When all this is over…

When all this is over and your loved ones are safe and sound around you, check if you bothered about the gender of the doctor who attended to your family member. When all this is over, check back and see if you asked the race of the nurse who gave you injections and checked your...

A Train Journey to Gratitude

After years, I found myself taking a short train journey other than the usual Mumbai-Pune route. Boarding the train right after an early lunch and the gentle swaying of the train soon lulled me to sleep. Waking up an hour or so later, I checked my mail, messages, and then, inspired by the lady across...

Building Bridges

Relationships. Probably one of the most important aspects of a person’s life, be it friendship, love or a parent-child relationship. A relationship between two people can be equated with a bridge over a river. The two people are like the two banks of the river. Each one independent of each other, living their own lives....

Ray of Hope

#Worldmenstrualhygeineday   Strange coincidence that today my househelp shared that her eldest daughter has “come of age” just yesterday. This young girl stays in the village with her grandparents and studies there. A gifted artist, she has participated in many drawing and painting competitions and won prizes. Her name had been published in the local...

My Inner Shift

Answers to questions come in the strangest of ways sometimes. Today I spent an entire day processing the various thoughts that were going on in my mind regarding the life path I have chosen, the opportunities that come my way, the challenges I encounter, both physical and mental. And so I went to the temple...

Some Thoughts on Women’s Day

#BalanceForBetter As I conducted a Women's Safety Training session this morning, we discussed how the major reason why women are not safe today is because of the patriarchal mindset that prevails all over the world. Most men have not been taught to hear no, especially not from a woman. A woman who speaks her mind...

Thoughts become reality

The day started with an argument with the teen. Tried my best to have a conversation, but it kept getting worse and so I walked away. As I drove to my yoga class soon after, I was fuming. I wasn’t watching the road and all my mind could do was wonder where I had gone...

Lessons From a Broken Phone

My phone went swimming yesterday! Well, actually a bottle of water I was carrying spilt its contents into my purse and drenched everything. Normally I would have gone into panic mode, but I found myself calmly taking out the contents of my purse, spreading them out on a bench (I was out for a visit...

People and flowers…

I went for a morning walk after ages yesterday. And as I walked around in my colony, at one spot there was this strong fragrance. I looked up to see huge pink flowers of Bauhinia on the tree to my right, but the fragrance was not from them. The fragrance was from the long stemmed...

Its Ok to be Not Ok

Have you sometimes found yourself in a space where nothing seems to be appealing anymore? Where all you want to do is to cry and sleep and then sleep some more? Meeting people and interacting with them seems like a challenge and going out of the house is a big no-no? Have you ever felt...