C. S. Lewis once said to his goddaughter – “…some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” Surprisingly, I found that to be true in my own life when I re-read The Chronicles of Narnia in my early-twenties. I actually appreciated them more whilst reading them as an adult than…
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Does My Work Define Me?
**This post first appeared on Indiaanya** The subject of ‘work’ is a thorny one for women especially, given the current brouhaha on feminism and a woman’s role. Does work define a woman’s worth (or even a man’s for that matter; but for the sake of this article I will focus on women and work)? How…
Dawdling Along
With my 8th month almost ending, things are beginning to slow down rather than speed up, which is rather annoying. To begin with, since I’ve cleaned out every conceivable storage space in my house, packed my hospital bag, bought all baby essentials, and prepared (as much as possible) for any eventuality, there is basically nothing…
The Insidiousness of Backbiting
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue…” Proverbs 18:21 I wish I remembered this more often. It would save me a lot of remorse and compunction. I sometimes wonder why I’m unable to guard my tongue. Why do the negative words trip over themselves in rushing out? While encouraging, affirming words require…
Small Mercies
The weirdest sensation would have to be hoisted on your own petard. Perhaps that’s too drastic a depiction. What I’m trying to describe is the sensation of holding forth virtuously, confident of your own ‘rightness’, only to find that you’ve made an error in judgement. Not a very pleasant place to be, believe me! The…
On Rooting Out Discontentment
I’ve been thinking about contentment today. There is an entire worldview crammed into that single word. Roy Castle once asked, “Why don’t people think about what they have instead of what they haven’t?” And that got me wondering – why don’t I think about all that I have, instead of focusing on all that I…
Attitude Changes Everything
The Indian government with its various bureaucratic processes invariably invites a cynical response from me. Despite my love for filling out forms (yes, that is true), I am not particularly fond of standing in serpentine queues at government offices. Most of my experiences with our red-tape filled administration have left me frustrated, aggravated, and downright…
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