Today is World Toilet Day Sometime in the 1960s. We lived in Mumbai. Each summer, my Grandmother made a trip to South India to visit her daughters (my aunts), and the family deity. When she took me along for the first time, I was around 7 years old. I was excited…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
I am sure each one of us, at some point or other, hesitated to take that step towards being who we want to be. What stopped us?What came in the way? Fear of not being good enough? The knowledge that we have it in us to achieve what we aspire for,…
November is National Diabetes Month. As a type 2 diabetic, I have to be constantly alert to diabetes complications. One of these is varicose veins. For two years now, I am fighting the onset of this very painful condition in my right leg. Thanks to the pain, I had to give…
I heard “be kind whenever possible. It is always possible” from my Mother and my Grandmother long before I read it as a Dalai Lama quote. They lived that quote throughout their lives and proved by example that no act of kindness is ever wasted. I consider it my privilege to…
There are times when that daily schedule can get out of whack and the best laid plans come to naught. No matter how hard you juggle, there are only 24 hours in a day and displacing one activity with another doesn’t leave time for much else. Add the sitting, the messy…
A friend of mine would often say : Money may not buy you happiness. But at least it keeps you miserable in comfort. Ask anyone who’s broke! Of course, that is only one point of view. Agreed that more money makes life look happier but all the time we do see…
The 1950s-60s . . . somewhere in India. A Cup of Peace by Vidya Sury I sit in my armchair, with my cup of coffee peace. As I lazily watch the little sparrow hop across our yard, pecking at the scattered grain as if in a hurry to get its…