Resolutions

Resolutions for the “new” year would have been made and in some cases, may already have been discarded. Typically, we might resolve to: Lose weight Drink less Give up smoking Eat healthy Reduce time spent on the smartphone or the internet Spend more time with friends and family Travel more Take up a new hobby …

Yesterday once more

We start a new calendar year, wishing all a happy, healthy, prosperous new year.  Everyone means well and each of us tries to remind all our listed “contacts” that we are thinking of them at this special time of the year.  So, we take the trouble to search for and download an electronic card displaying …

Happy Now Here!

The famous Indian mystic Osho had once said, “I live my life based on 2 principles. One, I live as if today was my last day on earth. Two, I live today as if I am going to live forever.” On being asked, if one had to make a single New Year’s resolution what would …

Where is here?

In the course of familiarizing myself with Canadian literature, I discovered essays by literary critic, university professor and editor Northrop Frye.  He had explored the “garrison mentality” theme common in Canadian literature, assumed to arise from part of Canada's cold climate, northern wilderness and colonial mentality and fears of the emptiness of the Canadian landscape and …