When I watched global health and development expert Alanna Shaikh's TED Talk I was very moved. Alana spoke about her very real fear of getting Alziehmer's, as she watched her father deteriorate from this illness. So Alanna, while taking preventive measures, has decided that she will prepare herself for it by changing what she does for fun, improving her physical strength and trying to become a better person. This particular line in her talk struck me deeply: “I need a heart so … [Read more...]
Weird Or Just Different?
October 29, 2012 By 32 Comments
My sweet blogger friend, Kathy Combs, of The Giggling Trucker's Wife chose this prompt for BlogFEST 2012 today: Your Favourite Halloween Memory. How do I respond to this when Halloween is something totally alien to India? It's only in recent years, that Halloween has taken off in some metro cities, but to most of us it is still something weird that the Americans do! ;) So, I don't have a favourite Halloween memory, but this did give me a chance to reflect on something else. It's … [Read more...]
