January 2016

New Year Resolutions

Ah! the New Year and all the hope, energy, and resolutions it brings. I woke up on the first day of the year and browsed a bit through the news pages to find one too many articles on how to keep New Year’s resolutions. Curious, I read a few articles that offered some tips on […]

Hunger Games: Living and falling out of trains in Mumbai

“Here’s some advice. Stay alive.” ― S. Collins, The Hunger Games     Imagine an upright coffin.   A standard-sized metal casket 7 feet in height, 2 feet across, and less than 2 feet in depth. At exactly 8 am in the morning, try to get inside this coffin. You are not alone. There is […]

Remembering the Beloved

“You just love until you and the beloved become one.” I recently read this quote on Facebook.   This got me thinking.   There is a Jewish mantra, Ani L’Dodi,v’Dodi Li —that translates to: “I am My Beloved’s, and My Beloved is Mine.”   This is romantic, yet at the same time demonstrates possession and attachment, more […]