In search of divinity

            ‘Moko kahan dhoonde re bande, main tho tere paas re’ or “Where do you search for me, I am always close to you” sings Kabir. Unfortunately, the stresses of daily living and the frustrations of hopes belied and expectations not met give the lie to this claim. I tend to agree with Osho when he says, “ The old man has been a worshipper of dead Gods in temples and mosques and synagogues ... the new  man is one who denies God but will instead find his living God in the trees, in the birds, in the rivers, in the oceans, in the mountains, and in the stars...”. My wife disagrees. Our separate understandings of God found a happy meeting ground on a recent trip to Badrinath. Devprayag             As one climbs up from Haridwar literally meaning the Gateway to God the Ganga is omnipresent revealing herself in her myriad facets ranging from turbulent white foam to placid stretches where she barely moves. At Devprayag, the Bhagirathi coming down from the Gangotri glacier and