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My New Year Wish

December 31, 2021 S D 0 Comments

MY NEW YEAR WISH BY NEIL GAIMAN A decade ago, I wrote:May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only …

November 4, 2021 S D 0 Comments

Everything is about balance Swami Vivekananda used to say that even if one atom in the Universe goes out of balance, the entire Universe would collapse. So delicate is the balance of the Universe. Likewise, giving and taking, feasting and fasting, gorging on sweets and avoiding sugar, spending and saving, enjoying and introspecting, socialising and …

November 1, 2021 S D 0 Comments

Languages define us, our cultures, and ultimately, they define the world around us. Most of us probably consider the language we speak, a part of us — just as much as, say, our hair color, or our personality. Now, step back for a second and imagine you were the last person on earth that spoke …

October 15, 2021 S D 0 Comments

I didn’t watch the Emmys this year, but I was moved when I saw this acceptance speech from Michaela Coel, creator of I May Destroy You: “Write the tale that scares you. That makes you feel uncertain. That isn’t comfortable. I dare you. In a world that entices us to browse through the lives of others …

October 15, 2021 S D 0 Comments

Sometimes in the great soundtrack of our lives there are no words, there are only emotions; I believe this is why God gave us classical music. Anonymous There’s no doubt that 2020 and 2021 have been strange years, to say the least. Coronavirus has turned the whole world on its head and has paralysed most …

April 12, 2021 S D 0 Comments

It’s Ugadi, 13th April 2021 which signifies the start of a new year for Kannadigas – me! And it’s been a little over a year since our family’s lockdown began. Since many of us really have been reliving the same day over and over again, working from home for more than a year now, what new …

March 29, 2021 S D 0 Comments

This Holi Be uniquely you. Stand out. Or blend in. Shine. Or be mellow. Be colorful. Or wear a lot of black. I do. The world needs your prismatic soul! I love the conversations around ‘owning’ it – If you have curls, you don’t go straighten them, you pamper your curls and wear them with …