• 100 Words - Justice and Social Causes

    Clean Hands Save Lives : Hand Hygiene Day

    In India, the aspirations of middle-class parents for their children seem to cost more every year. Parents sweat and save to make their dreams come true. But for the very poor in some areas of the country, having children live past the age of 5 is difficult. One of the reasons is diarrhoea that claims their lives. Handwashing with soap after using the toilet and before eating can cut the risk of diarrhoea by up to 45%. The importance of clean hands has been underlined during this pandemic. Good hand hygiene saves lives! Let’s share this information today. (100 words)…

  • 100 Words - Happiness

    World Laughter Day 2021

    Tomorrow is World Laughter Day. With all India is going through at the present moment, it seems almost sacrilegious to even consider laughter as an option. I only have to go through my Twitter feed to know of the trauma, the loss, and the sense of utter helplessness that people are going through. Yet, laughter is recommended – to keep our sanity – a pressure valve, to provide relief from the deep sorrow that has engulfed us. I’m not too keen on slapstick comedy and after a while all comedians wear thin, so I watch videos of funny animals to…

  • 100 Words - Mental Health - Mindfulness

    Stress Awareness Month

    Stress can be debilitating, and it can cause and/or aggravate health problems. And since stress is a normal part of human existence — nobody is immune to it — it’s important to arm ourselves with knowledge so that we recognize when stress rears its ugly head. (Amazingly, we don’t always notice it’s happening to us.) Stress Awareness Month happens each April. It’s important to learn some strategies for coping with this particular silent scourge. – via Stress.Org On a phone call with my cousin, I told her I was ‘enjoying’ the pandemic! She laughed. We’re both introverts. We love staying…