Yes, I know. Two book reviews back to back. The joy of reading is a lovely thing. I read “Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit & Be a Whole Lot Happier” by Sharon Salzberg and Robert A.F. Thurman over a year ago and while looking for something a…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Book review of coffee table book “Capturing Wildlife Moments in India” by Ashok Mahindra of The Hem Chand Mahindra Foundation with a foreword by Asad R. Rahmani, Director, Bombay Natural History Society. One of my favorite outings is a day at the zoo. I’ve enjoyed visiting some of the best in…
Our family loves weddings. Besides the excitement of the wedding itself, it is the thought of getting together that inspires everyone to drop what they’re doing for a couple of days and turn up. The best part is the week before the wedding that goes by in a blur of last-minute…
It is that time of the year when we are busy wrapping up our tax liabilities and planning our investments for the next year. Our financial advisor has been trying to convince us that term life insurance plans offer good risk coverage besides being wise investments, considering we have a 17 year old…
My Mother was an incredible person, my angel. Generous, loving, cheerful and always ready to encourage anyone. had her around in my life for 47 years. She always gave great advice with her wonderful sense of logic and humor. She loved to write me letters with quotes and would leave them in…
Ask anyone and they’ll agree that a happy household is where everyone shares the load. But ask the question “Does your partner / family share the load?” and you are unlikely to get a unanimous “yes”. Partly, this is because tradition, culture, practice – whatever name it goes by – has…
The conscious celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced to the ancient Greeks. However, credit is given to activist Anna Jarvis for officially inventing Mother’s Day over a century ago in 1908. What was once a humble day to collectively mourn with mothers of fallen soldiers has now grown into a…