After 15 months of my Amma’s death, she entered my life. I was 11 years old. It was a Monday morning, when I first met her. She was just about…
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Gratitude Series- Day 2
“If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.”- Gerald Good Thank you everyone who has joined me in this Gratitude Series. Your…
Gratitude Series- Day 1
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”- William Ward In 2012 I began the 30 days Gratitude Series on…
Celebrating Vishu
Today is Vishu,(http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishu ) , a New Year, a new start….. Some of my wonderful memories of Vishu are of me helping Appa in arranging the VishuKani, cleaning the vallaku(lamp),…
An adventurous day at Kidzania
My daughter had visited Kidzania as a part of the school picnic last year. Her experience over there was not that great. She told me the place was overcrowded…
Those 21 minutes
“Next to hunger and thirst, our basic human need is for storytelling”, says Khalil Gibran. How many times have you shared your life experience with your friends and realised that…
Slow Down…It’s a wonderful Journey!
As a child I enjoyed watching Cricket match on television. If a batsman hit a fantastic shot or if there is a third umpire decision pending, they would slow down…
True Stories, Told Live
When you share a ‘True Story’, you open up a part of you in front of the world….a part that’s been safeguarded all these years. I’ve shared my experience of…
A Valentine’s Day Gift
I remember watching the movie Dil Toh Pagal Hai, where Madhuri Dixit buys gifts for herself on Valentine’s Day. I was amused then as a school student, because I had…
I, Me, Myself – Things that define me!
‘Tell me something about yourself’, is a question that excites and confuses me at the same time. I become a little overwhelmed here, because there are so many things that…