This week I was delighted to learn that my eight-year old granddaughter and her best friend had produced their first-ever school newsletter. Well researched, the contents covered diversity and inclusion, nature and ecology, acceptance of others, school decorum and punctuality and yes, humor! Enough to cause any (grand-)parent’s heart to swell with pride. The item …
Dead right.
Arundhati Roy used the character of an inquisitive little girl in her Man Booker Prize winner 1997 novel The God of Small Things to pose a question that resurfaced again two decades later in her novel The Ministry of Untold Happiness, wherein the central character inquires “Where do old birds go to die? Why don’t …
Walking the walk …
Spring is not just in the air, there is a spring in our steps as well. It’s (finally!) starting to warm up and the mere sight of the sun-filled blue sky is enough to lift the spirit. “Tramp” poet Davies had pointed out “What is this life if, full of care, we have no time …
Celebrating mothers everyday
Mothers’ Day has arrived. Growing up, I cannot recall ever celebrating this “day”. It is an event that appears to have grown and grabbed everyone’s attention in the recent past. Each year, as this “special” day comes around, I wonder if it is appropriate to set aside a single day for honoring the woman who …
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