by Susan Jagannath | Dec 27, 2023 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Books, Camino, Faith, Places, Travel, Walking
Weaving the lessons and gifts of the Camino de Invierno into the context of Hindu iconography and spirituality, especially that of Arya Samaj, requires drawing parallels between the core principles and spiritual quests in both traditions. Arya Samaj, with its emphasis...
by Susan Jagannath | Dec 12, 2023 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Books, Camino, Faith, Spain, Travel, Walking, Writing
The Invierno was no walk in the park. We knew that, we wanted a challenge, we wanted an uncrowded lesser known way. And we got it. We plotted and planned our winter camino carefully, but we still got surprised. I know that is a bit contradictory, but isn’t that what a...
by Susan Jagannath | Dec 1, 2023 | Adventures, Camino, Faith, Spain, Travel, trekking, Walking, Walks, Women
As a Catholic, the Camino de Invierno holds a special spiritual significance for me, deeply rooted in Christian tradition. The Camino, or ‘The Way’, is a network of pilgrimage routes leading to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain,...
by Susan Jagannath | Apr 10, 2023 | Faith, Travel, Walks
This is an updated post from a long time ago. Pushing it up again, as it’s Easter, and some people are practical like me, and also like to see the real physical places where our faith stories began and remain. Finding the Way When I knew that I was visiting...
by Susan Jagannath | Feb 6, 2022 | Adventures, Faith, Writing
An Anniversary of Loss I feel sorry for my brother, its his birthday on the 7th of February, and it is the Death anniversary of our Dad, barely two years after retiring from the Army, he sounded the retreat for the last time. In those days, you retired at 54, if you...
by Susan Jagannath | Feb 5, 2022 | Adventures, Faith, Featured, Writing
The Cancel Culture strikes out Abide with Me For most of my remembered life, every last weekend in January, meant watching the Beating of the Retreat in New Delhi, when the massed bands of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, “beat the retreat” of the...