Spirituality means little if it never becomes kindness.

I first learned about this community when I met Winnie Singh, Maitri’s co-founder. She told me about their ashrams for widowed women in Vrindavan and Mathura, many of whom had been abandoned or left without support. I went to visit. What began as one visit became a commitment, and I began sending financial support for their care.

Whenever I can, I return to sit beside them, listen, hold their hands and share a little happiness. Somewhere along the way, they stopped feeling like women I was helping and began to feel like mothers and grandmothers of my own. I go hoping to lift their spirits. Somehow, they always lift mine.

When life feels too noisy or too full, I return to nature. Mountains, water and quiet landscapes help me slow down enough to listen again.

Some of my clearest moments have come while travelling, away from familiar routines. That experience is at the heart of Travel With Suresh: creating enough space to hear what is happening within.