I remember when I started writing, a friend who was supposed to have known me for over 25 years said, ‘I didn’t know you were so deep.’ My first reaction, and one that stayed with me for a long time, was ‘Isn’t it sad that you didn’t really know me?’…
Last week, I was reading a book in which a young girl struggles to reconcile the disharmony she sees between her parents and the ‘happy family show’ they put on in Church every Sunday. Naturally, she was terribly confused about love, religion, society and knowing what is the truth. I…
I’m honoured to have Iranian-born Sima Goel write for Everyday Gyaan. Sima has always had compassion for those who suffer. Her instinctive need to speak out against oppression ultimately resulted in unwanted attention from the authorities, which led her to flee her beloved Shiraz and eventually to Montreal. Sima Goel is…