Toronto, Ontario
Meeting Anita
Anita Sharma was just a little girl when she and her parents
and two brothers started coming around.
Her dad and mum came from the Punjab, and the family is now in their
third generation here.
Successful? Yes! When she mentioned she has a nephew who's now
a doctor, I was quite surprised how fast everything evolves with the
generations.
Does she have her own family? I asked her and she smiled and said something
about "updating." Anyway,
she's married to her career as an anchor/reporter with BNN Bloomberg, on
television each evening. Yes, she's a
regular TV personality.
I complimented her for having recently moved up the street
from the temple (where I met her this evening).
She's quite thrilled about this new condo where she can have her dad,
now eighty-two, come and have darshan (viewing) of the Krishna deity, as
it is now close by.
Anita showed up just at the tail-end of our Sunday Open
House. As usual, it was a joyous
occasion where people from our community, as well as newcomers, visited to
chant, have darshan, indulge in a nice feast and make new friends. There is a diverse group of people who
come. There are very few monks about. There's myself and a handful of single men
who reside in the temple's ashram.
That is the make-up of most of our ISKCON Centres in North America. They are householder-based.
After meeting Anita, I took a much needed stroll through
Forest Hill, just to wind down from the tense but happy affairs of the Open
House. Night time walking is cool! https://www.instagram.com/p/B5SVHfiAj3A/?igshid=jsb0fwgthnh6
May the Source be with you!
5 km
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