A young lady who is training to become an educator, spoke to me recently. She is wonderful, very smart, articulate and confided to having grown up in an environment bound by strong religious belief where no deviation from the stated tenets of their ‘Book’ was accepted or permitted. It is customary in their household to …
Autumn years
Autumn, or the fall in Canada is my favourite time of the year. It is a wondrous sight to watch nature at play as trees come alive in a riot of colours, each emblazoned by and reflective of the unique moods and hues of light from the rising of the sun until it sets. It …
"Faith"fully yours
Several years ago, in the car on my way to work I would tune in to an ethnic radio station. Each morning the ebullient radio show hostess would start her 6 am shift with a breathless intonation of “Good morning, Jai Sriram, Sat Sri Akal, Ya Ali Madad, Namaskar, As-salaam Alaikum” in an unremitting stream …
