“What did you do in last year’s lockdown? Did you get bored?” asked a 35-year-old man to the 75-year-old neighbor. “Why would I get bored? I was more than happy because everyone was at home, we were having all the meals together and the best part was – my granddaughter taught me how to operate […]
This is the story of Girija, a 31-year-old girl working in an IT company in Mumbai. She decided to get married to Varun, a 34-year-old techie from her company. They got engaged in April 2020 with the masks on and following social distancing and sanitization norms with their close family members. Their wedding was planned […]
‘Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.’ – S.N. Goenka. Vipassana, in Pali, means ‘special seeing’, that can mean insight– looking inward and exploring the self. In simple terms, Vipassana meditation is a mindfulness meditation wherein the practitioner is asked to be aware of what is going on within the body […]
look at you.still standingafter beingknocked downand thrown out. look at you.still growingafter beingpicked and pluckedand prodded out ofyour home. look at you.still dancingand singingafter beingdefeated and disassembled. look at you, love.still here and hopefulafter it all. – Alex Elle – The poem teaches us that we’re powerful than we know. Resilience is a part and parcel […]
On hearing the word counselling, an image of a person lying on a couch might immediately come to your mind. But in reality, not all sessions are like that. A more realistic depiction, although not 100% accurate, would be the conversations between Dr. Jahangir Khan and Kaira in ‘Dear Zindagi’, or even between Sean and […]
