THE CITRINE ROOM

Created. Curated.

A NEWS & LIFESTYLE BLOG

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Monita Rajpal

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The Citrine Room is a news and lifestyle blog with a focus on stories that expand the way we think and challenge the way we feel. I am Monita Rajpal, a journalist, a curator, and a blogger. In the podcast, you will hear my blog posts in audio. It's my conversation with you where I share reflections on life, our journey, and the news. I've a learned alot of life lessons, sometimes the hard way. And I feel in sharing them, in sharing our stories, we connect and realise that there is more that connects us than divides us.

And we all want to feel connected. Don't we?

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Content from around the world that have caught our eye and deserve a repost.

All with the goal to inspire, engage, and connect.

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CULTURE CULT

ROSH MAHTANI

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Kundalini yoga, in its original form, was derived from Vedanta, an ancient Indian philosophy. The kind of kundalini yoga as we see today and by numerous allegations against its founder "Yogi Bhajan", is cultural & religious appropriation at its worst. Read this stark account of how one man convinced legions of Americans that he was a Sikh guru divined to enlighten, making millions of dollars in the process.

EVENING STANDARD

Rosh Mahtani's jewellery was borne out of loneliness. And for this self-taught designer, each piece represents a moment, an imperfection, a lifeline. Alighieri, Mahtani's jewellery brand, is her way of communicating that there is beauty in darkness and strength in our vulnerability. And through that message, Alighieri is more than a brand. It's a community.

They are the glue that keeps a family functioning. And for wealthy families around the world, Filipina helpers are the ones they look for to help raise their children and maintain a household. Yet, so little is known about these women's lives and the loved ones they leave behind. Here is compelling insight into one story, one helper who left her family to raise someone else's.

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ARLO PARKS

NME

She is 19 and she sings with such depth and emotion that I will often stop what I'm doing to listen to her stunning words and vocals and stare out the window. Arlo Parks is a revelation. A talent whose star is just rising. And it is because of her honesty, her connection to herself that she is finding that her songs are connecting to others too. Authenticity at its finest.

COMPLIMENTING STRANGERS

Ariel Meadow Stallings had been having a difficult year. Back in 2016 she found both her physical health and the health of her marriage were on the decline. Her health improved. Her marriage didn't. Amidst the heaviness around her she found one thing that helped to lift herself out of the greyness that surrounded her: complimenting strangers.

RODERICK COX

KINFOLK

Roderick Cox loves to be at the helm. It isn't about vanity or power. For this conductor who has steered leading orchestras around the world, being at the helm is something he feels in his soul. That is the only way, he says, one can succeed in this world of classical music, when every sound, every note is felt in the soul and steered out for the audience to feel too.