This morning I got an email from a friend whose brother has just separated from his wife. Something my friend wrote struck me quite hard. She said, ‘So many good things are going on in my life, but it’s difficult for me to enjoy them when my family is unhappy.’…
What is it about festivals that makes us clean and do stuff around the house that we have been putting off forever? Is it just an Indian thing, I wonder? Spring in the West is certainly not just before Christmas, so spring-cleaning is not associated with the festival. In India,…
It doesn’t always go according to plan – thank God! I’ve learnt from recent experience that while it’s good to plan, sometimes we must be grateful when things turn out differently. I made a week-long trip (or so the plan was) to my parent’s place. I had scheduled everything I…