s clothes, More they abuse you, more you shine Like
a lotus above the dirty pond. Tibetan civilization will prevail, if not the nation,
That you have ensured You deny miracles, boons or special blessings We will prove
you wrong for once That you can touch hearts and move great minds, With simple broken
words, That is a miracle That so many sided wisdom resides in a single person To
transform a human into a true human being, That is a boon That you can give hope
and dignity without god, Sometimes without hope, A twinkling eye of smiling compassion,
beyond divinity, That is a special blessing Thank you for being the finest global
Dharam Guru For residing in an Indian Dharam-shala Salaam, Sholom, Om Shanti; May
peace be on you and all of us of Earth family Long may you live, stringing moments
into pearls of wisdom Stretching into eternity.

_**Contents**_
 Poetry Intelligence / 9 Poem Is More / 10 Solitary Secret / 11 Correct
Despair / 12 Grown Worn / 13 The Village Bus / 14 Pushkar Square / 15 An Indian 
Doubter / 16 Is Buddha Smiling? / 17 To a Global Guru / 18 Nothing to Do / 19 Big
Fear / 20 Worth More / 21 Notes to My Other Self / 22 Traveller / 23 Belonging /
24 Other Side Mirror / 25 Working Child’s Eyes / 26 Half Monsoon / 27 Monsoon Union/
28 Good Rain Good Life / 29 Peace Commune / 30 Poetry at Oxford / 31 Oxford College
Quadr-angles / 32