This is my 100th blog ever – and what started off three weeks ago as a firm commitment to my friend Kavit Haria to post 100 articles by the end of January has manifested. My writing over the last few weeks and the articles have become a real labour of love. Which...
I was lucky enough to visit Nirvana school once again in 2005 . This was my third ever visit to the school, based in Pondicherry, South India. Depending on the prevailing weather and the taxi driver you get, the school is about two hours drive from Chennai. Upon my...
What does the word love mean to you!? Every now and then, I come across a piece of writing or a quote which really moves me with its apparent simplicity and the depth of its meaning. A while ago someone sent me this extract from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (by...
Birth I came into the world. And cried with joy from the first moment. I was perfect. A pristine crystal. Laughed all the time. My universe was joyous. Anything and everything was possible. Toddler Life was fun. But people started telling me what to do. And making up...
In one my recent posts, I wrote about letting people know just how much they mean to you. On the same theme, sometime ago, I was sent the jumbled passage below – please read through it and grasp its powerful message:- “Tell your children you love them everyday” “tell...
A few years ago when I first started on my journey of personal growth and self development, one of the things I learnt was to become much more self expressive. I learnt to honestly express my feelings – you cannot imagine how closed I was just a few years ago. I used...