Celebrating The True Essence Of Christmas 2020 Dear Readers, There’s precious little that hasn’t been redefined to fall in line with the new normal, as we live through the globally disruptive novel coronavirus pandemic. The world’s most celebrated festival – Christmas – is no exception. But while the superfluous symbolism of Christmas will be greatly […]
Are We Doing Enough For Our Seniors? Dear Readers, As a community, we are blessed with a particularly large ratio of seniors, as compared to other communities. Our seniors are the pillars of our community, and needless to add, their presence and contributions must be acknowledged and respected. It’s important that we care for our […]
The Best Way Forward… Dear Readers, Wow! And just like that we’re in December – the end of the year. Undoubtedly, 2020 will go down in history as the ‘Year of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic’. Even as people across the world hope with all their hearts that the end of the year will mark, at […]
Giving Thanks During The Pandemic Dear Readers, A couple of days ago, the 26th of November, marked the famous ‘Thanksgiving Day’, celebrated the world over, especially in countries across Europe, the USA, Canada, and many more. Though ‘Thanksgiving’ is originally meant to celebrate the harvest and other blessings of the year gone by, it is […]
The Show Must Go On Dear Readers, We’ve come a long, long way since the start of the year. 2020 has been one long ride for everyone across the world. More than a ride, it’s been a spring cleaning of sorts – we’ve had to unceremoniously dust off a lot of our old or ‘usual’ […]
May The Fest of Lights Usher In Less of Fights… …And Lots Of Unity And Happiness! Dear Readers, Isn’t the human spirit just amazing! How divine and wonderful is the unyielding human inclination, which looks to hang on to and eke out happiness, however meagre, from joyous and celebratory occasions, even in the midst of […]
May Democracy Reign Supreme! Dear Readers, Most people across the world would be closely following the very entertaining yet highly consequential US Presidential elections over the past week, to see if it will be the blue flag or the red one that will flutter supreme over the White House for the next four years. Even […]
Dear Readers, It may be Halloween today, but 2020 has unceremoniously robbed it of its spook entirely! After the whole world living the COVID-19 horror-story in real time, I’m sure this Celtic festival must feel robbed of all potency to scare! It’s a little late in the day to respond to the ‘Trick or […]
A Time To Let Go And Move On Dear Readers, One of the bigger lessons we’ve been taught, under the unwelcome dictatorship of ‘Professor Pandemic’, is that we have to learn to let go and move on. The wise do it of their own volition – they make peace with the situation, and emerge less […]
Be Careful What You Sow! Dear Readers, When it comes to some facts of life, it doesn’t really matter if you are religious or not, if you believe in God and karma or are agnostic or an atheist – there are some universal facts and laws that you can not escape. The one currently calling […]
Stay Connected, Stay Happy! . Dear Readers, We live in a world that’s constantly overflowing with an overload of information from all areas – advertisements, social media, as also from personal and professional fronts. The information we receive from social media platforms has reached another level, especially during the pandemic when only the latest information […]