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God, Peace & Spirituality

Stories about seeking quiet, inner peace, and a softer, more spacious relationship with God.

The God Insurance Policy

Kolkata school teacher raised on rigid church rituals.

She prayed not out of devotion, but out of terror. What if she was wrong?

Pune therapist carving quiet rituals after caregiving marathons.

Between incense smoke and monsoon traffic, she carved a spiritual practice that finally felt like hers.

Banaras classical dancer bringing her whole self to Chhath.

Returning to Banaras for Chhath, she learned that devotion could be tender without being self-erasing.