I used to carry Thomas Merton’s prayer (shared below) around with me at a time when I didn’t know what lay on the road ahead of me. I was just out of college very confused what I wanted to do next. Somehow, this prayer consoled me and helped me centre myself. The Road Ahead Of […]
Puzzles and Creativity
Have you been caught up with the recent Wordle craze? I have. I love how some of us were sharing scores on social media – especially the ones where we have the least amount of guesses! I enjoy doing puzzles. But I must confess I don’t do enough of them. While there is so much […]
Clean Hands Save Lives : Hand Hygiene Day
In India, the aspirations of middle-class parents for their children seem to cost more every year. Parents sweat and save to make their dreams come true. But for the very poor in some areas of the country, having children live past the age of 5 is difficult. One of the reasons is diarrhoea that claims […]
World Laughter Day 2021
Tomorrow is World Laughter Day. With all India is going through at the present moment, it seems almost sacrilegious to even consider laughter as an option. I only have to go through my Twitter feed to know of the trauma, the loss, and the sense of utter helplessness that people are going through. Yet, laughter […]
Stress Awareness Month
Stress can be debilitating, and it can cause and/or aggravate health problems. And since stress is a normal part of human existence — nobody is immune to it — it’s important to arm ourselves with knowledge so that we recognize when stress rears its ugly head. (Amazingly, we don’t always notice it’s happening to us.) […]