Come monsoon, I see most people heading to the beaches or taking a drive through the hills. But have you ever seen the beauty of the jungle in the rains? I am talking about Jim Corbett National Park. Imagine the endless expanse of tall trees wrapped in a fresh coat of…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
I am pleased to reveal the cover of Damyanti Biswas‘s debut crime novel, You Beneath Your Skin which will be launched this September by Simon & Schuster, India. I’ve known Damyanti for several years now—we were on the A to Z Challenge team in 2016 together and thus was born a friendship! I’ve…
It is just one of those days. A somewhat weird day. I woke up enthusiastically enough, enjoyed my coffee and looked at my day’s to-do list. Finished my usual work in the kitchen – lunch, breakfast, dinner planning and got to work. However, I’ve not been able to meet my work…
STEM toys and STEM education are very popular in today’s competitive world and help encourage kids to develop skills in the core disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Playtime is not what it used to be. Let’s face it, most kids would rather watch a movie or play a video…
We visited the Andaman Islands a few weeks ago. The trip was fascinating as it was different from the usual destination we pick – invariably somewhere in the hills. This time we thought, why not a change from the usual. We had been planning to visit the Andaman Islands for years…
One of my favorite newsletters is from Brian Johnson of Optimize. In two of his recent newsletters, he talked about soul ulcers–referring to envy being the ulcer of the soul. The phrase “soul ulcers” stuck in my mind—along with the “+1” message that comes with his email, and I’d like to…
Life is a miracle, if we chose to view it that way. What if we practiced living life from miracle to miracle instead of from task to task? #WednesdayWisdom