India and Pakistan celebrated their Independence Days on August 15 and 14, respectively. Amidst parades, civic receptions and celebratory cultural events, national and local level leaders delivered rousing speeches extolling everything from age-old civilizational virtues, landmark achievements during the past few years and grandiose plans for the future. Leading national and international publications provided extensive …
Stress busters
A dear family member visited us recently and it was wonderful to catch up. Between drives around the countryside and (of course!) Niagara-on-the-Lake vineyards and the Falls, we enjoyed chatting about the family, our kids, her role as a popular Executive and Leadership Coach and other mundane things like my retirement lifestyle and activities that …
Stars in the sky
Life has come a full cycle, I feel. Our four-year old granddaughter J was staring intently at my silver-white hair while I read to her in bed, the close-to-grand-finale to our bedtime ritual. She reached out and very softly patting my head sagely pronounced, “Nana (grandfather), you have some black hair. People who are really, …
Pity The Nation
A friend based in Vancouver called and we chatted for over an hour, nostalgically meandering through the lanes of our childhood years. This week I had planned to write about these resurfaced memories and the countryside of the Punjab with its mud-brick village houses which, although cramped, housed people with large hearts whose generosity and …
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