January is observed as National Human Trafficking Awareness month in the US. Today’s 100 words, Taken, focuses on that. Taken Taken. She was walking to the store, when a car stopped, the driver asking her for directions. The next minute she was lying tied at the back of the car.Now they were on a plane. […]
Dry January
As I mentioned last week, I’m reviving #100WordsonSaturday here. Every week, I’ll be writing 100 words to bring awareness to some causes, issues, special days. Last Saturday, was World Introvert Day and I wrote about Introvert Power. This week, I want to share about Dry January. Dry January Why would you stop drinking now? It’s […]
A Single Act Of Kindness Today #ProjectWhyDelhi #GivingTuesday
A single act of kindness may have a long trajectory and touch those we will never meet or see. Something that we casually offer may move through a web of connection far beyond ourselves to have effects that we may have never imagined. And so each of us may have left far more behind us […]
Could You Not Wait #MondayMusings #MondayBlogs #UNIDOP2018
I wrote this just now as I thought about many elderly people who are struggling. I was also ‘inspired’ by my own cousins who could not wait to get their hands on the property even while my grandmother was alive! If it hadn’t been for my mother who stood her ground with them, they might […]
All I Want For Christmas #FridayReflections
The celebration of Christmas has never been a big deal for me. Okay, now you’re shocked! Let me explain. While I have fond memories of Christmas music, food and cheer from my childhood of the many Christmases at my grandparents’ homes, personally I never did get the big build up to it. So when people […]
The Price of Courage Is Worth It #writebravely #FridayReflections
I’m participating in the Write Tribe Problogger October 2017 Blogging Challenge through October and will be following the prompts suggested. I’ve also decided to focus on the theme of Anonymously Me – stories that people have shared with me and that we could all learn lessons from. Today’s Anonymously Me story was told me by […]