As a parent, I tend to view my life as a two-phase thing. BV and V. Before Vidur and Vidur. Such is the transformation a baby brings. I fondly recall the day when I discovered I was pregnant. I remember literally bursting with joy and we couldn’t wait to tell my…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
One of my favourite taglines is “Nothing is Impossible” or, to put it another way, “Everything is possible”. It took me years to believe that, though. It doesn’t have to be that way for you. I’ll tell you why shortly. First, a story. There is something that holds us back from…
I am breathing a little more comfortably today, after a week of struggling to finish up a few things. While I would never say it was a bad week, I was surprised at how hard it was for me to focus on a specific piece of work. Sometimes, when the mind…
The hottest topic today among the parents of school-going children, especially those in high school is related to stress relief. Stress is a healthy and natural component of life but when it interferes with your routine, it is time to take action and restore the balance. You can recognize stress through…
So life goes on. And that’s a good thing because there is plenty of inspiration around me to make me want to live a good life, choosing joy. Yesterday, my friend came home and we had a nice quiet afternoon. As I was sending her off (read: accompanying her to the…
Yes. I had to. You see, here I was, counting down to Jan 1, 2013, going 5, 4, 3, 2…..and 1….and…0….and here I was, already in 2013 while most of my friends were still enjoying the last few hours of 2012. I went to bed happily, imagining all sorts of things…
It is the truth. On Dec 22, we rejoiced because this year’s school winter vacation was twenty days long instead of ten. We thought, let’s go somewhere, rather than just stay at home. As a government employee, my husband must use Air India for all his official trips, but for those…