Posts published by “Vidya Sury”

Sometimes, it is great to get inspiring words that we can put to practice immediately, in little doses. While going through my mother’s old papers, I came across the following – which I’d like to share. You may have read this before. But I can guarantee you that it makes sense…

Here’s a huge lesson for all of us to remember when life really throws s#@% at us. Trust a donkey to teach it to us. Here is the parable of the donkey. A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule which fell into the farmer’s well one…

Some things are so feel-good, especially inspirational stories our mothers share with us. I must have read this story so many times. Yet each time, it makes me feel good in the same way, as it did the first time. Just like the poem Abou Ben Adhem In the same spirit,…

I love the French for doing this. Recently, the French parliament approved a groundbreaking law that makes psychological violence an offence. Difficult to prove – as you cannot show pictures of psychological scars. But then, hats off to the French legislators. Also not sure how practical it is, considering the logistics…

Sounds awfully convenient, doesn’t it? I quite like the idea of sleeping off my extra weight. But this is not my discovery. There are studies to prove that shorter sleep durations can mean higher body mass index – so – to cut a long story short, people who slept for say,…