Skills for Life Session 4 - Dealing With Change

Note: Names of the children have been changed to protect their identity. In addition, all details and stories of the session have not been shared here to respect the emotions of the children. This blog post is the fourth, in the series of posts, describing...

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Write Your Own Story!

No, this is not a movie review. While I am in the midst of working on a dream project and also accountable to myself to write at least two planned blog posts this week, I am sitting on my desk at around 7.30 pm on a Saturday evening and writing this 'unplanned'...

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Power of Humanity - Final Word On Pakistan: Humans of New York

Picture Courtesy: Humans of New York The recent photo series by Humans of New York on bonded labor in Pakistan, has laid a very powerful example of how humanity transcends borders of religion, nationality or any faith. For one more time, I have been...

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Skills for Life Session 3 - Dealing With Failures

Note: Names of the children have been changed to protect their identity. In addition, all details and stories of the session have not been shared here to respect the emotions of the children. This blog post is the third, in the series of posts, describing...

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On India's 69th Independence Day - A Vow For Empathy

Independence Day is a day of great pride for all of us. This is because it reminds us of not only the struggle and sacrifice due to which we are able to live this day; but also of the resilience, patience, strength, courage, and patriotic spirit of thousands...

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To The Salon With My Grand Mother (Maa)

My Grand Mother and Me There is always at least one person in our lives with whom we seem to have a connection beyond eternity (as they say!). In my life, that person is my Grand Mother. I call her Maa, since always. We seem to be together, since always,...

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Through The Magical Lens!

Photography seemed a luxury to me, something that could also be pursued through a phone camera, something which was not really required. After all, I had always tried to hide from the camera; I never liked being clicked. Therefore, I never viewed it as an art...

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Deeply Ashamed

The recent ban on pornographic websites has attracted nationwide attention, citing a violation of personal liberty. Every moment, millions around the world are deprived of this very same right to liberty and dignity in the form of human trafficking (some of whom are trafficked for pornography as well); they are deprived of sexual, physical, emotional, all kinds of liberties!! THEY HAVE TO SELL...

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Skills for Life Session 2 - Goal Setting

Note: Names of the children have been changed to protect their identity. In addition, all details and stories of the session have not been shared here to respect the emotions of the children. This blog post is the second, in the series of posts, describing...

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