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What “The Little Prince” Taught Me

I have always believed that learning knows no age. Every person who crosses our path has the power to teach us a valuable lesson or two if only we remain receptive and open to the learning process. A lot of adults around give me a quizzical expression wh ...

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Goodbye, 2021

I began 2021 with magical expectations. After all, the previous year (2020) had been hard. I was holidaying in Goa when the lockdown was announced. Stranded in Mumbai, away from my family, suddenly not having access to help, and constantly feeling scared ...

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Towards A Consensual Holi!

The views expressed in this blog are personal, and not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, or individual. This year, with COVID-19 cases daily on the rise, private (inside housing societies) and public Holi celebrations have been banned, an ...

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20 Things 2020 Taught Me

December is here! The year 2020 is finally coming to an end. I daresay that 2020 has been a particularly interesting year for everyone, packed with several challenges. At a personal level, while this has been a year filled with several teachable moments ...

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Teaching Tolerance: Challenging Gender Stereotypes

This is 2020. Today, the youth are definitely more "woke" than the previous generation - a term which simply means that they are more aware and active about movements and issues related to social and racial injustice - and more and more people are questi ...

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The Jigsaw Puzzle Of Life

I loved jigsaw puzzles as a child. The entire process of attempting to arrange the separate pieces of a puzzle in the correct manner to ensure that they form one complete picture was an amazing journey! Even though I am 31 years old now, jigsaw puzzles c ...

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Write Your Own Epitaph!

"If you were to die today, what would you want written on your epitaph?" I must admit that the first time I was asked this question, I was quite startled. I am 30 old, perfectly hale and hearty and I have many years to go before I can even think of dy ...

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Happy Teachers’ Day!

Today is September 5th - all over India, this day is widely celebrated as Teachers' Day. I am not very comfortable with the concept of assigning a particular day of the year to the celebration of a particular relationship. For instance, I find it real ...

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Far Far Away

Happy endings need not exist just in fairy-tales. Fairy-tales have the beauty of always giving one a simpler, newer perspective of things, a transformation of ideology from “I wish” to “I will” and a belief in trust, kindness, goodness, hope and love.