July 4 dawned bright and clear, bringing me the news that I was one of #TheChosenOnes for the Tata GenxNano Sanand factory visit along with 12 lucky bloggers and 20 Tata GenxNano customers. These customers were chosen as winners via a contest by Tata Motors Limited, India’s largest automobile company, which…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
If I have a favorite quote these days, it would have to be “Health is wealth”, what with tackling a condition that is going to be my best friend for as long as I live! I’ve learned one important thing from looking after my Mom, who had a chronic illness: besides…
Don’t you just love that video? I did! I enjoyed the “wish chain” going around, spreading smiles on each recipient’s face. Makes me believe all the more in a “connected” world, a world connected by love. You know my son has just started college. Since he also featured in the top…
When I wrote about teaching teens to manage money, I had the picture of a rather cute set of pigs. I was just finishing the post with my son hovering over me – waiting for me to join him for a walk. Naturally he was reading what I wrote – and…
If you are a parent or a guardian, teaching teens manage money is perhaps the most important thing you can do. I have a confession to make. My son is not money-savvy. Although he has been carrying money and has occasionally spent it in school for emergencies, he hasn’t independently managed…
The more I live, the more I appreciate the following words: ‘Enough’ is a feast. Buddhist proverb Okay, so I confess it doesn’t apply to books, but pretty much everything else. The first thing I do every morning, after I brush my teeth and smile at myself in the mirror is…
I am about to tell you how Ambi Pur turned my house from #SmellyToSmiley. Smells. Fragrances. Odors. Aromas. Stinks. Whichever name I choose to call it, my rather prominent nose has a mind of its own. In order to be happy, I have to make sure my nose is happy. The most…