Seinfeld, the popular TV series aired for nine seasons with its finale in May 1998 drawing over 75 million viewers. It remains one of my favourite shows that used routine everyday incidents to create hilarious but astute observations. Their self-stated tag-line was that it was “a show about nothing!” An episode in its eighth season …
Where do you go to my lovely?
The Guardian columnist Marina Hyde writes in her column of June 13, “… this is what spending too much time on social media does to you! It makes you feel like you’re being productive, and important, and “not complicit” in whatever you’ve just farted out a couple of hundred characters on. …” Of course, she …
Music of the Heart
Talking Circles have roots in Indigenous traditions, particularly among First Nations people in North America. They are a valuable tool that encourages respectful communication for fostering dialogue, building community, and promoting healing. The circle shape itself symbolizes wholeness, connection, and the interconnectedness of all things. Last April, I had the good fortune to participate in …
Whose Language Is It Anyway?
Famous Urdu Shaayar (Poet) Nida Fazli writes: Ye kyā azaab hai sab apne aap meñ gum haiñHow distressing, everyone is so self-absorbedZabāñ milī hai magar ham-zabāñ nahīñ miltā(that while) a tongue (language) is at hand, we cannot locate (any)one who speaks in the same tongue Language is the foundation of a culture, holding knowledge amassed …
